Alleged Charlie Kirk Assassin Not Cooperating With Law Enforcement, Gov Says

The man accused of killing Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk is refusing to cooperate with authorities, Republican Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah said Sunday on ABC.

Authorities arrested Tyler Robinson early Friday morning, accusing him of fatally shooting Kirk at a TPUSA “Prove Me Wrong” event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, during which he was debating students on hot-button political issues, including transgenderism. Cox told “This Week” host Martha Raddatz that Robinson was in a romantic relationship with a biological male who identifies as a transgender woman and is cooperating with authorities.

“He [Robinson] has not confessed to authorities. He is not cooperating,” Cox told Raddatz. “But all the people around him are cooperating and I think that’s very important. There were reports yesterday that we can confirm that his roommate was, indeed a boyfriend who is transitioning from male to female. That’s information that the FBI had mentioned yesterday. … And he is cooperating with authorities as well.”

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Kirk founded TPUSA, an organization for conservative college and high school students, in June 2012, according to the group’s website. He also hosted “The Charlie Kirk Show,” which started as a podcast, but later became a radio talk show airing on the Salem Radio Network, according to his biography on TPUSA’s site.

Cox also confirmed that Robinson was telling acquaintances online that he was the shooter.

“Some of the suspect’s acquaintances were allegedly talking to him online and joking and thought they recognized him from those early photos,” Raddatz said. “Can you tell us anything about that this morning or anything further on the investigation?”

“All we can confirm is that those conversations definitely were happening,” Cox responded. “They did not believe it was actually him. It was all joking until he admitted that it actually was him.”

Authorities recovered a rifle containing ammunition that was etched with left-wing messaging from a wooded area near the site of Kirk’s assassination.