Charges are expected to be filed Tuesday against the accused, Tyler James Robinson in the assassination of Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump hopes he gets the death penalty.
The alleged killer of the 31-year-old political influencer, Robinson was arrested following a manhunt last week. Kirk was hosting a debate at Utah Valley University, engaging with an attendee, when he was fatally shot on Sept. 10.
The 22-year-old was apprehended 33 hours after the murder.
Robinson is being held without bail in Utah County Jail, per
. The publication, as well as
, reported that possible charges include aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm and obstruction of justice.
“There will be much more coming out Tuesday when charges are filed,” said Utah Governor Spencer Cox
on NBC News show Meet the Press
. “They’re gathering evidence, interviewing friends, people around the suspect.”
On Thursday, Cox said that Utah officials were working with attorneys to get whatever they needed “so that we can pursue the death penalty” for Kirk’s murderer, the
.
Utah Attorney General Derek Brown said in
that the state will not “tolerate political violence in any form and together we must build communities where no one is afraid to express their right to speak.” In conversation with
, Brown said that “all options are on the table” for bringing Robinson to justice. He could not definitively say if the death penalty would be pursued because of his proximity to the case.
U.S. President Donald
Trump said he hopes that the suspect gets the death penalty
while speaking on Fox & Friends after the murder.
“Charlie Kirk was the finest person. He didn’t deserve this,” said Trump. Later in the conversation, he praised Cox, calling him a “very good governor.”
“The governor is very intent on the death penalty in this case, and he should be,” he said.
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