Tyler Robinson hearing ends without ruling as evidence dismantles Charlie Kirk conspiracy claims

PROVO, Utah — Tyler Robinson's preliminary proceeding successful the assassination of Charlie Kirk came to a adjacent without a determination from Judge Tony Graf Jr. connected Friday, but the week-long proceeding introduced a wide swath of grounds successful the lawsuit to the public.

Robinson, 23, is accused of shooting Kirk, 31, from a rooftop sniper's perch during a Turning Point USA lawsuit astatine Utah Valley University connected Sept. 10, 2025.

Graf agreed to a defence petition to let lawyers to record briefs earlier helium decides whether Robinson's lawsuit should spell to trial, a determination that adds astir six weeks to the process. The adjacent hearing, connected Sept. 1, is scheduled to beryllium held conscionable days earlier the archetypal afloat twelvemonth since Kirk's assassination.

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A divided representation showing Tyler Robinson talking to his lawyers successful tribunal and Charlie Kirk astatine the UVU rally wherever helium was killed. (Rick Egan/Pool via Reuters, Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

Amid the lengthy process, tremendous nationalist involvement successful the lawsuit and closed-door hearings and tribunal filings, a bid of conspiracy theories astir what happened past twelvemonth successful Orem person emerged. Many of them were debunked by grounds introduced successful tribunal implicit the past week:

The claims:

Kirk's origin and mode of death

Although Robinson's defence squad objected to showing his autopsy study successful court, grounds from Utah State Bureau of Investigation Agent David Hull listed his decease arsenic a homicide caused by a gunshot coiled to the neck.

The grounds included nary denotation that the forensic pathologist who handled the autopsy recovered thing inconsistent with that conclusion, ruling retired theories involving an exploding microphone.

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While determination has been immoderate speculation astir the deficiency of a disposable "exit wound" successful graphic video of Kirk's murder, the doc who performed the autopsy was inactive assured it was the gunshot that killed Kirk.

Samantha Karner, a firearm and instrumentality people examiner for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, testifies during a preliminary proceeding for Tyler Robinson, who is accused successful the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, astatine the Fourth District Courthouse successful Provo, Utah, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Spenser Heaps, Pool)

James Gagliano, a retired FBI supervisory peculiar cause and Fox News contributor, said that implicit his 25-year career, he's seen .22-caliber rounds spell each the mode done a quality body, and overmuch larger .45-caliber rounds deed a bone, musculus oregon adjacent brushed insubstantial and stop.

"Suppositions similar this item a implicit ignorance of ballistics and are typically spouted by those who person ne'er stood alongside a aesculapian examiner conducting homicide unfortunate autopsies," Gagliano said. "It’s to beryllium expected that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms' 'inconclusive' determination successful attempts to lucifer slug fragments from Kirk’s assemblage with the execution limb would origin conspiratorial conjecture."

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The forensic pathologist recovered slug fragments from Kirk's body, which were sent to the ATF for testing. Although instrumentality marks connected the fragments themselves were inconclusive, the caliber was accordant with a spent cartridge casing recovered successful the suspected execution limb — which authorities allege had Robinson's DNA connected it.

On the different hand, the defence whitethorn person fanned immoderate flames by playing up grounds of other, unrelated weapons recovered astatine the scene.

The defence noted that investigators recovered an bare pistol holster conscionable steps from wherever Kirk was killed arsenic good arsenic an unfired .223 circular connected the extortion of different building.

Robinson is shorter than the fishy seen connected UVU surveillance video

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According to this theory, the fishy is respective inches taller than Robinson, who is listed arsenic lasting 5 feet, 10 inches gangly and weighing astir 150 pounds, according to the Utah County Sheriff's Office.

The video isn't the lone grounds that prosecutors accidental places Robinson astatine UVU, however. They person surveillance video of a Dodge Challenger coming and going. He allegedly encountered a Spanish Fork constabulary serviceman who ran his licence plates. And his DNA was allegedly recovered from a screwdriver recovered adjacent the sniper's perch and connected the suspected execution weapon, hidden successful a "wooded area" conscionable steps distant from campus.

Tayler Hansen, an autarkic journalist, attempted to recreate the suspect's way crossed field to trial and debunk this mentation with a video of his own.

An armored constabulary conveyance believed to transport Tyler Robinson, the antheral accused of sidesplitting Charlie Kirk, arrives astatine the courthouse connected the archetypal time of a weeklong preliminary proceeding connected July 6, 2026, successful Provo, Utah. Charlie Kirk was fatally changeable connected Sept. 10, 2025, portion speaking astatine a Turning Point USA lawsuit astatine Utah Valley University. Kirk's widow Erika Kirk besides attended. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

"I went down determination and decided to seizure arsenic adjacent to the aforesaid angles arsenic I could, comparison myself, due to the fact that I'm six-feet-tall, and the caller conspiracy is that the existent shooter, what they're claiming, is anyplace betwixt six-foot-two to six-foot-three," helium told Fox News Digital Friday.

Although helium didn't person entree to the field surveillance footage, helium said helium did his champion to spot his camera astatine the aforesaid space and tallness arsenic the school's cameras. Then helium retraced Robinson's steps and compared their heights.

"I was somewhat taller, conscionable successful the ever flimsy amount," helium said. "And that's capable close there, I mean it's capable to say, 'OK guys, let's determination connected to the adjacent one.'"

Robinson wasn't adjacent connected campus

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Again, investigators alleged they tin spot Robinson connected field aggregate times the time of the execution with video, carnal and integer evidence.

They accidental helium arrived successful the morning, entered the campus, left, and came backmost aboriginal with antithetic apparel on, pursuing virtually the aforesaid path. And they showed a compilation video taken by UVU surveillance cameras showing each of that.

Additionally, Robinson allegedly made interaction with immoderate Turning Point USA representatives connected campus.

Fourth District Court Judge Tony Graf attends a proceeding for Tyler Robinson, accused successful the fatal shooting of blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk, successful 4th District Court, connected Friday, March 13, 2026, successful Provo, Utah. (Laura Seitz/Deseret News via Pool)

In summation to the grounds mentioned above, constabulary besides obtained a Cellebrite extraction from Robinson's phone, according to grounds passim the week. Such extractions see accusation astir calls, texts, app usage and determination and telephone operation data. Robinson's defence attorneys person not introduced immoderate telephone information that could spot him determination other astatine the clip of the murder.

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Maroon shirts

Another conspiracy mentation promoted connected societal media claims that determination are "many" young men who decided to deterioration maroon shirts and airy shorts connected the time Charlie Kirk was killed, stating "without a wide image, they surely cannot state it is Tyler Robinson."

Surveillance footage shows Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, astatine a state presumption the greeting aft the shooting successful Cedar City, Utah connected Sept. 11, 2025. (Cedar City Police Department)

A compilation video played successful tribunal shows the fishy successful 2 antithetic outfits — 1 of which included a maroon T-shirt. In the other, helium wore a black, long-sleeved shirt. Prosecutors person alleged Robinson appears to beryllium some of them, and they besides person video of the fishy getting retired of a grey Dodge Challenger successful the school's parking store — the aforesaid benignant of conveyance Robinson drove.

A grey Dodge Challenger parked successful the driveway of Tyler Robinson's household location successful Washington, Utah, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. Robinson reportedly drove a grey Dodge Challenger to UVU connected the time helium is alleged to person assassinated Charlie Kirk. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

In summation to the fishy wearing a maroon T-shirt astatine UVU, Robinson was besides wearing a maroon T-shirt erstwhile helium surrendered to authorities, video shows.

Claims that Lance Twiggs was ne'er interviewed

Lance Twiggs, Robinson's erstwhile roommate and lover, sat for aggregate interviews with authorities, including 1 that the prosecution attempted to play video of successful court. After immoderate objections from the defense, a redacted mentation was shown.

It was betwixt Twiggs and Deputy Utah County Attorney Ryan McBride, 1 of the prosecutors connected the case. Additional investigators were contiguous but not shown connected camera, including Agent Brian Davis of the Utah SBI.

Lance Twiggs testifies successful a videotaped interrogation with investigators and prosecutors successful transportation with the execution lawsuit against his erstwhile person and roommate Tyler Robinson. (Pool)

The highly anticipated video was a immense portion of the proceeding this week.

Foreign authorities involvement

Sniper teams determination into presumption astatine the courthouse earlier a weeklong preliminary proceeding for Tyler Robinson, the antheral accused of sidesplitting Charlie Kirk, connected July 6, 2026, successful Provo, Utah. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

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The defence tried hard not to let the nationalist to perceive grounds from Twiggs oregon spot substance messages, Discord chat logs oregon the handwritten enactment Robinson near for Twiggs — each 3 of which see what look to beryllium admissions of guilt.

Graf allowed that evidence, however, and the defence showed thing to bespeak determination was a overseas conspiracy progressive successful Kirk's murder.