"DNA on a towel wrapped around a rifle found near where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated matched that of the 22-year-old accused in the killing, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Monday. Investigators also have used DNA evidence to link the suspect, Tyler Robinson, with a screwdriver recovered from the rooftop where the fatal shot was fired, Patel said Monday on the Fox News show "Fox & Friends.""
"Officials have said Robinson carried a hatred for Kirk and ascribed to a "leftist ideology" that had grown in recent years. Patel told Fox that Robinson had written in a note before the shooting that he had an opportunity to take out Kirk and was going to do it. Investigators were able to recover the note's contents after it had been destroyed, the FBI director said, paraphrasing from the note without revealing more details."
"Authorities in Utah are preparing to file capital murder charges against Robinson as early as Tuesday in the killing of Kirk, a dominant figure in conservative politics who became a confidant of President Donald Trump after founding Arizona-based Turning Point USA, one of the nation's largest political organizations. Kirk, who brought young, conservative evangelical Christians into politics, was shot Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University during one of his many campus stops."
DNA on a towel wrapped around a rifle and on a screwdriver recovered from the rooftop linked 22-year-old Tyler Robinson to the killing, the FBI director said. Utah officials are preparing to file capital murder charges against Robinson as early as Tuesday. Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA and a confidant of President Donald Trump, was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University. Officials say Robinson harbored hatred and a "leftist ideology" and wrote a note expressing intent; investigators recovered the note's contents after destruction. Authorities are examining whether the suspect's personal relationships or ideologies motivated the attack.
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