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

  • Clippy [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    8 hours ago

    so i am looking through the multiple iterations of that guardian text box about the suspect’s highschool friend before they eventually ending up redacting it - i find it worth noting seeing how they intentionally bold some of the words and then unbold them as more information comes out.

    this link has the first two updates on highschool friend before it was redacted

    first update on highschool friend

    second update on friend

    third iteration (redact)

    (i will state for the record, i suspected he was just another rightwinger/gyorper who called the guardian for shits and giggles, an action with similar weight to calling in a swatting/false school shooter [but less consequences], as my understanding is that they are acceleration adjacent. my confidence in that assumption was lowered as the guardian indicated this was a “verified” source)

    • zipper [any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      4·
      8 hours ago

      i just got off shift and i’m thinking of making an info megathread with everything about kirk’s death. if you find anything else pls send it here too.

      on the topic of his political affiliation, i’ve been thinking more and more about it and honestly the guy might actually be a groyper. the slogans are oddly vague all things considered and the fact that nick himself all of a sudden posted a video denouncing political violence is very suspicious to me. but yeah blah blah blah wait and see and whatever the fuck the court hearing is in 2 days.

      • Clippy [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        5·
        8 hours ago

        can you edit this line

        Robinson has been reported to be getting increasingly political, and during dinner one day, he spoke about how Kirk was “full of hate”.

        i have made comments that the new york post and the guardian incorrectly attribute this “full of hate” sentence to tyler, when it very much reads in the police report as if the family member said this sentence