Utah County Prosecutors Urge Judge Graf to Send Tyler Robinson to Trial for Murder of Charlie Kirk
By Libby EmmonsIn a filing, Utah County prosecutors have urged Judge Tony Graf to bring Tyler Robinson to trial for the murder of Charlie Kirk following a week's long preliminary hearing where evidence was presented to prove probable cause of his guilt. "This ie likely as straight-forward a bindover decision as this Court will ever see," prosecutors write in the 28-page filing.
"After admitting to several friends, including his
roommate and romantic partner, that he assassinated Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley
University on September 10, 2025, in front of approximately 3000 eyewitnesses,
Defendant surrendered to law enforcement for that crime," prosecutors
continue. During the preliminary hearing, prosecutors presented these pieces of
evidence as well as others showing the strength of their case linking Robinson
to Kirk's murder.
Confessions were presented as well as testimony from that roommate and romantic
partner Lance Twiggs. "DNA testing, surveillance video, and eyewitness
testimony buttress those elements and demonstrate probable cause to support the
remaining elements," say prosecutors. "The court should bind
Defendant for trial over on all counts."
At the close of the preliminary hearing in early July, Graf said that a
decision on whether or not Robinson would be tried for Kirk's murder would be
made by September 1. The hearing saw prosecutors bring detailed evidence in the
form of video, interviews, law enforcement witnesses, DNA evidence linking
Robinson to the likely murder weapon. Defense
attorneys for Robinson issued multiple objections and attempted to
discredit the use and analysis of DNA evidence itself while trying to prevent
other evidence from being presented.
Robinson was arrested after he turned himself in at his parents' urging on
September 12, 2025, just two days after Kirk's murder. Kirk had been speaking
to students at Utah Valley University on behalf of Turning Point USA when a
shot rang out and hit him in the neck. The FBI released surveillance video of
the suspected shooter on campus and Robinson's parents recognized their
son.
Prosecutors state that "On the evening of September 11, 2025, Defendant
surrendered himself to law enforcement in connection with Mr. Kirk's
assassination... Defendant also admitted to Mr. Twiggs and other friends that
he had shot Mr. Kirk."
Robinson has been charged with the capital felony of aggravated murder,
first-degree felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury,
obstruction of justice for concealing or removing the firearm he used to shoot
Mr. Kirk and destroying, concealing or removing the clothing he wore during the
commission of that crime. He has also been charged with tampering
with a witness and a violent offense committed in the presence of a
child, for which prosecutors have sought sentencing enhancements.
In their memo urging Graf to bring Robinson to trial, prosecutors walk through
each count and the evidence presented to support each one. As to the probable
cause that Robinson pulled the trigger to knowingly and intentionally kill
Kirk, prosecutors recount the evidence shown at the preliminary hearing.
"The evidence further demonstrates a reasonable belief that Defendant was
the shooter. Defendant repeatedly admitted that he shot Mr. Kirk using
Defendant's grandfather's rifle, including:
"I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it."
"I am [the one who did it, I'm sorry."
"Why did I do it? ... I had enough of his hatred. some
hate can't be negotiated out.
"if I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left
no evidence. going to attempt to retrieve it again, hopefully they have moved
on. I haven't seen anything in the news about them finding it."
"[I have been planning this] a bit over a week I believe."
"i'm wishing I had circled back and grabbed it as soon
as I got to my vehicle because it sounds like the police couldn't get in for a
long while because of the traffic."
"remember how I was engraving bullets? the fuckin messages are mostly a
big meme. if I see 'notices bulge uwu' on fox news I might have a stroke."
"judging from today I'd say grandpas gun does just fine idk"
"I'm going to turn myself in willingly."
"Hey guys, I have bad news for you all. it was me at UVU yesterday. im
sorry for all of this. im surrendering through a sheriff friend in a few
moments."
"it was [me]. ... look at the pictures from the surveillance footage. it
was me. ... im serious."
Memorandum in Support of Preliminary Hearing Bindover in Tyler Robinson case by The Post Millennial
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