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

  • Hohsia [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I actually saw a TikTok comment with like 100K likes that said “nail in the coffin for democrats”

    I truly don’t know how to comment on this era. At this point in time, there is no “real life” and “online”

    If you think about it, it is really fucking wild that the entirety of the United States knows about (and is pledging support to) a podcaster who was a no name to 80% of the public just 3 years ago. I’m truly losing my mind! Truth no longer matters and there’s nothing we can do about it

    • Comrade_Mushroom [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      The disassociation from reality is the hardest part for me, it’s something I’ve really been struggling with more and more lately. The fact that humans, or at least a sizeable enough percentage of them, care more about feeling like they’re right than actually trying to find out if they are, is making me genuinely misanthropic. As in, I’m feeling myself transition from “I don’t really want to be around people but I want them to live as happily as possible” into “Humans deserve to suffer and I’m glad that things are getting worse for them”.