After the suspected shooter has been detained, the FBI held a press conference to report on the case and announce the next steps going forward. Spoiler: we, as leftists, are fucked.

Key points:

  • The shooter is Tyler Robinson of Utah.
  • His friend reported him to the FBI.
  • Tyler’s Discord messages have been used as evidence, as provided by his roommate.
  • Robinson has been reported to be getting increasingly political, and during dinner one day, he spoke about how Kirk was “full of hate”. UPDATE 4: Tyler did not say that.
  • The casings do not contain any trans references. But they do have anti-fascist rhetoric (bella ciao and “notices bulges OwO” included) and symbols engraved in them.
  • Tyler was taken into custody on September 11th, 10 PM local time.
  • The investigation is still ongoing.
  • One guy cried while speaking.
  • Thousands of more leads of potential accomplices are being followed.
  • No other arrests are known
  • Tyler drove to campus on a car.
  • It’s not known if Tyler is mentally ill.
  • The charging documents will be filed 3 days from now (September 16), then a preliminary hearing will take place.

(Added by LangleyDominos)

  • Patel awkwardly trying to signal the Norse viking larp shit. “Charlie, I’ll see you in Valhalla”
  • Utah Governor Cox told everyone to log off and stop consuming rage bait, called social media a cancer, and that everyone should “touch grass” (his actual words).

UPDATES

Tyler Robinson’s mugshot

Other sources:

BBC

New York Times

CNN

  • LangleyDominos [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    12·
    19 hours ago

    I don’t think they sound like a groyper. And I don’t think you sound like a twitter lib. We’re all trying to piece together bits and pieces we see online and that’s a farce under the best circumstances. We’re also trying to relate every piece we find to our own experiences and interpretations of what’s happening which is also very tough. Be kind to each other and don’t get too caught up in being correct about this because it’s likely we’re all going to be wrong about the details as this thing unfolds.

    • barrel_of_a_gun [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      14·
      18 hours ago

      i dont think marmite is a groyper, tbc. but it’s extremely frustrating for me to see the exact same kind of dismissal of evidence (which groypers are using in bad faith) that a white 22 year old from a cop family in fucking UTAH of all places is in fact more likely to be a groyper than a leftist or even a lib