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September 13, 2025 17 mins
  • Suspect Identification:
    The shooter is named as Tyler Robinson, age 22, who was arrested after being turned in by a family member.

  • Evidence & Investigation:

    • Surveillance footage from Utah Valley University (UVU) identified Robinson and his vehicle.

    • His Discord messages showed planning, mentioning retrieving a rifle, hiding it, engraving bullets, and outfit changes.

    • A Mauser Model 98 bolt-action rifle with scope was found, along with bullet casings engraved with phrases such as “hey fascist catch”, “Bella Ciao”, and “if you read this you are gay LMAO.”

  • Official Statements:

    • Utah Governor Spencer Cox (misspelled as “Cock” in the text) announced Robinson’s arrest and described how law enforcement agencies cooperated.

    • FBI Director (named here as Cash Patel/Ptteau) praised the swift response, highlighting federal, state, and local collaboration.

    • The narrative repeatedly frames the arrest as a victory for justice and law enforcement.

  • Political & Emotional Tone:
    The latter part shifts from factual reporting into opinion and commentary:

    • Expressing grief for Kirk’s death while emphasizing his legacy and influence.

    • Condemning those celebrating his assassination, including political opponents and some academics.

    • Framing the event as part of a broader struggle between “good and evil,” with Kirk’s voice living on through his supporters.

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
And I know Charlie and I spoke about this frequently.
Sort of the irony of the anti fascists these days.
They seem to be taking a lot of playbooks out
of the fascist out of the brown coats. I mean,
if you don't agree with someone, kill them. I mean
that seems quite fascist to me.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
This is a forty seven Morning Update special edition with
Ben ferguson.

Speaker 3 (00:21):
The coward behind the shooting the assassination of Charlie Kirk
has been caught. We know a lot more about the individual,
including etchings on bullet casings of Charlie Kirk's assassination suspect
saying things like hey, fascist catch. The Utah Governor Spencer

(00:41):
Cock revealed Friday that the bullet casings in the rifle
allegedly used by Tyler Robinson to assassinate Charlie Kirk were
etched with a variety of messages, including one that read,
hey fascists catch. Robinson twenty two was arrested Thirdnesday evening
after a family member turned him in. I want you

(01:04):
to hear from the governor first, and then you're going
to hail her from cash Pttel, the FBI director on
exactly how all of this went down.

Speaker 4 (01:14):
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, we got him. On the
evening of September eleventh, a family member of Tyler Robinson
reached out to a family friend who contacted the Washington
County Sheriff's Office with information that Robinson had confessed to
them or implied that he had committed the incident. This
information was relayed to the Utah County Sheriff's Office and

(01:37):
seen investigators at Utah Valley University. This information was also
conveyed to the FBI. Investigators reviewed additional video footage from
UVU surveillance and identified Robinson arriving on UVU campus in
a Great Dodge Challenger at approximately eight twenty nine am
on September tenth, in which he has observed on video

(02:00):
in a plain maroon T shirt, light colored shorts, a
black hat with a white logo, and light colored shoes.
When encountered in person by investigators in Washington County on
September twelfth in the early morning hours, Robinson was observed
in consistent clothing with those surveillance images. Investigators interviewed a
family member of Robinson, who stated that Robinson had become

(02:23):
more political in recent years. The family member referenced a
recent incident in which Robinson came to dinner prior to
September tenth, and in the conversation with another family member,
Robinson mentioned Charlie Kirk was coming to UVU. They talked
about why they didn't like him and the viewpoints that
he had. The family member also stated Kirk was full

(02:45):
of hate and spreading hate. The family member also confirmed
Robinson had a gray Dodge Challenger. Investigators identified an individual
as the roommate of Robinson. Investigators interviewed that roommate, who
stated that his roommate, referring to Robinson, made a joke
on discord. Investigators asked if he would show them the

(03:05):
messages on discord. He opened it and showed several messages
to investigators and allowed investigators to take photos of the
screen as each message was shown by Robinson's roommate. These
photos consisted of various messages, including content of messages between
the phone contact named Tyler with an emoji icon and
Robinson's roommate's device. The content of these messages included messages

(03:32):
affiliated with the contact Tyler, stating a need to retrieve
a rifle from a drop point, leaving the rifle in
a bush. Messages related to visually watching the area where
a rifle was left, and a message referring to having
left the rifle wrapped in a towel. The messages also

(03:53):
referred to engraving bullets and a mention of a scope
and the rifle being unique. Messages from the contact. Tyler
also mentioned that he had changed outfits. I know there
has been speculation as well as to the writing on
those casings, those those bullet casings, and I believe we

(04:19):
have that as well, and I'll share that with you now.
So the area north of Campus Drive Road where the
suspect crossed over, you saw some of that in the
video that we released last night, consists of a grassy
area with trees on the edge of the UBU campus.
Investigators discovered a bolt action rifle wrapped in a dark
colored towel. The rifle was determined to be a Mouser

(04:42):
Model ninety eight thirty six thirty six caliber bolt action rifle.
The rifle had a scope mounted on top of it.
Investigators noted inscriptions that had been engraved on casings found
with the rifle. Inscriptions on a fired casing read notices
bulge's capital O wo what's this question? Mark Inscriptions on

(05:06):
the three unfired casings read hey fascist, exclamation point, catch
exclamation point, up arrow symbol, right arrow and symbol, and
three down arrow symbols. A second unfired casing read oh
belli chow bella chow belichow chow chow. And a third

(05:26):
unfired casing read if you read this, you are gay LMAO.
We are indebted to law enforcement across the state who
has worked seamlessly together local law enforcement, state law enforcement,
and our federal partners with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(05:46):
We're grateful for everyone who worked together in such a
short amount of time to find this person and to
bring justice. I want to think the public who has
been so engaged reviewing videos, helping us with sending in tips,

(06:07):
and helping us get to this point. I want to
thank the family members of Tyler Robinson, who did the
right thing in this case and we're able to bring
him in to law enforcement as well. I especially want
to thank the family of Charlie Kirk Erica, Charlie's parents,

(06:32):
his children. I want us to be thinking of them
as we bring justice in this case. They will be
involved in that justice. We will be working very closely
with them as we move through this process as well.
This is a very sad day for again for our country,
a terrible day for the state of Utah. But I'm

(06:55):
grateful that at this moment we have an opportunity to
bring closure to this very dark apter in our nation's history.
With that, I will now turn the turn the microphone
over to the director of the FBI, Cash Pitau.

Speaker 5 (07:09):
Thank you, Governor. This is what happens when you let
good cops be cops. The FBI and our partners are
proud to stand here today together to bring justice to
the family of Charlie Kirk in honors memory. I want
to express my deep gratitude to President Trump, the Vice President,
and the entire White House who have been so incredibly
supportive with both resources and just personally to the FBI

(07:30):
as a team. They had our backs the entire way,
and I just want to express my gratitude for giving
us the resources we need to operate in this space
to bring this sort of justice at this sort of speed.
In thirty three hours, we have made historic progress for Charlie.
Governor Cox, our partnership has been absolutely incredible these last

(07:52):
few days. Our partnership will endure. Your state and local partners,
your sheriffs, your DPS community has been unbelievably impressive in
the hardest of times. In a case like this, cannot
be solved, cannot be brought without partnering with your state
and local authorities. The FBI has a certain role to play,
and we will play that role, and we will lead

(08:13):
out for the federal government. But Governor Cox, we are
so grateful for your state partnership that let out on
this investigation. A little bit of the timeline. Charlie was
shot at twelve twenty three pm on Wednesday. The first
FBI agents aren't arrived on scene in sixteen minutes with
chiefs of police at twelve thirty nine and secured the scene.

(08:33):
The FBI immediately launched fixed wing assets. We utilize these
assets to transport personnel, specialty technicians, hasa's rescue teams. We
also utilize these assets to go back and forth from
the East Coast and here in Utah to transport forensic
evidence and other evidence that will be analyzed and is
being analyzed at our FBI laboratories in Quantico and other
laboratories including the ATF and my direction. The FBI released

(08:56):
the first set of FBI photos of the suspect at
ten am local time on nine to eleven. Then shortly thereafter,
the FBI reward of one hundred thousand dollars was released
at ten forty five am Local myself and Deputy Director
bon Gino arrived on the scene at approximately five thirty
PM on nine to eleven. The Governor led a press
conference last night at approximately eight pm, where at my direction,

(09:20):
the FBI released and never before seen video of the suspect.
We also released new images to the public of the suspect,
and just last night, the suspect was taken into custody
at ten pm Local time, in less than thirty six
hours thirty three to be precise, thanks to the full
weight of the federal government and leading out with the

(09:42):
partners here in the state of Utah, Governor Cox, the
suspect was apprehended in historic time period. And I want
to highlight what Governor Cox said, This would not have
been possible without you, the media and you the public.
That's why we went so public so fast, and we're
so transparent, and we're committed to that train parency. The
crime scene just a little bit there. It is a

(10:03):
large crime scene. State and local authorities along with federal authorities,
process that crime scene quickly, and I even had the
ability to walk through that crime scene and walk through
the steps the suspect took to learn more about what
was needed and what resources we needed to brare to
create a full picture for the FBI and leadership back

(10:25):
in Washington. Furthermore, thankfully to state local partners, forensic evidence
has been seized and continues to be garnered. Forensic evidence
has already been evaluated FBI laboratories in Quantico and state
local authorities here. We will continue to process evidence as
we see it, as we collect it, and we will
continue to deliver to Governor Cox and his team. Last night,
we had a total of approximately seven thousand interviews excuse me,

(10:48):
seven thousand leads. As of this morning, thanks to your
great work, we have over eleven thousand leads that were
called in to the FBI, and we are running out
every single lead that we can. Every one of those
leads will be run out. The arrest is a testament
to the dedication of good law enforcement being great and partnerships
in law enforcement which I've tried to highlight as my

(11:10):
tenure at to the Director of the FBI, there is
no better relationship for law enforcement than the FBI to
partner with state and local authorities, and you've seen it
here in these last few days. The FBI Salt Lake
Field Office, along with our offices in La Phoenix, Denver,
San Antonio, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, our headquarters component in Quantico,

(11:31):
all participate in the FBI. I want to express my
deep gratitude to the employees of the FBI, the men
and women, the evidence response team, tacticians, the special operators,
the agents, the support staff. You have done monumental work
in historic time when the public who had a right
to demand such an expeditious solving of an investigation, the

(11:54):
FBI answered that call, diligently, critically important to our nation
delivered and I'm proud to be their leader, and I'm
proud to be the Director of the FBI. This is
a very much an ongoing investigation, as the governor said,
and we will continue to work with state and local
authorities to develop the investigation, to provide them the evidence
they need for their ongoing prosecutions, and we will be

(12:16):
here to answer every call they absolutely have, as long
as it takes, for as long as we need to
find and apprehend whatever suspects were involved in this crime. Lastly,
to my friend Charlie kirk Rest. Now, brother, we have
the watch and I'll see you in Valhalla.

Speaker 3 (12:34):
I got to tell you, it's so nice to see
people in law enforcement and the governor care so much
about justice for this assassination, and knowing that, as Cash
Barttel said it over and over again, this is what
happens to you. Let good people do their jobs in uniform.
The Utah governor, they're revealing the truth about what has
what was said on the bullet casings, and I love

(12:58):
knowing that there are people that aren't trying to cover
things up or whitewash things, or make them somehow different
than what they really are. We're finding out exactly what
happened here. We also know that one of the phrases,
the bella coo phrase, is associated with left wing songs
loosely linked to twentieth century Italian opponents of fascism. We're

(13:21):
going to find out even more about this, But let
me also just say that as sad as I am
over losing my friend Charlie. I am so thankful to
see so many people coming around to love on his family,
to love on his friends, to stand up for what
he stood up for, to stand up for what we

(13:41):
believe in, and to know that this shooter may have
thought they won, but they didn't. They didn't stop us.
They made us stronger. They didn't silence us. They made
us louder. They didn't get rid of Charlie Kirk's voice.
They just added millions and I mean that literally to
continue on with what he was advocating for. I am

(14:03):
so thankful that we live in a country where good
can still overcome evil. There are many out there that
are celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk. Alamo mar for example,
said conservatives who support Charlie Kirk are full of blank
They're also Democrats trying to rewrite history, acting like they
were not the ones that created this environment and this

(14:25):
level of hatred. And I'm glad that they're losing their jobs,
many of them on college campuses have lost their jobs
for what they said celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk,
celebrating the assassination of him, And there's accountability there as well.
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