Kirk, 31, was murdered on September 10 whereas on a university campus. After a quick two-day manhunt, Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested and charged with aggravated homicide, felony discharge of a firearm inflicting severe bodily harm, and obstruction of justice in reference to the capturing.
Robinson’s transgender lover, Lance Twiggs, had reportedly been cooperating with officers, however has since gone lacking. In response to court docket paperwork, Twiggs, who’s a male transitioning to feminine, acquired textual content messages from Robinson, which learn, “Drop what you might be doing, look underneath my keyboard.”
Upon doing so, Twiggs, in keeping with the paperwork, discovered a word that mentioned, “I had the chance to take out Charlie Kirk and I will take it.”
Kirk’s alleged killer then went on to apologize and clarify they had been going to be “caught in (Orem)” the place the faculty campus is situated, “for a short while longer” as he scrambled to retrieve his weapon and flee the crime scene.