Utah governor Spencer Cox confirmed today that Tyler Robinson, 22, is the prime suspect in the murder of rightwing activist Charlie Kirk. Kirk was shot in the neck while speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University.
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In a press conference, Cox said: ‘Robinson reached out to a family friend who contacted the Washington County Sheriff’s Office with information that Robinson had confessed to them or implied that he had committed the incident’
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