"Discord denies that the suspect accused of killing Charlie Kirk used the messaging platform to discuss his crime, following the service getting mentioned by law enforcement in a press conference - and after accusations that it helped radicalize the alleged shooter, Tyler Robinson. In a statement to The Verge, Jud Hoffman, Discord's vice president of trust and safety, said the company has "found no evidence that the suspect planned this incident or promoted violence on Discord.""
"During a press briefing on Friday, Utah Governor Spencer Cox said investigators spoke with Robinson's roommate, and that the roommate "stated that his roommate, referring to Robinson, made a joke on Discord." Investigators then asked to see the Discord messages and proceeded "to take photos of the screen as each message was shown," Cox said. Cox added that the photos "consisted of various messages, including content of messages between the phone contact named Tyler with an emoji icon.""
"While Cox's statement makes it sound like the roommate reported Robinson had, using Discord, made a joke, Discord's spokesperson says it actually means the roommate had been chatting on Discord with a third party and discussed Robinson making comments somewhere else. "The messages referenced in recent reporting about planning details do not appear to be Discord messages," Hoffman said. "These were communications between the suspect's roommate and a friend after the shooting, where the roommate was recounting the contents of a note the suspect had left elsewhere.""
No evidence was found that the suspect planned the incident or promoted violence on Discord. Investigators photographed messages shown by the suspect's roommate, some of which referenced leaving a rifle wrapped in a towel and engraving bullets. The roommate reportedly described a joke made on Discord, but the messages referenced do not appear to be Discord messages. The messages that were captured appear to be communications between the roommate and a friend after the shooting, with the roommate recounting contents of a note the suspect had left elsewhere. The distinction reduces suggestions of Discord's involvement while the platform has been linked to past attackers' rhetoric.
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