Mom of Charlie Kirk’s Alleged Assassin Talks of Son’s Change in Last Year
Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of killing political activist Charlie Kirk, changed dramatically in the last year. That is according to his mother, court documents revealed, per Fox News . Robinson has been…
Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of killing political activist Charlie Kirk, changed dramatically in the last year.
That is according to his mother, court documents revealed, per Fox News.
Robinson has been charged for assassinating Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, who Robinson allegedly shot at an event on a university campus in Utah Sept. 10.
His mother, who was not named, described her son as a person with a promising future — a college scholarship recipient. Robinson, however, had “become more political” as he supported “pro-gay and trans rights,” per court documents.
She said Robinson and his father, who also was not named, had arguments over their differing ideologies.
Robinson spoke about the event at Utah Valley University — he said the venue was “stupid”
and Kirk “spreads too much hate.”
In court filings, prosecutors allege Robinson targeted Kirk “because of his political expression.”
His parents recognized him from surveillance video released after the shooting and talked him into turning himself in.
“Robinson’s father reported that when his wife showed him the surveillance image of the suspected shooter in the news, he agreed that it looked like their son,” prosecutors said in court filings.