Utah Gov. Spencer Cox: Alleged Charlie Kirk Assassin Tyler Robinson Messaged Roommate About ‘Need to Retrieve a Rifle’
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) indicated during a Friday morning press conference that alleged assassin Tyler Robinson messaged his roommate on the Discord platform about the “need to retrieve a rifle.”
Cox noted that one family member disclosed Robinson had become “more political in recent years.”
The family member stated there was a recent dinner in which Robinson came to the table “and, in the conversation with another family member, Robinson mentioned that Charlie Kirk was coming to [Utah Valley University].”
The family member said Robinson had explained why he “did not like [Kirk]” or his viewpoints.
Cox said investigators then “identified an individual as the roommate of Robinson,” and that roommate indicated Robinson “made a joke on Discord.”
The roommate showed investigators several messages on Discord, one of which “stated a need to retrieve a rifle from a drop point, leaving the rifle in a bush.” (Read more from “Utah Gov. Spencer Cox: Alleged Charlie Kirk Assassin Tyler Robinson Messaged Roommate About ‘Need to Retrieve a Rifle’” HERE)
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