Utah Governor Spencer Cox attends a press convention after U.S. right-wing activist, commentator, Charlie Kirk, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was fatally shot throughout an occasion at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, U.S. September 10, 2025.
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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox mentioned Sunday that the person arrested in reference to the killing of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk is “not cooperating” with authorities, days after he was booked into Utah County Jail.
While Cox mentioned on ABC News’ “This Week” that the suspect, recognized as Tyler Robinson, isn’t cooperating, “all the people around him are.”
The governor’s feedback come after the 22-year-old was arrested Friday after a manhunt that spanned greater than 30 hours, and finally concluded when a family friend of the suspect contacted authorities.
The deadly capturing of Kirk, which occurred whereas he was talking at a rally at Utah Valley University, has rattled the nation.
“If your view of America is not shaken right now, then there’s something wrong with you,” Cox said on NCS’s “State of the Union.”
“This is a direct assault on America,” he continued.
Investigators are nonetheless piecing collectively a motive for the killing. Cox mentioned that the suspect participated often in gaming and web tradition.
“Friends have confirmed that there was that deep, dark internet, Reddit culture and these other dark places of the internet, where this person was going deep,” Cox mentioned on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“You saw that on the casings. I didn’t have any idea what those inscriptions meant, but they are certainly the meme-ification that is happening in our society today.”
Plenty of casings discovered with the rifle allegedly used within the capturing had been engraved with messages, together with one which mentioned, “hey fascist! CATCH!”
The governor on Sunday additionally confirmed a New York Times report that mentioned that Robinson had communicated on the messaging platform Discord after the capturing.
“All we can confirm is that those conversations definitely were happening, and they did not believe it was actually him,” he mentioned on ABC News.
“It was all joking until, until he, you know, until he admitted that it actually was him,” he continued.
As many questions stay over the grisly killing, Cox mentioned that official expenses within the case are anticipated to be filed on Tuesday, “and there will be much more evidence and information available then.”
“We’re interviewing all kinds of people, everyone that knows him, and trying to learn more about what that motive actually was,” he mentioned.
Cox additionally confirmed studies that investigators have interviewed Robinson’s roommate, who was described as a “romantic partner” and is transitioning from male to feminine.
“This partner has been incredibly cooperative, had no idea that this was happening, and is working with investigators right now,” Cox mentioned on NCS.