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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday that charges are coming soon for Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old arrested following Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
“There is one person responsible for what happened here, and that person is now in custody and will be charged soon and will be held accountable,” Cox said.
Cox said a roommate of Robinson shared with investigators, “messages affiliated with the contact Tyler stating a need to retrieve a rifle from a drop point, leaving the rifle in a bush.”
Police had announced earlier this week that a bolt-action rifle was recovered in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting at Utah Valley University.
“Messages from the contact Tyler also mentioned that he had changed outfits,” Cox said.
Cox noted that when Robinson had “different clothing” on when he was first spotted on campus and then changed clothing on the roof.
According to the governor, Robinson “then changed back into that clothing at some point” so that when he was apprehended, “the clothing matched the clothing he had on before the shooting here at UVU.”
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