{"id":2489,"date":"2026-07-09T18:08:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:08:23","slug":"charlie-kirk-assassination-suspect-expressed-regret-after-shooting-roommate-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2489","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk assassination suspect expressed regret after shooting, roommate says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p>Utah prosecutors on Thursday played redacted clips of authorities interviewing a roommate and former romantic partner of Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old man accused of assassinating conservative political activist Charlie Kirk on a university campus last fall.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2485\">New Jersey officer charged after two K-9s die in hot vehicle, prosecutors say<\/a><\/p><p>In the video and audio clips, Robinson\u2019s former partner, Lance Twiggs, recalled that the accused assassin paced around their apartment after Kirk\u2019s killing. Twiggs said Robinson told him he planned to confess to his parents or turn himself in to law enforcement.<\/p><div><\/div><p>Robinson said he wished \u201che hadn\u2019t done it,\u201d Twiggs told the law enforcement interviewer.<\/p><p>Twiggs, seen in the video dressed in a suit and tie, said he never heard Robinson talk about Kirk before the Sept. 10 shooting at Utah Valley University in front of a crowd of hundreds of spectators.<\/p><p>The audio was played on the fourth day of a five-day preliminary hearing to determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to bring Robinson to trial. State District Judge Tony F. Graf Jr. will make that decision at the end of the proceedings.<\/p><p>Robinson is charged with aggravated murder and he has not entered a plea. He turned himself in to law enforcement the day after the shooting of Kirk, a co-founder of the influential conservative student organization Turning Point USA and an ally of President Donald Trump.<\/p><section><div><div><div><div><\/div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2488\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/236ed5ddd5bfc83121824e0e2008eac2.webp\" width=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/236ed5ddd5bfc83121824e0e2008eac2.webp 760w, https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/236ed5ddd5bfc83121824e0e2008eac2-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<div><div><div><div><svg><\/svg><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><div><svg><\/svg><\/div><div><ul><li><\/li><li><\/li><li><\/li><li><button><\/button><div><\/div><\/li><li><\/li><li><span>Add NBC News to Google<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div><div>Prosecution shows new video of moments before and after Charlie Kirk&#8217;s assassination<\/div><div><span>03:32<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><p>Prosecutors allege Robinson left a note for Twiggs that said: \u201cI had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I\u2019m going to take it.\u201d The two later exchanged text messages that were detailed in a Utah County Attorney\u2019s Office indictment.<\/p><div><\/div><p>\u201cI had enough of his hatred. Some hate can\u2019t be negotiated out,\u201d Robinson told Twiggs in one text message, according to the indictment. <\/p><p>In another text message, Robinson alluded to engraving messages on bullets. Twiggs, in his interview with law enforcement, confirmed that Robinson had told him he wanted to engrave text on bullets ahead of what the accused assassin described as a hunting trip with his family.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2483\">Second person in 4 days is fatally shot in Memphis by federal task force member<\/a><\/p><p>The text message exchanges between Robinson and Twiggs were read aloud in court by a law enforcement investigator on the witness stand.<\/p><p>Robinson\u2019s defense attorneys had argued against the public release of Twiggs\u2019 statements, contending that prosecutors would label them a confession and harm their client\u2019s right to a fair trial. <\/p><p>Erika Kirk, the slain activist\u2019s widow, attended Thursday\u2019s proceedings. It was not immediately clear whether she was inside the courtroom when the clips of Twiggs were played.<\/p><div><\/div><p>Kirk\u2019s family released a statement ahead of the start of Monday\u2019s hearing thanking supporters for their kindness in the wake of the 31-year-old activist\u2019s killing.<\/p><p>\u201cCharlie was a beloved husband, son, brother, friend, and father,\u201d the family said. \u201cEvery court proceeding serves as a painful reminder of his death and the loss that has irrevocably impacted our lives and the lives of his children.\u201d<\/p><p>The attorneys for Kirk\u2019s family and representatives of the news media implored the judge to make Twiggs\u2019 statements and other evidence in the case public.<\/p><p>\u201cTo not be transparent, to not be open and let the world see what happened will create doubt and distrust in the judicial system,\u201d Kirk family lawyer Jeffrey Neiman told Graf.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2481\">Levi\u2019s CEO Michelle Gass hopes to round up more sales from women<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah prosecutors on Thursday played redacted clips of authorities interviewing a roommate and former romantic partner of Tyler Robinson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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