"Robinson, 22, is charged with aggravated murder with enhancements that include targeting Kirk for his political views. "Tyler James Robinson intentionally selected Charlie Kirk because of Tyler James Robinson's belief or perception regarding Charlie Kirk's political expression," says a charging document from Utah County. Kirk was shot to death September 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University. An attendee had pressed Kirk on trans issues and mass shootings just before he was shot."
"Robinson, a novice electrician and video game enthusiast, had recently begun dating one of his roommates, a trans woman. She was upset about Donald Trump's election as president last year and increasing anti-trans sentiment, a friend of Robinson's told the Post. "More than once, the person said, he saw Robinson cradling his sobbing roommate in his arms," the paper reports."
Social media posts, private messages, and interviews with people who knew him show that Tyler Robinson, 22, held complex political views and expressed sympathy toward transgender people. He is charged with aggravated murder with enhancements alleging he targeted Charlie Kirk for Kirk's political expression. Kirk was shot September 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University after an attendee challenged him on trans issues and mass shootings. Robinson had recently begun dating a transgender roommate who was distressed by rising anti-trans sentiment and Trump's election. Friends reported Robinson comforting the roommate and objecting to anti-trans rhetoric and Trump's tariffs, and his mother said he had begun leaning left and supporting gay and trans rights.
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