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Tyler Robinson confessed to murdering Charlie Kirk in a chilling text exchange with his trans lover hours after allegedly carrying out the assassination — and left him a hidden note confessing to the plot, prosecutors said.
Less than three hours after the Sept. 10 killing, the 22-year-old told his live-in partner, Lance Twiggs, that he had been planning the killing for a week, according to an indictment filed Tuesday.
He messaged Twiggs to “drop what you are doing, look under my keyboard” after shooting Kirk from a rooftop at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
Twiggs then found a note from Robinson reading “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it,” according to the indictment.
Prosecutors released this text exchange between Robinson and his roommate
- Robinson: I am still ok my love, but am stuck in orem for a little while longer yet. Shouldn’t be long until I can come home, but I gotta grab my rifle still. To be honest I had hoped to keep this secret till I died of old age. I am sorry to involve you.
- Roommate: you weren’t the one who did it right???? Robinson: I am, I’m sorry Roommate: I thought they caught the person?
- Robinson: no, they grabbed some crazy old dude, then interrogated someone in similar clothing. I had planned to grab my rifle from my drop point shortly after, but most of that side of town got locked down. Its quiet, almost enough to get out, but theres one vehicle lingering.
- Roommate: Why?
- Robinson: Why did I do it?
- Roommate: Yeah
- Robinson: I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out. If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence. Going to attempt to retrieve it again, hopefully they have moved on. I haven’t seen anything about them finding it. …
- Roommate: How long have you been planning this?
- Robinson: a bit over a week I believe. I can get close to it but there is a squad car parked right by it. I think they already swept that spot, but I don’t wanna chance it …
- Robinson: I’m wishing I had circled back and grabbed it as soon as I got to my vehicle. … I’m worried what my old man would do if I didn’t bring back grandpas rifle … idek if it had a serial number, but it wouldn’t trace to me. I worry about prints I had to leave it in a bush where I changed outfits. didn’t have the ability or time to bring it with. … I might have to abandon it and hope they don’t find prints. how the f–k will I explain losing it to my old man. … only thing I left was the rifle wrapped in a towel. … remember how I was engraving bullets? The f–kin messages are mostly a big meme, if I see “notices bulge uwu” on fox new I might have a stroke alright im gonna have to leave it, that really f–king sucks. … 9 judging from today I’d say grandpas gun does just fine idk. I think that was a $2k scope ;-; …
- Robinson: delete this exchange
- Robinson: my dad wants photos of the rifle … he says grandpa wants to know who has what, the feds released a photo of the rifle, and it is very unique. Hes calling me rn, not answering. …
- Robinson: since trump got into office [my dad] has been pretty diehard maga. …
- Robinson: Im gonna turn myself in willingly, one of my neighbors here is a deputy for the sheriff.
- Robinson: you are all I worry about love
- Roommate: I’m much more worried about you
- Robinson: don’t talk to the media please. don’t take any interviews or make any comments. … if any police ask you questions ask for a lawyer and stay silent
The exchange alleges that Twiggs knew all about Tyler’s alleged role in the assassination more than 24 hours before he was caught.
Twiggs, whom authorities described as a male transitioning to female, immediately texted Robinson asking if it was some kind of sick joke.
“I am still ok my love, but am stuck in Orem for a little while longer yet. Shouldn’t be long until I can come home, but I gotta grab my rifle still. To be honest I had hoped to keep this secret till I died of old age. I am sorry to involve you,” Robinson allegedly wrote back.
When Twiggs asked Robinson outright if he was the one who killed Kirk, Robinson texted: “I am. I’m sorry.”
Here's the latest on the Charlie Kirk shooting in Utah
- Police identified Tyler Robinson, 22, as the alleged assassin who fatally shot Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.
- Robinson was charged with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury and obstruction of justice.
- Law enforcement confirmed that Robinson was living with a transgender roommate, and communications between the two helping the feds catch the alleged assassin.
- Kirk, the 31-year-old Turning Point USA creator, was attending an event on his American Comeback Tour when he was fatally shot in the neck by a single shot.
- President Trump was among many who have called for the assassin to receive the death penalty.
- Kirk’s body was brought to Arizona from Utah on Air Force Two, accompanied by Vice President JD Vance, and taken to Phoenix’s Hansen Mortuary Chapel.
- Kirk’s funeral, which President Trump has promised to attend, is scheduled for Sept. 21 at State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals.
- Kirk, a rising MAGA star, is survived by his wife and two young children.
In further messages, Robinson revealed that he had stashed the gun — a scoped .30-06-caliber hunting rifle belonging to his grandfather — in the bushes where he had frantically changed clothes.
He had meant to double back and retrieve it, but the cops had the area locked down, he wrote.
“I’m worried what my old man would do if I didn’t bring back grandpas rifle … how the f— will I explain losing it to my old man,” he allegedly wrote.
Twiggs has not been charged with a crime, and authorities said he is cooperating with the investigation.
“[Y]ou are all I worry about love,” Robinson wrote to Twiggs before surrendering to law enforcement.
Robinson was charged Tuesday with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury and obstruction of justice — three of the seven total counts.
Prosecutors will push for the death penalty, which could be carried out via firing squad, if Robinson is convicted.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox first brought up the intention to seek the death penalty just hours after Kirk was killed last Wednesday.
“To whoever did this, we will find you. We will try you, and we will hold you accountable to the furthest extent of the law,” Cox said — adding, “I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty in the state of Utah.”
Robinson held “leftist ideology” and was “radicalized” online in the last few years, according to prosecutors
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