The death penalty will be sought against the man suspected of assassinating Charlie Kirk, co-founder of the Turning Point USA, Trump supporter and faithful Christian husband and father.
That’s according to a list of charges the suspect, Tyler Robinson, is facing.
They include aggravated murder, which is a capital offense and if he is convicted, the count would make Robinson subject to the state’s firing squad death penalty.
BREAKING: The Utah County Attorney has officially announced Charlie Kirk’s kiIIer has been charged with SEVEN crimes, and the DEATH PENALTY will be sought
– Count 1: Aggravated murder (capital offense)
– Count 2: Felony reckless discharge of a firearm causing bodily injury
-… pic.twitter.com/xYjd0HGXT0— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 16, 2025
It was the Utah County prosecutor who announced that there are seven crimes being charged against the suspect, who was arrested only about 30 hours after the shooting on a college campus in Orem, Utah.
A second count will be felony reckless discharge of a firearm causing bodily injury, and others are felony obstruction of justice for hiding the firearm, felony obstruction of justice for discarding the clothing he wore during the shooting, witness tampering for asking a roommate to DELETE incriminating messages, witness tampering for demanding trans roommate stay silent, and NOT speak to police and a count of commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child.
Because the death penalty is being sought, the suspect will be held without bail.
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