c. May 2025 – Oct 23, 2026, 1:00 pm·516 events
Charlie Kirk Assassination Timeline
All 516 events
In date order. Indented events happen within the event above them. Times are in MDT unless another zone is shown. Last updated October 6, 2026.
· Israel and Iran
Ackman says he first messaged Kirk in late May
Bill Ackman said in a Sept. 15, 2025 statement that he first contacted Kirk by direct message in late May 2025. Ackman says Kirk later suggested a meeting of conservative influencers on Israel, which Ackman offered to host in Bridgehampton.
· Israel and Iran
Kirk writes to Netanyahu about Israel's standing online
Kirk sent Prime Minister Netanyahu a letter warning that Israel was losing support online, including among younger conservatives, and proposing a 'communications intervention.' Netanyahu mentioned the letter on Fox News on Sept. 11, 2025; the New York Post published it on Sept. 29, 2025.
Sources: In letter to PM, Kirk said Israel getting 'CRUSHED' online, losing support on US right (Times of Israel, Sept. 30, 2025); Netanyahu delivers emotional tribute to Charlie Kirk (Fox News, Sept. 11, 2025)
· Israel and Iran
Kirk reportedly urges Trump against a war with Iran
Tucker Carlson said Kirk told Trump in the Oval Office that a war with Iran could hurt the country. Joe Kent said Kirk told him in a West Wing stairway in June, 'Joe, stop us from getting into a war with Iran.' No source gives the meeting's date, and the White House has not described it.
Sources: Charlie Kirk urged Trump in Oval Office to avoid war with Iran, Carlson says (Iran International, Sept. 13, 2025); Charlie Kirk's Iran Warning Before Death Revealed (Newsweek, Mar. 19, 2026); Charlie Kirk Is Haunting the Trump Administration's Iran Debate (Politico via Yahoo, Feb. 24, 2026)
· Israel and Iran
The Twelve-Day War between Israel and Iran
Israel struck Iranian military and nuclear sites on June 13, 2025, and Iran answered with missiles and drones. The United States struck three Iranian nuclear sites on the night of June 21. President Trump announced a ceasefire on June 24.
Sources: 12-Day War (June 2025), Britannica; Twelve-Day War, Wikipedia
· Israel and Iran
Kirk criticizes calls for regime change in Iran on his show
During the Israel-Iran war, Kirk said on his show that Sen. Lindsey Graham's push for regime change in Iran was 'pathologically insane' and warned it could lead to an Iraq-style conflict, Newsweek reported.
Sources: Charlie Kirk Ripping Iran Regime Change Resurfaces Amid Operation Epic Fury (Newsweek)
· Israel and Iran
Kirk praises Trump after US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites
After Trump announced strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, Kirk posted that Trump had acted 'with prudence and decisiveness,' while still cautioning against a wider regime-change war, according to Politico. The time is decoded from the post's ID.
Sources: Charlie Kirk Is Haunting the Trump Administration's Iran Debate (Politico via Yahoo); Charlie Kirk post on X (linked by Politico)
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU holds a mass-casualty drill
UVU staged a mock bombing and casualty response at the UCCU Center, the Daily Herald reported. The time of day is approximate. No connection to the September shooting has been shown.
Sources: Daily Herald contemporary report
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk tells a Kentucky rally his work is 'not always safe'
At Nate Morris's Senate campaign launch in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, Kirk told the crowd, 'We're on the front lines where it's not always safe.'
Sources: 'The devil is working.' Kentuckians react to fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk (Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo); Assassination of Charlie Kirk (Wikipedia)
· Israel and Iran
Kirk invites Josh Hammer to the Hamptons gathering, Hammer says
Josh Hammer said on his show that he received 'a personal invite from Charlie himself' on July 8 to an invitation-only gathering in the Hamptons.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
TPUSA field representative has UVU club ask for the courtyard
UVU's TPUSA club president emailed the university's club office asking about hosting an event in the Courtyard on Sept. 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., because the club's Turning Point USA field representative had asked. UVU's after-action report says UVU did not invite Kirk; the club did, and the request named the Fountain Courtyard from the start.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 40; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 17; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 39
· Israel and Iran
Tucker Carlson questions Iran war at TPUSA student summit
At TPUSA's Student Action Summit in Tampa, Carlson asked 'What's in this war for us?' about Iran, and Defense Secretary Hegseth defended the strikes. The Grayzone later reported, citing one unnamed friend, that Kirk received angry messages from pro-Israel donors after the summit.
Sources: At Turning Point's student summit, Gen Z conservatives cheer Trump, and challenge him (Deseret News, July 11, 2025); Charlie Kirk refused Netanyahu funding offer... (The Grayzone, Sept. 12, 2025)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
UVU TPUSA club submits its formal event request
The club's formal request described an appearance by Charlie Kirk to discuss current events, with ticketing expected to be run by TPUSA, UVU's after-action report says. ABC News, citing planning records, reported the form listed '200+' as maximum attendance and answered 'No' to scheduling EMS. The estimate later rose to 600. More than 3,000 attended.
Sources: Plans estimated 600 people would come to the event where Charlie Kirk was shot. Over 3,000 showed up (ABC News, Nov. 18, 2025); UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 17
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Club told to finish its registration before the event is considered
UVU's club office told the TPUSA club on July 28 that its annual club registration had to be completed before the event could be considered. The club submitted its registration on July 29, the after-action report says.
· Israel and Iran
Kirk and Ackman exchange friendly messages after the gathering
In WhatsApp messages Ackman published on Sept. 16, 2025, Ackman says he enjoyed their time together 'last week' and suggests dinner with their wives, and Kirk replies 'Absolutely, that would be awesome.' The exchange is undated.
· Tyler Robinson
Robinson asks his roommate about a Dremel to engrave bullets
Lance Twiggs said in a recorded statement played at the preliminary hearing that Robinson, at most a month before Sept. 10, asked whether they had a Dremel because he wanted to engrave messages on bullets. Twiggs told him it was in the basement pantry.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 47; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 46
· Israel and Iran
Kirk attends Hamptons gathering on Israel hosted by Bill Ackman
About 35 young conservative influencers met with Kirk at a gathering Ackman hosted; one session covered Israel. The Grayzone's unnamed sources describe an 'intervention' in which Kirk was confronted. Ackman, Hammer, Seth Dillon and Andrew Kolvet deny any threats or pressure. Ackman gives Aug. 4-5; Hammer says Aug. 4-6.
Sources: Mediaite (Sept. 16, 2025), quoting Ackman's statement; Billionaire Bill Ackman convened stormy Israel 'intervention' with Charlie Kirk, sources say (The Grayzone, Sept. 15, 2025); The Josh Hammer Show (Sept. 17, 2025)
· Israel and Iran
Kirk tells Megyn Kelly he has less room to criticize Israel
On The Megyn Kelly Show, Kirk and Kelly discussed pressure from Israel supporters demanding unconditional backing. Kirk said he had less ability to criticize the Israeli government online than Israelis do.
Sources: Megyn and Charlie Kirk Push Back Against Israel Supporters Demanding Their Unconditional Support (Aug. 6, 2025); The Grayzone (Sept. 15, 2025)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
UVU staff suggest another venue in case of a large crowd
UVU staff suggested the FL Quad as an alternative venue 'if they get a large crowd in the area,' according to planning records reported by ABC News. UVU's after-action report places the alternative-venue discussion, naming the Fulton Library Quad and indoor sites, at the Aug. 25 committee meeting, where TPUSA kept the courtyard.
Sources: ABC News (Nov. 18, 2025); UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 40
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Questionnaire projects about 600 attendees and no security concerns
UVU's club office tentatively approved the event and sent it to Event Services as a major event. The club president's questionnaire, with answers 'straight from the TPUSA team,' projected about 600 attendees, reported no risk or security concerns and no need for EMS, and offered to connect UVU police with TPUSA's head of security.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 41; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 17
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU's police chief first learns of the event
Event Services emailed the people required at the Aug. 25 meeting of UVU's Major Events Assessment Committee. UVU's after-action report says this appears to be when Police Chief Jeff Long first learned of the Sept. 10 event, 20 days before it.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 17; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 39
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU's Free Speech Committee flags the event over expected protests
The committee flagged the event because of anticipated protests and reviewed earlier TPUSA appearances, including Kirk's 2019 visit to UVU. It noted a small Emergency Operations Center had been used for a previous TPUSA event on campus, the after-action report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 17; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 41
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Harpole's first meeting about the UVU event, he later says
Brian Harpole, head of Kirk's security team, said on a Nov. 17, 2025 podcast that his first meeting about the Sept. 10 event was on Aug. 24, a day before UVU's planning meeting. UVU's reviewers assume it was internal to TPUSA; they found no record of a meeting with UVU that day.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
TPUSA keeps the courtyard and its own ticketing despite UVU concerns
At a Teams meeting of UVU's major-events committee, UVU staff raised concerns about the outdoor courtyard and suggested the Fulton Library Quad, indoor sites and UVU ticketing. TPUSA senior field representative Maycee Crofts insisted on the courtyard, where Kirk had spoken before, participants told UVU's reviewers; Crofts did not respond to them. The committee agreed. TPUSA said it would bring about eight security staff.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 40; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 18; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 17
· Police, FBI and officials
Free Speech Committee discusses an EOC and social media monitoring
UVU's Free Speech Committee discussed possibly activating the Emergency Operations Center, social media monitoring, communications planning and coordination for the event, the after-action report says.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
TPUSA announces Kirk's fall tour, opening at UVU on Sept. 10
Turning Point USA announced Kirk's American Comeback Tour of college campuses and promoted the first stop, Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, on Facebook. Investigators later used this Aug. 27 post as the start date for their records requests, according to a warrant affidavit.
Sources: Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 7; Assassination of Charlie Kirk (Wikipedia); ABC News (Nov. 18, 2025)
· Israel and Iran
Netanyahu says he phoned Kirk and invited him to Israel
On Sept. 10, 2025, Netanyahu said he had spoken with Kirk two weeks earlier and invited him to Israel. The Grayzone, citing an unnamed friend of Kirk, reported that Kirk turned down an offer to meet Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Netanyahu said nothing about funding, and no one has confirmed a funding offer on the record.
Sources: Benjamin Netanyahu on X (Sept. 10, 2025); The Grayzone (Sept. 15, 2025)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
UVU approves the event before any written security assessment
UVU's major-events committee formally approved the event, and TPUSA asked for barriers, tables, chairs, power and green room access. The after-action report calls this a key decision point: the event was approved before a documented security assessment or written Event Action Plan existed, and no plan was ever written.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 18; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 55
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Petition opposing Kirk's UVU event is created
A petition asking UVU to stop Kirk from speaking on campus is created, according to an Associated Press chronology.
Sources: Associated Press chronology
· Police, FBI and officials
Complaints tracked; an anonymous caller demands cancellation
UVU's Free Speech Committee began monitoring complaints and concerns about the event, and an anonymous caller demanded it be canceled, the after-action report says. On Aug. 31, President Astrid Tuminez asked for updates on event planning.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 18; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 18
· Tyler Robinson
Robinson mentions Kirk's UVU visit at a family dinner, affidavit says
A family member told investigators that at a recent dinner before Sept. 10, Robinson mentioned Kirk was coming to UVU and they discussed why they did not like him, according to the probable cause affidavit. The family member said Robinson had become more political. The dinner is undated.
· Police, FBI and officials
Booking photo reached media through another agency, State says
At an Oct. 24, 2025 hearing, prosecutor Christopher Ballard said Robinson's booking photo came from the sheriff's office, but another law enforcement agency released it to the media after receiving it under Utah's records-sharing law. He said the sheriff's office was concerned when it became public.
Sources: Transcript of Oct. 24, 2025 hearing (filed Dec. 29, 2025), p. 51
· Police, FBI and officials
Police chief still has no TPUSA security contact
Chief Long had given his contact details to Crofts at the Aug. 25 meeting and asked that TPUSA's security team call him. Hearing nothing, he emailed UVU's club office on Sept. 2 for a TPUSA security contact, the after-action report says. No security request had come from TPUSA.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 18; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 41
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
UVU says the event will go ahead
UVU confirms that the Turning Point USA event with Kirk will proceed as planned, according to an Associated Press chronology.
Sources: Associated Press chronology
· Police, FBI and officials
Free Speech Committee notes online petitions to cancel
UVU's Free Speech Committee noted increasing anti-Kirk activity online and petitions to cancel the event, the after-action report says.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
First security call between TPUSA's Dan Flood and UVU's police chief
TPUSA Security Supervisor Dan Flood and Chief Long spoke for 5 minutes 28 seconds, mostly about arrival, departure and parking; Flood asked that staff park near the canopy. The report's timeline says Flood cited 8 to 10 security staff; its narrative says 10 to 12. Flood did not respond to the reviewers.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 18; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 41
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Second call: TPUSA's national office runs ticketing, no totals yet
In a 48-second follow-up call, Flood said TPUSA's Phoenix office was handling ticketing; totals were not available, so Long had no crowd estimate. Flood said Kirk would speak only from noon to about 2 p.m. The report found TPUSA never issued tickets to registrants or required them at the event.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 18; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 60; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 42
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU police and the state intelligence center discuss counter-protests
UVU police and Utah's Statewide Information and Analysis Center communicated about potential counter-protests on Sept. 4 and 5, the after-action report says. On Sept. 5 the Free Speech Committee decided to watch the event from the Fugal Gateway Building.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 18; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 18
· Flight tracking
SU-BTT arrives at Provo
Recovered ADS-B position data places the Egyptian-registered aircraft at Provo. Aircraft position does not identify passengers or show any link to the shooting.
Sources: Recovered ADS-B arrival record; Candace podcast: BREAKING NEWS! The Egyptian Military Was In Provo On 9/10. | Candace Ep 255 (transcript); SU-BTT position data, Provo, Sept. 10, 2025
· Police, FBI and officials
Tuminez names an acting administrator for Sept. 10
UVU President Astrid Tuminez designated Jim Mortensen, vice president of finance, acting administrator and authorized signatory while she traveled on Sept. 10. Not every Cabinet member was told, which added to confusion about who was in charge after the shooting, the after-action report says.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Flood texts the police chief about roof access; Long: 'I got you covered'
Flood forwarded a student group's message about 'student roof access pretty close' to Kirk's spot via Sorensen Center stairs, and asked for controlled access or one of his men there. Long replied 'I got you covered.' UVU's report says the exchange concerned the Hall of Flags walkway above the canopy. It times it at 3:12 p.m. in one place and 4:11 in another.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 42; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 42; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 18
· Police, FBI and officials
Free Speech Committee notes growing protest coordination
The day before the event, UVU's Free Speech Committee noted increasing protest coordination, discussion of conflict between attendees and growing outside media attention, the after-action report says.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk's last show features Ben Shapiro
The Sept. 9 Charlie Kirk Show featured Ben Shapiro, Tricia McLaughlin and Jack Posobiec. Listed topics include the Charlotte light rail murder, Israel and Qatar, sanctuary policies and ICE.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Friend says Kirk raised no safety concerns in a call
An unnamed TPUSA colleague told The Independent they spoke with Kirk for 20 minutes on Tuesday, Sept. 9, and he did not mention safety concerns. NYT reporter Robert Draper said Kirk had told him weeks earlier that he received death threats but treated them as part of the job.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk texts Kristi Noem the day before his death, Noem says
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Kirk texted her the day before he died about holding mayors and local officials accountable, and that she did not see it until after his death because she was traveling.
Sources: Kristi Noem reveals last text Charlie Kirk sent her on 'Pod Force One'
· Israel and Iran
Kirk thanks the group and names UVU as his first stop
After the call, Kirk thanked the group for their help. When Hammer wished him luck with the campus visits, Kirk replied naming 'Utah valley U' with a prayer emoji, according to screenshots Hammer released on Oct. 9, 2025. No clock time was reported.
Sources: Mediaite (Oct. 9, 2025)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk's reported text: 'They are going to kill me'
Candace Owens said in January 2026 that a Turning Point employee has a text from Kirk, sent the day before he died, reading 'They are going to kill me.' In June 2026 she named Andrew Kolvet as the recipient. Kolvet has said Kirk repeatedly said leftists would try to kill him. The text has not been published.
Sources: Myron Gaines Interviews Candace Owens (Transcript); Candace Owens Says TPUSA Staffer Allegedly Changed Story About Charlie Kirk Text (June 25, 2026)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Witness says he saw a morning meeting at Fort Huachuca
Former soldier Mitch Snow told Candace Owens he saw a meeting on the Arizona base the morning of Sept. 9 and believed one attendee was Brian Harpole of Kirk's security team. Owens said it ended about 7:30 a.m. and that she could not confirm the identities. Harpole denies being there and says travel records place him in Dallas.
Sources: Candace, Ep 283, transcript; Hoodline: Charlie Kirk's ex-bodyguard slaps Candace Owens with Nashville defamation suit (May 2026); Candace podcast: Charlie Kirk’s Last Trip To Asia… | Candace Ep 277 (transcript); Candace podcast: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: What He Saw On Fort Huachuca The Day Before Charlie Died. | Candace Ep 282 (transcript); Candace podcast: BREAKING NEWS: Brian Harpole Sues Me! | Candace Ep 331 (transcript)
· Israel and Iran
Kirk writes in a group chat about losing a donor over Tucker Carlson
In a private group chat, Kirk wrote that he had lost a donor giving '$2 million a year because we won't cancel Tucker.' Candace Owens released the screenshots on Oct. 6, 2025; TPUSA's Andrew Kolvet confirmed them. Accounts differ: Owens said two days before the shooting; Josh Hammer, a chat member, said about 3:30 to 4 p.m. EDT on Sept. 9.
Sources: 'Jewish donors play into all the stereotypes,' Charlie Kirk wrote in leaked text messages before his murder (JTA, Oct. 10, 2025); Charlie Kirk's Friend Josh Hammer Releases Final Messages (Mediaite, Oct. 9, 2025); Candace, Ep 248 (Oct. 6, 2025), transcript; Newsweek: Charlie Kirk Show Responds to Leaked Text Messages (Oct. 8, 2025); UNILAD Tech (Oct. 8, 2025)
· Israel and Iran
Kirk holds a Zoom call to rehearse campus questions on Israel
Kirk held a roughly 90-minute Zoom call with Josh Hammer, Rabbi Pesach Wolicki and others to rehearse likely campus questions about Israel, including a mock debate, both men said. The start time is derived from Hammer's 'two hours later.' Candace Owens has disputed Hammer's account.
Sources: Inside Rabbi's Final Group Call With Charlie Kirk (The Epoch Times); The Martyrdom of My Friend Charlie Kirk (Josh Hammer, Newsweek, Sept. 12, 2025)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk texts Sen. Mike Lee after landing in Utah
Kirk texted Sen. Mike Lee 'Just landed. Event I think is going to be a win,' according to screenshots Lee shared, as reported by Fox News. No source found gives Kirk's flight or arrival time.
Sources: Charlie Kirk's last 24 hours before his Utah assassination (Fox News)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Frank Turek rides with Kirk to UVU and raises nearby buildings
Frank Turek said he rode with Kirk's team to UVU after a stop at a local entrepreneur group, rehearsing likely student questions. He said he told Kirk the many nearby buildings were a safety risk, and Kirk seemed confident in his private security and the police detail.
Sources: Charlie Kirk's final moments emotionally detailed by mentor Frank Turek (Fox News, Sept. 18, 2025)
· Police, FBI and officials
DPS and the FBI agree to co-lead the investigation
On reaching UVU, DPS Commissioner Beau Mason told officers the governor had directed him to lead the investigation. After meeting the FBI's Salt Lake City special agent in charge, who had been told to lead it, they agreed to co-lead: the state on the homicide, the FBI on possible federal hate-crime and terrorism charges, the report says.
· Police, FBI and officials
Alumni building opens for people stranded on campus
UVU opened the Alumni Building for people who could not leave, including those whose cars were inside crime-scene areas. The Red Cross was contacted but no shelter was needed. UVU therapists and the FBI Victim Assistance Program offered support, which lasted about two weeks, the after-action report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 22; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 101
· Tyler Robinson
Robinson's trip to Orem and back, as the State tells it
Robinson left the St. George apartment about 4 a.m. on Sept. 10, Lance Twiggs testified. UVU video shows him on campus about four times, Agent Hull testified. Camera, phone and plate-reader records cited by the State place his car in Orem until about 1:35 a.m. on Sept. 11 and in Cedar City at 7:16 a.m.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 45; Preliminary hearing day 1 transcript (Rev); Search warrant 3215391 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7
· Tyler Robinson
Robinson leaves the St. George apartment before dawn
Lance Twiggs said in a recorded statement played at the preliminary hearing that Robinson left early, saying he had a long drive to work; he guessed 5 a.m., then 'probably more like 4:00.' On a normal workday he left around 7. Judge Graf found he left in the early morning hours.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 45; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 44; Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing day 4 (July 9, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Note left under Twiggs's keyboard, the State says
The State says Robinson left a handwritten note under Twiggs's keyboard before leaving. Read in court by Agent Brian Davis, it says he 'left the house this morning on a mission and set an auto text.' When it was written is not established; it is placed at his departure.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 76; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 77; Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Home camera shows a maroon-shirted person walking toward campus
Home security footage first published by TMZ shows a person in a maroon shirt and shorts walking through a neighborhood toward campus at 8:07 a.m. Candace Owens cited it on Sept. 21, 2026 and noted it was not shown at the preliminary hearing. Owens said a person already walking at 8:07 had no reason to drive into the garage at 8:28.
· Tyler Robinson
Neighborhood camera records a Challenger passing at 8:23
A timeline graphic shown by Candace Owens on Sept. 21, 2026 (Ep 390), drawing on the State's warrants, has neighborhood footage catching the Challenger the State attributes to Robinson driving past a house at 8:23 a.m., six minutes before it enters the campus garage. Owens now argues a second gray Challenger was near campus.
· Tyler Robinson
First campus visit, as the State tells it
The State says Robinson parked in the campus garage, walked the campus without disguise, looked at the courtyard and spoke with TPUSA representatives, then drove away. The warrant affidavits say he also visited a wooded area near where the rifle was later found; Agent Hull placed that visit in the second trip.
Sources: Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript; Search warrant 3214771 affidavit (Sept. 14, 2025), p. 5
· Tyler Robinson
Gray Dodge Challenger enters the UVU parking structure
The State says its surveillance exhibit shows Robinson's gray Dodge Challenger driving into the campus parking structure at 8:29 a.m. Accounts differ: the warrant affidavits say about 8:28; Agent Hull and Judge Graf say about 8:30, and the judge's ruling calls the car a gray or silver Dodge Charger.
Sources: Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript; Search warrant 3214771 affidavit (Sept. 14, 2025), p. 5; Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Garage footage shows the driver waiting on the top level
Footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 22, 2026 (Ep 391) shows the Challenger driving to the uncovered top level, where the maroon-shirted driver sits in the car for about eight minutes before moving to a lower level to park. Agent Hull's testimony and the warrants do not mention the wait.
· Tyler Robinson
Garage footage shows the entering Challenger with four exhaust tips
Clearer garage footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 23, 2026 (Ep 392) shows the Challenger entering with quad exhaust tips. Owens said Fox News footage of Robinson's towed car shows dual exhaust, so they are different cars; she said she is not a car expert. The State says the car is Robinson's.
Sources: Candace, Ep 392 (Sept. 23, 2026), transcript; Candace, Ep 393 (Sept. 24, 2026), transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Garage stills of the maroon-shirted person, released by Owens
Stills from the parking-garage footage released by Candace Owens on Aug. 10, 2026 (Ep 374) show the maroon-shirted person the State identifies as Robinson. Owens said a government source told her he takes a phone from his left pocket and puts an earpiece in his left ear. The stills' times were not given.
Sources: Candace, Ep 374 (Aug. 10, 2026), transcript; Candace podcast: Honey, I Shrunk The Footage! More Exclusive TPUSA Shenanigans. | Ep 379 (transcript)
· Tyler Robinson
Driver in maroon shirt leaves the car in the garage
Agent Hull identified the driver leaving the car in the garage as Robinson, wearing a maroon shirt, shorts and Converse shoes. No camera minute was read aloud; the time is placed after the top-level wait seen in footage released by Candace Owens.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Maroon-shirted person walks out of the garage at 8:43
A timeline graphic shown by Candace Owens on Sept. 21, 2026 (Ep 390) places the maroon-shirted person the State identifies as Robinson walking out of the parking structure onto campus at 8:43 a.m. The hearing testimony and ruling give no minute for this.
· Tyler Robinson
Walks from the garage to the courtyard
Agent Hull described the person he identifies as Robinson walking from the garage to the quad and amphitheater. No camera minute was read aloud; the time is estimated from the order of events in testimony.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Looks over the courtyard where the event will be held
The prosecutor said surveillance shows the person looking at the courtyard where Kirk would speak. No camera minute was given; the time is estimated from the order of events in testimony.
Sources: Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Speaks with TPUSA representatives near the amphitheater
Agent Hull and Judge Graf said the person identified as Robinson spoke with Turning Point USA representatives near the amphitheater during the first visit. No camera minute was given; the time is estimated from the order of events in testimony.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Maroon-shirted person walks down the garage stairs at 9:24
A timeline graphic shown by Candace Owens on Sept. 21, 2026 (Ep 390), following the State's account, has the maroon-shirted person descending the parking-structure stairs at 9:24 a.m. to return to the Challenger. On Sept. 22 Owens corrected the graphic's placement of the wooded-area visit in this window.
· Tyler Robinson
Returns to the Dodge in the garage
The warrant affidavits say Robinson walked around campus until 9:24 a.m., when he returned to his car. Agent Hull and Judge Graf put the return at about 9:25 a.m.
Sources: Search warrant 3214771 affidavit (Sept. 14, 2025), p. 5; Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Gray Dodge leaves the campus garage and heads northeast
The warrant affidavits say Robinson drove out of the parking structure at about 9:32 a.m. and headed northeast; the prosecution said about 9:33. The State says he parked somewhere off campus before walking back, and has not said where.
Sources: Search warrant 3214771 affidavit (Sept. 14, 2025), p. 5; Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Second campus visit, as the State tells it
The State says Robinson walked back onto campus from the northeast with a blue backpack, bought food in the Sorensen Center, went into the woods north of Campus Drive and came back without the backpack, then climbed the Losee Center stairway to the roof guardrail before walking off campus just before 11 a.m.
Sources: Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Walks back onto campus at 10:09 a.m.
The State says Robinson returned on foot at 10:09 a.m. through the north parking lot and the tunnel under Campus Drive, in the same hat, maroon shirt, shorts and shoes, carrying a blue backpack. Agent Hull and Judge Graf said just after 10 a.m. The State says he later used the same route in different clothes.
Sources: Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Crosses under Campus Drive through the north tunnel
The prosecution said the route after 10:09 a.m. went through the tunnel under Campus Drive and up the stairs. No camera minute was read aloud; the time is estimated from the order of events in testimony.
Sources: Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Heads into the Sorensen Center
Agent Hull described the person entering the Sorensen Center after walking onto campus. No camera minute was read aloud; the time is estimated from the order of events in testimony.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Buys food at Chick-fil-A
Agent Hull said surveillance tracked the person he identifies as Robinson buying food at Chick-fil-A in the Sorensen Center; Judge Graf found he ate there. No receipt or camera minute was given; the time is estimated from the order of events in testimony.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Sits and eats
Agent Hull described the person eating after the purchase. No camera minute was given; the time is estimated from the order of events in testimony.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Crosses Campus Drive into the wooded area
After the food stop, Agent Hull said, the person crossed Campus Drive into the wooded area northeast of campus, which he said appeared to be where the rifle was later found. No camera minute was given; the time is estimated from the order of events in testimony.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Comes back from the woods without the blue backpack
Agent Hull said the blue backpack seen earlier is absent when the person returns from the wooded area. The testimony does not establish where it was left. No camera minute was given; the time is estimated from the order of events.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Passes through the Gunther Building
On the way back from the woods, Agent Hull said, the person passed through the Gunther Building. No camera minute was given; the time is estimated from the order of events in testimony.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Passes through the computer science building
Agent Hull placed this after the Gunther Building and before the Losee stairway. No camera minute was given; the time is estimated from the order of events in testimony.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Climbs the Losee Center stairway to the roof guardrail
Just before 11 a.m., Judge Graf found, the person identified as Robinson walked up the exterior stairway of the Losee Center to the guardrail that gives access to the roof. Accounts differ: the State says he went onto the roof; the judge's finding stops at the guardrail.
Sources: Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Walks back down the Losee stairs
After reaching the guardrail, Agent Hull said, the person went back down the stairs. No camera minute was read aloud; the time is estimated from the order of events in testimony.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Walks off campus just before 11 a.m.
Agent Hull testified, after checking his notes, that Robinson walked off campus just before 11 a.m.; Judge Graf found he walked back down the stairs and off campus. No source in the filings places him or the car between then and a camera sighting at 11:50 a.m.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing arguments and bindover ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Third campus visit, as the State tells it
The State says Robinson walked back onto campus about 11:50 a.m. in dark clothes, climbed to the Losee Center roof and, after the 12:23:28 shot, crossed Campus Drive into the woods. Accounts of the return time range from 11:50 to 11:54. Robinson has pleaded not guilty.
Sources: Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 3; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:50:48; State's memorandum in support of preliminary hearing bindover, p. 3
· Tyler Robinson
Returns to campus in dark clothes
The State says a UVU camera first recorded the person it identifies as Robinson about 11:50 a.m. north of Campus Drive, in a black long-sleeve shirt, dark jeans and a backpack, walking with a stiff right leg. Accounts differ: 11:51 (charging document), 11:53 (Judge Graf), 11:54 (prosecutor, who said the rifle was hidden down his pants).
Sources: Probable cause affidavit (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 1; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:50:48; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 03:48:26; Utah County charging document
· Tyler Robinson
Pauses at the tunnel stairs and looks at a phone
The affidavits say that about 11:53 a.m. he stopped atop the stairs to the tunnel under Campus Drive and handled what appeared to be a phone, "possibly texting." Footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 14, 2026 (Ep 386) shows about 90 seconds on the phone, then a full right-knee bend; Owens said that shows no rifle in his trousers.
Sources: Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 4; Probable cause affidavit (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 1; Candace podcast: More Exclusive Footage! For Whatever It’s Farnsworth… | Ep 386 (transcript)
· Tyler Robinson
Through the tunnel and up the garage stairs
The affidavits say he walked down into the tunnel keeping his right leg mostly straight, came up into the parking garage and climbed to the second level; on the landing something appeared to bulge from the right side of his waistband. Agent Hull identified him in the same footage. No clock time was given for this stretch.
Sources: Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 4; Agent Hull, preliminary hearing testimony
· Tyler Robinson
Recorded on the north side of the Losee Center
According to the affidavits, he was recorded walking on the north side of the Losee Center at about 12:02 p.m. with the same gait. Agent Hull described the route along a sidewalk near Campus Drive.
Sources: Probable cause affidavit (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 1; Agent Hull, preliminary hearing testimony
· Tyler Robinson
Walks south along the Losee Center and enters by the southeast doors
The affidavits say he walked south on the building's east sidewalk and went in through doors at its southeast corner. Agent Hull noted the same gait as he passed the building. No clock time was given; the time shown is an estimate from the order of events.
Sources: Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 4; Agent Hull, preliminary hearing testimony
· Tyler Robinson
Dark-clothed person nears the Losee exterior stairs
Judge Graf said surveillance shows the person approaching the exterior stairs just after noon, before the 12:15 climb. The time shown is an estimate from the order of events; no camera minute was read aloud.
· Tyler Robinson
Climbs the stairs to the common area beside the roof
The affidavit says that at about 12:15 p.m. he walked up the stairs to the common area beside the Losee Center and went to the short concrete wall separating it from the roof. Judge Graf found a person in dark clothes at the top of the exterior staircase at about 12:15.
Sources: Probable cause affidavit (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 2; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:50:48; Agent Hull, preliminary hearing testimony
· Tyler Robinson
Footage shows the figure waiting at the wall beside the roof
Footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 23, 2026 (Ep 392) shows the person the State identifies as Robinson reaching the concrete wall between a walkway and the Losee roof at 12:16 and standing there for more than a minute. Owens said the person appears very tall and thin, with a tall backpack.
· Tyler Robinson
Time on the Losee Center roof, as the State tells it
The affidavit puts the climb over the wall onto the roof at about 12:17 p.m.; Agent Hull and Judge Graf say about 12:15. The State says he left by lowering himself off the northeast side seconds after a video frame stamped 12:23:47. Robinson has pleaded not guilty.
Sources: Probable cause affidavit (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 2; Preliminary hearing day 2 transcript (Rev); Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 140
· Tyler Robinson
Climbs over the wall onto the Losee roof and crouches
The affidavit says he climbed over the short wall at about 12:17 p.m. and crouched on the roof; footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 23, 2026 (Ep 392) shows the same at 12:17. Accounts differ: Agent Hull and Judge Graf put the roll over the rail at about 12:15. Hull said the limp was no longer visible. UVU's after-action report, from surveillance review, also puts the climb over a barrier from an adjacent Losee walkway at 12:17.
Sources: Probable cause affidavit (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 2; Preliminary hearing day 2 transcript (Rev); Candace podcast: SHOCKING FOOTAGE! UVU Rooftop. Erika Gives Charlie’s Final Moments With His Kids To Internet Trolls. | Ep 392 (transcript); UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 03:48:50; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 20
· Tyler Robinson
Out of camera view on the roof for about five minutes
The State says he was out of camera view for about five minutes and argued he assembled the rifle with a screwdriver later found on the roof; the defense called that speculation. Footage released by Owens shows the figure crouched but not what he did, and Owens said assembly is not visible.
Sources: UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 03:48:50; Candace podcast: SHOCKING FOOTAGE! UVU Rooftop. Erika Gives Charlie’s Final Moments With His Kids To Internet Trolls. | Ep 392 (transcript); Utah County charging document
· Tyler Robinson
Runs across the roof toward the southwest corner
The affidavit says he stood at about 12:22 p.m. and ran across the roof to the west side, the earlier limp absent. Agent Hull read 12:22 on the rooftop video timestamp, and Judge Graf found the run toward the southwest corner at about 12:22. UVU's after-action report gives the same minute for the run and the prone position.
Sources: Probable cause affidavit (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 2; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:51:41; Agent Hull, preliminary hearing testimony; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 20
· Tyler Robinson
Bystander starts filming the roof figure at 12:22
The widely shared bystander video of a figure moving into position on the Losee roof begins at 12:22, according to metadata Candace Owens said she was sent (Ep 241, Sept. 23, 2025). The filmer told her he stopped about five seconds before the shot and that the figure wore all-black tactical clothing and a mask, not jeans.
Sources: Candace podcast: Bearing False Witness: Who Made The Charlie Kirk Videos Go Viral? | Candace Ep 241 (transcript); Candace podcast: EXCLUSIVE RECORDING! The Lone Witness To The Shot On 9/10 Speaks Out. | Ep 360 (transcript)
· Tyler Robinson
Crouches and crawls toward the roof's edge
Agent Hull and Judge Graf describe a crouch and crawl to the southwest edge after the run. Rooftop footage released by Candace Owens on July 28, 2026 (Ep 367), timestamps cropped, shows a sideways crawl, something thrust forward and a brief flash. Owens said the footage shows no limp or recoil and does not fit the State's account.
Sources: Agent Hull, preliminary hearing testimony; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:51:41; Candace podcast: EXCLUSIVE: Never Before Seen Rooftop Footage. Plus, The Rookie Cop Who Found the Gun. | Ep 367 (transcript); Sportskeeda: Candace Owens releases footage of a man on the rooftop doing "lateral crawl"
· Tyler Robinson
Lies prone at the roof edge facing the courtyard
The affidavit says he lay down about 12:22 p.m. "in a position consistent with a prone shooting position," facing the courtyard. Accounts of how long differ: Judge Graf about 45 seconds before the 12:23:28 shot (so from about 12:22:43), Agent Hull 15 to 30, the defense 30 to 43 at the edge, Owens's footage about 50.
Sources: Probable cause affidavit (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 2; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:51:41; Preliminary hearing day 2 transcript (Rev); UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 05:14:25
· Tyler Robinson
Rises at the shot and runs northeast across the roof
The State says the person stood at the moment of the shot and ran northeast across the roof carrying a long, skinny, black object; Judge Graf found the same. Accounts differ on the object: the affidavit says he placed a dark item on the roof before lowering himself off, and Agent Hull said he could not see an actual gun.
Sources: State's memorandum in support of preliminary hearing bindover, p. 3; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:51:41; Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 4; Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 4
· Tyler Robinson
Bystander video catches a figure running across the roof
Tanner Maxwell began filming at about the moment of the shot, and his footage shows a dark-clothed figure running across the Losee roof, according to the Washington Post's reconstruction.
Sources: Washington Post video reconstruction
· Tyler Robinson
Reaches the northeast corner and lowers himself off the roof
A campus video frame stamped 12:23:47 shows him near the northeast side, Sgt. Faumuina testified; Agent Hull said the object is first clearly in his hand there. He then lowers himself to the grass. A stipulation says Robinson was excluded as the source of latent prints on the window below, and Faumuina said sharper footage shows he did not touch the glass.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 140; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 93; Preliminary hearing day 2 transcript (Rev); FBI video
· Tyler Robinson
Lands on the grass and picks up an object
On landing, Agent Hull said, "it's almost like he either drops it or goes into a crouched position," then rises with a long black item in hand. Prosecutors say its shape resembles a rifle; Hull said he could not see an actual gun. The affidavit says he then ran north by the parking lot east of the Losee Center.
Sources: Agent Hull, preliminary hearing testimony (July 7, 2026); Utah County charging document; Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 4
· Tyler Robinson
Approaches Campus Drive at 12:24:42
Agent Hull read the surveillance timestamp 12:24:42 while describing the person approaching Campus Drive after the drop from the roof.
· Tyler Robinson
Crosses Campus Drive into the woods
The affidavit says he ran north across Campus Drive at about 12:24 p.m. into a grassy, wooded area, carrying an item "whose identity is not clear from the surveillance." Agent Hull described the crossing just after the 12:24:42 frame. The State calls the woods his planned drop point, where the rifle was later found. UVU's after-action report, from surveillance review, says he was walking north across Campus Drive at 12:24.
Sources: Probable cause affidavit (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 2; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 03:50:05; Agent Hull, preliminary hearing testimony; FBI video release; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 20
· Tyler Robinson
Phone starts a Google Maps route to a car wash
A Google Maps route on Robinson's phone started at 12:46 p.m. (6:46:13 p.m. UTC), about 23 minutes after the shot, from near the Mountain Shadows Shopping Center to the Quick Quack Car Wash at 855 N. State St., Orem, according to SBI search warrant affidavits.
Sources: Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7; Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7; Search warrant 3215391 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7
· Tyler Robinson
Robinson's Challenger arrives at the Quick Quack Car Wash
Car wash records and video show Robinson's 2013 Dodge Challenger arriving at about 12:57 p.m., roughly 34 minutes after the shot, according to SBI affidavits. The dash camera later seized from the car appears mounted on its dash. The filings do not say how long the car stayed or where it went next.
Sources: Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7; Search warrant 3215391 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7
· Tyler Robinson
Still image appears to show Robinson at a Dairy Queen
A surveillance still appears to show Robinson in a maroon shirt, jeans, cap and sunglasses at the counter of what Owens called a nearby Dairy Queen, time-stamped 6:38 p.m. Released by Candace Owens on Sept. 18, 2025 (Ep 238). Owens later said it may be 5:38 p.m. (Jan. 6, 2026), or 12:38 p.m. if the system ran on UTC (Sept. 24, 2026).
Sources: Candace podcast: EXCLUSIVE! Another Photo Of Tyler Robinson | Candace Ep 238 (transcript); Candace podcast: CONFIRMED: TWO Dodge Challengers & A Dairy Queen Stop That Broke The Timeline. | Ep 393 (transcript); Newsweek: Was Tyler Robinson At Dairy Queen After Charlie Kirk Shooting? (Sept. 19, 2025)
· Tyler Robinson
Restaurant staff place Robinson at a Panguitch steakhouse
Staff at a Panguitch steakhouse, as relayed by Owens, said a man they identified as Robinson sat at the bar, ate a steak, texted and paid by card. Owens gave arrival about 8:45 p.m. (Jan. 6, 2026, Ep 285) and later cited a receipt showing he left no earlier than about 9:47 p.m. (Sept. 9, 2026, Ep 385).
Sources: Candace podcast: BREAKING NEWS: Where Tyler Robinson Went On The Night Of 9/10. | Candace Ep 285 (transcript); Candace podcast: EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE: A Crazy Thing Happened On The Way Back From The Hospital. | Ep 385 (transcript)
· Tyler Robinson
Panguitch and Orem: the evening accounts differ
The restaurant account reported by Owens places Robinson in Panguitch, which she described as three hours south of Orem, until no earlier than about 9:47 p.m. In the State's account he texts from Orem from about 11 p.m. and his car is at UVU about 12:30 a.m. Owens said the two do not fit.
Sources: Candace podcast: EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE: A Crazy Thing Happened On The Way Back From The Hospital. | Ep 385 (transcript); UT v. Tyler Robinson Preliminary Hearing Day 4 (July 9, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing day 2 transcript (Rev)
· Tyler Robinson
Night in Orem, per Robinson's texts and cameras
The State's account of Robinson's night in Orem: texts to Lance Twiggs from 11 p.m. saying he was stuck in Orem trying to recover the rifle, an officer's stop at Campus Drive about 12:30 a.m., a doorbell camera, and the car leaving about 1:35 a.m.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 61; Search warrant 3215391 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7
· Tyler Robinson
First text tells Twiggs to look under his keyboard
The first text in the thread reads "Drop what you are doing, look under your keyboard." SBI Agent Brian Davis testified that Twiggs's phone extraction dates it Sept. 10 at 11:00 p.m. Twiggs called it an "automated message."
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 61; Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 62; Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 46; September 1, 2026 preliminary hearing ruling, transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Robinson texts that he tried to delete that message
Twiggs replied "What????" and "You're joking right????" Robinson answered that he had tried to delete that message, according to Agent Davis reading the thread in court. Minute estimated from message order.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 62
· Tyler Robinson
Texts: stuck in Orem, must get the rifle; "I am, I'm sorry"
Robinson wrote he was okay but "stuck in Orem for a little while longer," still had to get his rifle, and had hoped to keep this secret until he died. Asked "You weren't the one who did it right????" he replied "I am, I'm sorry." Minute estimated from message order.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 62; Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 63; UT v. Tyler Robinson Preliminary Hearing Day 4 (July 9, 2026), Rev transcript; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:52:46
· Tyler Robinson
Texts say the lockdown blocked his return to the rifle
Told police had caught someone, Robinson wrote they had grabbed "some crazy old dude" and questioned someone in similar clothing. He had planned to collect the rifle soon after, but that side of town was locked down, and one vehicle was still lingering. Minute estimated from message order.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 63; Preliminary hearing, day 4 (Twiggs, Agent Davis, Sgt. Faumuina)
· Tyler Robinson
Robinson texts a motive and promises an update by midnight
Asked why, Robinson replied "I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can't be negotiated out." He said he would try again to retrieve the rifle unseen and update Twiggs by midnight. Prosecutor Chad Grunander quoted a text sent that night: "If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence."
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 63; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 06:14:53
· Tyler Robinson
Texts say planning took over a week; squad car by the rifle
Asked how long he had planned it, Robinson answered "A bit over a week I believe," adding that he could get close to the rifle but a squad car was parked right by it. Asked if anyone else knew, he wrote "Not to my knowledge." Minute estimated from message order.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 64; Preliminary hearing, day 4 (Twiggs, Agent Davis, Sgt. Faumuina)
· Tyler Robinson
Robinson texts he is waiting in his car
Robinson wrote he was sitting in his car watching reels for another hour, hoping the person near the spot would leave. Asked if he was still okay, he said yes and that he was checking the spot again. Minute estimated from message order.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 64; Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 6; Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 6
· Tyler Robinson
Texts: he will check if the road nearer campus is open
Robinson wrote that the squad car had moved far enough for him to move in, that he backed off at what might have been a foot patrol, and that he would see whether the road closer to campus was open so he could drive past. He said he could not find the rifle.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 65
· Tyler Robinson
Officer Goforth turns the Dodge away from Campus Drive
SBI Agent Hull testified campus video shows the car he attributes to Robinson trying to turn onto closed Campus Drive from 800 South, where Spanish Fork officer Goforth spoke with the driver and noted a partial plate registered to Robinson and his mother. Accounts differ: Hull and Judge Graf say about 12:30 a.m.; the State says 12:36.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 transcript (Rev); UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 03:50:05; State's memorandum in support of bindover, p. 5; September 1, 2026 preliminary hearing ruling, transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Doorbell camera records the Dodge parked on 925 South
A Nest doorbell camera on 925 South in Orem recorded a car Hull attributes to Robinson parking, a person leaving and returning, and the car leaving about 1:35 a.m. Accounts differ: Judge Graf says it parked about 12:38 a.m., the warrants 12:47. Hull agreed the homeowners told police the driver was bald and three others were in the car.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 1 transcript (Rev); UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:53:54; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 03:51:20; Search warrant 3214771 affidavit (Sept. 14, 2025), p. 5
· Tyler Robinson
Texts: rifle left in a bush where he changed
Asked why he left it and whether it had a serial number, Robinson said it would not trace to him but he worried about prints. He wrote that he had left it in a bush where he changed outfits and lacked the ability or time to take it. Minute estimated from message order.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 65
· Tyler Robinson
Texts: rifle wrapped in a towel; he guesses a K9 found it
Robinson wrote that the only thing he left was the rifle wrapped in a towel and guessed a police K9 found it. He called it his grandfather's modified gun, said the bullet engravings were "mostly a big meme," then wrote that he would have to leave it. Minute estimated from message order.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 66; Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 66; Preliminary hearing, day 4 (Twiggs, Agent Davis, Sgt. Faumuina)
· Tyler Robinson
Texts: his father meant to use the rifle for a hunt
Asked if he needed the rifle for hunting, Robinson wrote that his father wanted to use it for the rifle hunt, added that "judging from today" his grandfather's gun did fine, and said he thought it had a 2K scope. Minute estimated from message order.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 66; Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 67
· Tyler Robinson
Phone starts a Google Maps route home to St. George
A second Google Maps route on Robinson's phone started at 1:33 a.m. (7:33:47 a.m. UTC) from the neighborhood just north of where the rifle was found, heading to 3419 S. River Rd., the St. George apartment where he lived, according to an SBI search warrant affidavit.
Sources: Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7; Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7
· Tyler Robinson
Robinson texts "OMW home. 3.5 hrs." and asks to delete the exchange
Robinson texted "OMW home. 3.5 hrs." Twiggs told him to drive safe, and Robinson wrote "Delete this exchange." No time was read in court; placed at the 1:33 a.m. route start and the 1:35 a.m. departure on the doorbell camera. An earlier estimate by message order put it about 1 a.m.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 67; Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 67; Preliminary hearing, day 4 (Twiggs, Agent Davis, Sgt. Faumuina)
· Tyler Robinson
Dodge leaves the Orem street, per doorbell camera
The Dodge Challenger recorded by the homeowner's Nest doorbell camera left at about 1:35 a.m., according to the SBI warrant affidavits.
Sources: Search warrant 3215391 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7; Search warrant 3214771 affidavit (Sept. 14, 2025), p. 5
· Tyler Robinson
Orem at 1:35 a.m., Cedar City at 7:16 a.m.: about 5 hours 41 minutes
The doorbell camera shows the car leaving Orem about 1:35 a.m., and Robinson texted "OMW home. 3.5 hrs." The next record of the car is a Cedar City plate reader at about 7:16 a.m. Fox News put the Cedar City gas station about 215 miles from Orem. The filings do not account for the time between.
Sources: Search warrant 3215391 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7; Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 67; Search warrant 3215391 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7; Surveillance video shows Charlie Kirk's accused assassin at Utah gas station hours after shooting (Fox News, Oct. 3, 2025)
· Tyler Robinson
Cedar City video shows Robinson buying gas
Surveillance video released by the Cedar City Police Department shows Robinson's Dodge Challenger at a Maverik station about 7:15 a.m. He pays by card, pumps gas and leaves; police said he did not use any trash cans, Fox News reported.
· Tyler Robinson
Plate reader logs Robinson's Challenger in Cedar City
Robinson's plate, T455CE, registered on a license plate reader camera in Cedar City at about 7:16 a.m., according to the Statewide Information Analysis Center as cited in an SBI affidavit. It is the only return-trip sighting in the filings.
Sources: Search warrant 3215391 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7
· Tyler Robinson
Robinson is back in St. George by the morning, Twiggs says
Lance Twiggs said Robinson was home and busy around the apartment when he woke on Sept. 11. Prosecutor Ryan McBride said Robinson did not return until that morning; defense counsel Richard Novak said he had returned all the way to St. George. No arrival time is in the record.
Sources: UT v. Tyler Robinson Preliminary Hearing Day 4 (July 9, 2026), Rev transcript; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 04:00:38; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 05:06:00
· Flight tracking
SU-BTT first ground position at Provo
First recovered ADS-B fix of the day on the Provo ramp. Position data does not identify passengers.
Sources: Recovered ADS-B flight trace
· Flight tracking
SU-BTT last ground position at Provo
Last fix flagged on the ground before the first airborne return. The actual takeoff may fall within the following seconds.
Sources: Recovered ADS-B flight trace
· Flight tracking
SU-BTT departs Provo
First airborne ADS-B fix, at 4,475 feet, more than five hours before the shot. ADS-B data does not show who was aboard or why the aircraft flew.
Sources: Recovered ADS-B flight record
· Police, FBI and officials
Police chief checks an anonymous threat with the state intelligence center
Chief Long contacted Utah's Statewide Information and Analysis Center about an anonymous tip that a suspect might use an electromagnetic-pulse device at the event. SIAC replied that it was not credible; the tipster had given unreliable information before. The report's timeline says 7:23 a.m.; its narrative says an email at about 7:30.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 19; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 42
· Tyler Robinson
Footage shows a gray Challenger and a black SUV in the admissions lot
Footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 21, 2026 (Ep 390) shows a gray Dodge Challenger and a black SUV in UVU's admissions lot from about 8 a.m. to about 9:50 a.m. Owens says it is a different car from the one the State links to Robinson. Neither driver has been identified.
Sources: Candace, Ep 390 (Sept. 21, 2026), transcript; Candace, Ep 390 (Sept. 21, 2026), transcript; Candace, Ep 391 (Sept. 22, 2026), transcript
· Tyler Robinson
Footage shows a gray Challenger entering the admissions lot
Footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 21, 2026 (Ep 390) shows a gray Dodge Challenger entering the UVU admissions lot at about 8 a.m., by her account. Owens and viewers noted body differences from the car the State says entered the campus garage at 8:28 or 8:29.
· Tyler Robinson
Footage shows a black SUV following the Challenger into the lot
In the same footage released by Candace Owens, a black SUV, which she took to be a Chevrolet Tahoe, trails the gray Challenger into the admissions lot and parks farther off. Any connection between the two vehicles is unknown.
· Tyler Robinson
Footage shows the Challenger's driver walking toward campus
The Challenger's driver, a tall person in jeans with a backpack and hat, gets out and walks toward campus, in footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 21, 2026 (Ep 390). The person is not identified; on Sept. 22 Owens gave the driver the code name 'Waluigi.'
· Tyler Robinson
Footage shows the SUV's driver walking toward campus
The SUV's driver, a tall, stockier person in athletic shorts and a light short-sleeved shirt, gets out at about the same time and walks toward campus, in footage released by Candace Owens. The person is not identified, and any connection to the first driver is unknown.
· Tyler Robinson
Footage shows the Challenger's driver walking back to the car
The Challenger's driver walks back to the car in a fuller lot, in footage Candace Owens released on Sept. 21, 2026 (Ep 390). Owens said the clip is from around 9:50 a.m.
· Tyler Robinson
Footage shows the Challenger and SUV leaving within a minute
The gray Challenger and the black SUV pull out within about a minute of each other, in footage released by Candace Owens. Accounts differ: her Ep 390 graphic aligned this with the State's 9:33 a.m. garage departure; she then said about 9:50, 17 minutes after it (Ep 391).
Sources: Candace, Ep 390 (Sept. 21, 2026), transcript; Candace, Ep 391 (Sept. 22, 2026), transcript; Candace, Ep 390 (Sept. 21, 2026), transcript
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk's security team arrives at UVU
UVU's after-action report says the TPUSA security team arrived with Dan Flood at about 9 a.m., and Flood texted Chief Long at 9:04; Long said he was not introduced to the team. A timeline shown by Candace Owens places the core team, including Flood and Brian Harpole, in two vehicles at about 9 a.m., separately from Kirk.
Sources: Candace, Ep 390 (Sept. 21, 2026), transcript; Candace, Ep 382 (Sept. 2, 2026), transcript; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 19
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Flood and Long text about protesters above the canopy
Flood texted that his team was on site, then raised 'concerns of agitators above us' with a photo of two people hanging an LGBTQ flag from the walkway railing, and asked to tape off the area. Long said he would have an officer up there, that his event officers arrived at 11, and proposed meeting there at 11.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 43; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 43; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 19
· Flight tracking
Plane from Biggs Army Airfield makes a low pass over Provo
Flight-tracking data shown by Candace Owens on Oct. 30, 2025 (Ep 255) has an aircraft from Biggs Army Airfield in Texas dropping to about 300 feet over the Provo Airport runway and looping, then continuing to Kalispell, Montana. Owens said it was military-contracted and may have been training. No link to the shooting is established.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
More of Kirk's staff arrive on campus
UVU's after-action report logs additional Charlie Kirk staff arriving on campus at 9:28, 10:28 and 10:58 a.m. It does not name them.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk posts about a Black Lives Matter account and Iryna Zarutska
Kirk posted on X: 'Official Black Lives Matter account justifying the murder of Iryna Zarutska.' The time is decoded from the post's ID.
Sources: Charlie Kirk on X
· Flight tracking
SU-BND ground transponder first observed
Converted from 16:05:35 UTC. A ground transponder return shows the aircraft at Provo; it does not show its passengers or any link to the shooting.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Flood asks for the walkway to be cleared; the 11 a.m. meeting never happens
Flood called Chief Long about protesters on the Hall of Flags walkway above the speaking area and asked that it be cleared. Long texted him to meet on the walkway at 11. That meeting did not happen, and UVU police and TPUSA security never held a face-to-face briefing before the event, the report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 19; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 19
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU officer Bagley starts overtime shift for the event
Officer Christopher Bagley testified he started an overtime shift about 11 a.m., skipped any briefing because people on the Hall of Flags walkway were throwing things onto the tent, and was posted on that walkway. He said six UVU officers were assigned and he received no operational plan.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 1 (July 6, 2026), Rev transcript
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU police staff the event with three officers, then six
UVU police began with Chief Long, a patrol officer and a reserve officer. Seeing the crowd, Long called in a detective, a sergeant and another officer: every sworn officer on duty. Two plainclothes Utah State officers observed. TPUSA reported 10 to 12 security staff. No one was assigned to watch campus cameras live, the report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 19; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 44; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 85
· Police, FBI and officials
Police clear 80 to 100 protesters from the walkway above the canopy
Chief Long, Sgt. Beveridge and Officer Bagley moved an estimated 80 to 100 protesters off the Hall of Flags walkway above Kirk's canopy, taped it off on both sides and had a large LGBTQ flag taken down from the railing. Beveridge and Bagley stayed there through the shooting, the after-action report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 19; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 45
· Police, FBI and officials
Police chief goes to a command post overlooking the courtyard
Chief Long went to Room 204 on the second floor of the Fugal Gateway Building, where a command post with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooked the event area and surrounding buildings. He was there when he heard the shot and saw Kirk hit, the after-action report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 19; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 45
· Flight tracking
SU-BND ground returns go quiet
Converted from 17:34:09 UTC. The receiving network stops recording ground returns 49 minutes before the shot. A gap in returns does not show the transponder was switched off.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk's final X post, about Iryna Zarutska
Kirk's last post on X said it was '100% necessary to politicize' the murder of Iryna Zarutska, CBS Austin reported. The time is decoded from the post's ID; Just Jared reported 1:34 p.m., which matches Eastern time.
Sources: Charlie Kirk's final X post (CBS Austin, Sept. 11, 2025); Post ID 1965831226956357920
· Police, FBI and officials
Attendees try to reach the balcony outside the president's office
Students and others climbed a Fugal Gateway stairwell toward a third-floor balcony outside the president's office to watch the event. Chief Long removed them and posted an emergency management staff member on the second level to block the stairwell, the after-action report says.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk's event in the UVU courtyard
The event was scheduled for noon in the courtyard west of the Losee Center. Kirk entered about 12:10 p.m. and was answering audience questions under a white canopy when he was shot at 12:23:28. By the Washington Post's clock his security team had him in an SUV at 12:23:55.
Sources: Washington Post video reconstruction; State's memorandum in support of preliminary hearing bindover, p. 2
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
TPUSA staffs 12 security personnel for the UVU event
TPUSA's safety team raised its on-site security to 12 people from its usual 8 or 9, ABC News reported; UVU's after-action report says TPUSA reported 10 to 12 on site. Six UVU police officers were assigned, attendees were not screened, and no ambulance was stationed; UVU assigned two EMTs who could not transport patients.
Sources: ABC News (Nov. 18, 2025); UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 19
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk arrives as walkway protesters shout at him
UVU's after-action report puts Kirk's arrival at about noon: he greeted TPUSA students, posed for photos and handed out hats from a TPUSA canopy. Chief Long reported protesters behind the police tape on the Hall of Flags walkway shouting profanities at Kirk, who looked up but did not respond.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 20; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 45
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Event scheduled to begin
The event was publicly scheduled to start at noon. About 3,000 attendees were reported and six UVU officers were assigned.
Sources: Washington Post video reconstruction; Utah County charging document
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Independent livestream of the event begins
Adam Bartholomew's livestream gives a separate video clock for the courtyard, which the Washington Post used in its reconstruction.
Sources: Washington Post video reconstruction
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Officer Bagley sees Kirk arrive behind the Hall of Flags
Bagley testified that from his post he saw Kirk pull up behind the west side of the Hall of Flags, do a meet and greet with photos, then walk under the Hall of Flags to his tent, with an armed member of Kirk's security team on the walkway. He gave no clock time.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 1 (July 6, 2026), Rev transcript
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk enters the courtyard and tosses hats
The Washington Post's video reconstruction places Kirk's entrance into the courtyard at 12:10 p.m. UVU's after-action report puts his arrival on campus, greeting students and handing out hats, at about noon.
Sources: Washington Post video reconstruction; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 20
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Footage shows Kirk's security driver opening the SUV trunk
Footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 3, 2026 ("Who Fell Out Of Charlie's SUV?") shows the security staffer who drove Kirk opening the SUV's trunk with no one nearby, handling something on its left side, appearing to put something in his pocket, and closing it. Owens gave the time as about 12:11.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk speaking under the white canopy
The Washington Post's reconstruction has Kirk seated and speaking by 12:17. Judge Graf found him seated at about 12:20 on a raised chair behind a U-shaped table, with one security member under the tent, two in front, and a questioner at the microphone to the east.
Sources: Washington Post video reconstruction; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:44:38
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Footage shows two Kirk assistants locking bags in an SUV
Slowed footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 23, 2026 (Ep 392) shows two of Kirk's assistants placing a backpack and a side bag in an SUV one of them drove, closing the doors and locking it. Owens timed it at 12:17 and said she was not alleging wrongdoing.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Footage shows the security driver walking toward the Sorensen Center
Footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 2, 2026 (Ep 382) shows the security staffer who drove Kirk walking with one of Kirk's assistants and turning toward the Sorensen Center, away from the SUV. Owens labeled the clip five minutes before the shot.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
When footage resumes, an assistant has his backpack on again
In footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 23, 2026 (Ep 392), recording resumes about 12:21 with one assistant wearing his backpack again. The minute behind the tent before the shot shows a TPUSA photographer talking with staff and security handing items to Brian Harpole. An uncropped version followed Sept. 24 (Ep 393).
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk's official TikTok posts a clip of the event
Kirk's official account posts a short clip of the event at 12:22:38. The Washington Post says no person is visible on the Losee roof in the clip.
Sources: Washington Post video reconstruction
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Crowd videos show children near Kirk when he was shot, State says
The State says hearing exhibits include a mother's video showing her children, at least one under 14, in the crowd, and a video from behind Kirk showing two women holding infants. It cited them for the charge of a violent offense committed in the presence of a child.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Camera behind Kirk records the moment he is hit
Footage from the camera mounted behind Kirk's head, re-recorded by Candace Owens during a video call and released March 12, 2026 (Ep 311), shows his necklace flying up and a security member pushing him down. The AV contractor's statement to investigators calls the clip a true portion of the files; Owens later questioned whether it is cropped.
Sources: Candace podcast: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: The Footage Behind Charlie's Head | Candace Ep 311 (transcript); Candace podcast: Who Moved The Camera Right Above Charlie's Head? | Candace Ep 239 (transcript)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Chief of staff's phone is at his ear under a second after the shot
In slowed public video, Candace Owens measured 834 milliseconds from the sound of the shot to Kirk's chief of staff, Mikey McCoy, raising his phone to his ear, and said he appeared to be on a call already (Ep 252, Oct. 27, 2025). Call logs TPUSA later gave Owens show his first call after the shot began about 12:24.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Security team carries Kirk from the courtyard
Kirk's security team lifts him and carries him out under the Hall of Flags within seconds of the shot. Judge Graf found that a man to Kirk's right took more than two steps to reach him. The exact second they left the canopy is not published.
Sources: Washington Post video reconstruction; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:44:38
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk loaded into SUV and driven to hospital
The Washington Post's video clock places the loading at 12:23:55. The SUV leaves at once for Timpanogos Regional Hospital, about four miles away; Frank Turek says they drove with the door open. Officer Bagley testified Kirk was already gone when he reached the tent. The arrival minute is not published.
Sources: Washington Post video reconstruction; CBN: Frank Turek's account; Preliminary hearing day 1 transcript (Rev)
· Family, roommate and friends
Twiggs gets up around noon in St. George
Lance Twiggs said in a recorded statement played at the preliminary hearing that he did not work on Sept. 10, got up around noon to 1 p.m., and that Robinson did not message him directly that day until a message at about 11 p.m.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 45; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 46
· Police, FBI and officials
Owens says surveillance behind the tent has a two-minute gap
Candace Owens said on Sept. 23, 2026 (Ep 392) that she had learned the surveillance covering the area behind the tent went out for about two minutes after the assistants walked away, returning about 12:21. She described it as alleged. No official account of such a gap is in the record.
· Police, FBI and officials
Search for the shooter
About 34 hours from the shot to Robinson's arrival at the Washington County Sheriff's Office with his parents.
Sources: State's memorandum in support of preliminary hearing bindover, p. 2; Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 5; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 70
· Police, FBI and officials
Handgun found in a backpack at the scene
Agent Hull testified that a handgun was found in a backpack and accounted for during the day, and he recalled no other firearms. An FBI lab note described a backpack as belonging to Kirk's security detail; it is not clear it is the same one.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Police, FBI and officials
Command post gets campus video of the rooftop run
Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina testified the command post received UVU video showing the suspected shooter running across the roof to the northeast corner, dropping down and crossing Campus Drive. That video is why the wooded area was searched. She did not know the time.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 98; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 149
· Police, FBI and officials
Unattended backpack, jacket and gloves seized near library
Sgt. Faumuina testified that officers tracing the shooter's route seized a backpack, a jacket and gloves left at the Fulton Library bus stops and sent them to the FBI lab. She agreed they were later found to be unconnected to the case.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 143
· Police, FBI and officials
FBI says it will co-lead the investigation
At a Sept. 10 press conference, FBI Salt Lake City Special Agent in Charge Robert Bohls said the FBI would fully support and co-lead the investigation and opened a digital tip line. The FBI's posted remarks give no time of day.
Sources: Remarks Delivered by SAC Robert Bohls at a Press Conference Regarding September 10 Shooting at UVU
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU officer hears the shot from the east
UVU Officer Christopher Bagley testified that from the Hall of Flags walkway he heard one shot at 12:23 and saw Kirk fall to his left, and that it came from the east; he agreed his report gave no direction. Judge Graf's ruling describes the same account.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 1 transcript (Rev); UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:44:38
· Police, FBI and officials
Police radio reports shots fired
After the shot, a UVU officer reports on the radio that Kirk is down; UVU's after-action report logs the broadcast 'shots fired' at 12:23 and says Chief Long heard the shot from the command post. The published dispatch audio does not fix the second of the transmission; the time shown is the shot.
Sources: Published UVU police dispatch audio; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 20
· Police, FBI and officials
Orem Fire dispatched to the shooting
The first Orem Fire Department medical unit was dispatched at 12:24 p.m. Crews from Stations One and Three went first; Two and Four also responded because the extent of medical need was not known. No ambulance had been staged at the event, and UVU's two EMTs there could not transport patients, the report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 20; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 58
· Police, FBI and officials
Radio reports a shooter in custody
Officer Bagley testified that as he pushed down the stairs, an officer near the tent radioed that a shooter was in custody, within about 30 seconds of the shot. The man detained was later cleared (see George Zinn); Agent Hull confirmed he was not the person the State says fired.
· Police, FBI and officials
Bagley reaches the tent after Kirk has been driven away
Bagley testified it took about 30 seconds to get down the stairs, and by the time he reached the tent Kirk had been put in an SUV and driven off. He began moving people off the grass to protect any shell casings.
· Police, FBI and officials
Police direct attendees out of the courtyard
UVU police began directing attendees away from the Fountain Courtyard, and UVU's facilities chief notified Vice President Val Peterson, who was about 45 minutes from campus. The crowd had knocked down the bicycle racks by the canopy, the only barriers used that day, the report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 20; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 66; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 73
· Police, FBI and officials
State public safety commissioner musters investigators for UVU
At DPS headquarters about 35 miles away, Commissioner Beau Mason gathered staff from the State Bureau of Investigation, the state intelligence center and the State Crime Lab and left for UVU within about 15 minutes, the report says. On the way he could not reach Chief Long and called Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 20; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 49
· Police, FBI and officials
Bagley finds an empty holster and heads for the roof
Clearing the grass, Bagley saw an empty pistol holster near the Fugal Building, told Chief Long the shot was a rifle, saw the Losee roof in the line of sight, and ran up with a plainclothes armed man with a badge he could not identify. An off-duty trooper's report said the holster held a gun.
· Police, FBI and officials
Orem police dispatched; first officer and fire unit arrive at 12:32
The first Orem Police officer was dispatched to UVU at 12:26 p.m., and the first Orem officer and Orem Fire unit arrived at 12:32, the after-action report says. Orem command staff then helped organize room-by-room searches of campus buildings from UVU's command post.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 20; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 20
· Police, FBI and officials
George Zinn detained, then ruled out
UVU detective Michael Dutson takes George Zinn, 71, into custody after Zinn claims he fired; UVU's after-action report logs the custody report at 12:26. Zinn later says he did not and is charged with obstruction; DPS says he has no ties to the killing. Deseret News puts the detention about two minutes after the shot; Bagley heard a custody radio call within about 30 seconds.
Sources: Deseret News on George Zinn; Utah DPS updates; Preliminary hearing day 1 transcript (Rev); UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 20
· Police, FBI and officials
TPUSA's videographer hands event footage to police
Agent Hull testified that the owner of Visual Impulse, TPUSA's videographer, gave a flash drive to a lieutenant with a local agency and, a short time later on Sept. 10, downloadable copies to SBI Agent Mortensen. The footage looks out from the stage and shows the shot.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 1 (July 6, 2026), Rev transcript
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU opens its Emergency Operations Center
UVU Cabinet members confirmed the shooting and activated the Emergency Operations Center, with an incident command post in Fugal Gateway Room 205. The EOC's designated manager, VP Val Peterson, and emergency management director Robin Ebmeyer, who was out of state, joined by phone, the report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 20; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 73
· Police, FBI and officials
First FBI personnel reach the scene
FBI Director Kash Patel said on Sept. 12 that FBI agents arrived with local police chiefs 16 minutes after the shot.
Sources: FBI director, September 12 remarks
· Police, FBI and officials
First UVU text alert, 19 minutes after the shot
UVU's first Rave alert, at 12:42 p.m., read: 'A single shot was fired on campus toward a visiting speaker. Police are investigating now, suspect in custody.' UVU's after-action report blames the delay partly on confusion over whether the incident met alert criteria and on the custody report. Deseret News reported students got an email at 12:44.
Sources: Deseret News campus alert reporting; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 21; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 81
· Police, FBI and officials
Orem emergency manager offers help; UVU declines
Orem Emergency Management Director Keith Stevenson called UVU's emergency management director, Robin Ebmeyer, who was out of state on vacation, about 20 minutes after the shooting and offered help. He said she declined, and he stayed at the Orem EOC, the report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 21; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 51
· Police, FBI and officials
Live .223 round found on computer science building roof
SBI Agent Ben Snyder collected an unfired .223 round on the far east side of the computer science building roof, Agent Brian Davis testified; Snyder found no line of sight from there to Kirk's tent. Agent Hull recalled it was attributed to an officer who had cycled his rifle.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 3 (July 8, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing day 2 (July 7, 2026), Rev transcript
· Police, FBI and officials
Officer Bagley reaches the Losee roof
UVU Officer Christopher Bagley testified he reached the roof at 12:44. He found a red and black screwdriver 10 to 15 feet past the guardrail and gravel marks of elbows, knees and feet at the southwest edge. He looked for a shell casing and found none. UVU's after-action report places his roof inspection from 12:41 to 12:53: he judged the shot a rifle's from the Losee side, asked for surveillance review and for the Losee Center to be cleared, and secured the scene at 12:48.
Sources: July 2026 preliminary hearing testimony, Day 1; Preliminary hearing day 1 transcript (Rev); UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 21
· Police, FBI and officials
Dispatch reports a man was on the roof at the time of the shot
Bagley testified that after seeing the prone marks he asked dispatch to check campus cameras. Dispatch reported a male on the roof at the time of the shooting who ran to the edge, lay prone, then ran northeast. Bagley said he then realized the person in custody was probably not the shooter.
· Police, FBI and officials
Bagley's body camera recording ends on the roof
Bagley's only body camera recording that day ran 27 minutes 35 seconds, from the Hall of Flags until he was on the roof, before the crime tape went up. He testified he believes the battery died and he did not restart it.
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU leaders decide to close campus
The dean of students told the Emergency Operations Center that UVU's Policy Group, senior leaders working alongside it, had decided to close campus and reopen the next day. The Policy Group began working with EOC staff at 12:47, the after-action report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 21; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 21
· Police, FBI and officials
Bystander video shows Bagley and a second man on the roof
A bystander video from 12:47 p.m. shows UVU Officer Bagley on the Losee Center roof with a plain-clothed man in a red hat carrying a bag. Released by Candace Owens on Aug. 3, 2026 (Ep 370). Owens said online researchers identified the man as a Utah State University police officer.
Sources: Candace podcast: Amnesia Or Perjury? Exclusive Footage Of The OTHER Man On The Rooftop. | Ep 370 (transcript); Candace episode 370, August 3, 2026
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU alert says a suspect is in custody
UVU's emergency site posts that a single shot was fired toward a visiting speaker and that a suspect is in custody. Officials later said the shooter was still at large. Accounts differ on the minute: the post is stamped 12:48, as NPR has it; AP gives 12:47 and ABC News 12:52. UVU's after-action report also times the website post at 12:48, six minutes after the first text alert.
Sources: UVU Alert: Police Investigating Shooting on UVU Orem Campus; 33 hours: A timeline of Charlie Kirk's shooting and the search for a suspect (NPR, Sept. 12, 2025); Associated Press case chronology; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 21
· Police, FBI and officials
Police chief tells the EOC the shot may have come from the Losee roof
Chief Long entered the Emergency Operations Center and said Kirk had been shot in the neck, no weapon had been recovered and the shot may have come from the Losee Center rooftop. Witnesses had seen someone flee the roof. Long doubted George Zinn was involved, the report says.
· Police, FBI and officials
EOC debates whether to call it an active shooter
UVU's EOC staff and Policy Group debated whether the situation was an active-shooter event and whether to tell people to evacuate or shelter in place. The report finds no immediate campus alert was triggered by the police chief as incident commander, and that later alerts were inconsistent and contradictory.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 21; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 13
· Police, FBI and officials
No suspect is actually in custody, UVU vice president tells the EOC
By speakerphone, Vice President Val Peterson advised that no suspect was actually in custody and that the situation could involve an active shooter, the after-action report says. UVU's alerts had said since 12:42 that a suspect was in custody.
· Police, FBI and officials
Bagley hands the roof scene to a county deputy
After taping off the southwest perch and the guardrail access, Bagley testified, he left the roof in the hands of a female county deputy at about 1:01 to 1:03 p.m. by his notes, telling her to admit only police and investigators.
· Police, FBI and officials
Bagley watches the roof video and tapes off the landing spot
Bagley testified he went to the UVU police station in the Gunther Trades Building, watched the roof footage and saw the person drop off the northeast corner. He then taped off the lawn below, where he found a deep shoe impression, and handed it to two Payson officers.
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU closes campus until further notice
UVU's second Rave alert, at 1:11 p.m., says the campus is closed until further notice because of an ongoing police investigation and tells anyone still on campus to follow police direction. The website posted it at 1:12 and a campus-wide email followed at 1:14, UVU's after-action report says.
Sources: Updated UVU Alert: Campus Closed; Ongoing Investigation; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 22
· Police, FBI and officials
EOC told the suspect fled north and is still at large
Chief Long and an Orem police representative briefed UVU's EOC staff that the suspect had fled northbound and remained at large, and advised that people should stay in place until cleared by police, the report says. At the same minute, UVU's alert told people to leave campus immediately.
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU tells people to leave campus immediately
A third Rave alert at 1:19 p.m. tells people to leave campus immediately; UVU's website posts it at 1:20, with classes canceled until further notice. UVU's after-action report notes that at the same time police told the EOC the suspect was at large and people should stay in place.
Sources: UVU Alert: Campus closed, classes canceled until further notice.; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 22
· Police, FBI and officials
Roof-video witness says he showed police his video
The bystander who filmed the rooftop figure told Owens he went to the police command center about an hour after the shot, showed his video, and said the person detained was not the shooter he saw. Recorded call released by Candace Owens on July 15, 2026 (Ep 360).
· Police, FBI and officials
SBI Agent Hull arrives on campus
SBI Agent David Hull testified he was sent from the Taylorsville office and arrived shortly after 1:30 p.m., parking on University Avenue and walking in past what he called hundreds of police cars.
· Police, FBI and officials
SBI crime-scene supervisor Faumuina assigned to UVU
SBI Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina testified she was assigned about 1:30 p.m. at headquarters in Salt Lake, drove to campus and reported to the command post in the Fugal Building. She oversaw crime scenes and physical evidence.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 88
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU tells those on campus to secure in place
UVU's fourth Rave alert changes the instruction: people still on campus should 'secure in place until police officers can escort you safely off campus.' The 1:19 p.m. alert had said to leave immediately. UVU's after-action report says 'secure-in-place' is not a term in UVU's emergency plan and confused many recipients. The same wording is reposted at 1:51 p.m.
Sources: Updated UVU Alert: Campus closed. Classes cancelled.; Updated UVU Alert: UVU campus is closed. Classes cancelled. (1:51 p.m.); UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 22; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 80
· Police, FBI and officials
Police chief tells the EOC that Kirk has died
Chief Long informed UVU's Emergency Operations Center staff at 1:41 p.m. that Charlie Kirk had died, the after-action report says. That was about an hour before President Trump announced the death. No official time of death has been published.
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU sends an unfinished 'Shooter in [insert location]' alert by mistake
An incomplete active-shooter template alert went out at 1:51 p.m.: 'Shooter in [insert location] ... Run-Hide-Fight.' A sixth alert at 1:53 told recipients to disregard it, UVU's after-action report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 22; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 22
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU sends six more alerts as police clear campus
Between 1:58 and 5:07 p.m., six more Rave alerts and website updates gave clearance and escort instructions as officers checked campus building by building, and UVU announced the campus would stay closed until Sept. 15, the after-action report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 22
· Police, FBI and officials
Police clear campus building by building
UVU says police are going building to building escorting people off campus and that roads to campus are closed.
Sources: Updated UVU Alert: UVU campus is closed. Classes cancelled. (2:29 p.m.)
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU gives a number for police escorts off campus
UVU tells anyone still on campus to call 801-863-8130 so police can escort them out of the building, and points to public transit at Orem Station.
· Police, FBI and officials
Orem police say the suspect is not in custody
ABC News reports the Orem Police Department says the shooting suspect is not in custody and is still at large, contradicting UVU's earlier alert.
Sources: Charlie Kirk shooting: A visual timeline of how it unfolded (ABC News, Sept. 12, 2025)
· Police, FBI and officials
SBI takes the lead; Hull and Davis named case agents
Hull testified that about 2:30 p.m. he and Agent Brian Davis were told they would lead the investigation for the State Bureau of Investigation. Faumuina took crime scenes, Bricker UVU video, Clark a neighborhood canvass and Elsholz the information center.
· Police, FBI and officials
Orem mayor says the shooter is at large
Mayor Dave Young says the shooter is still at large and the earlier custody alert was incorrect, according to the AP chronology. ABC News reports Orem police said the same at 2:22 p.m.
Sources: Associated Press case chronology
· Police, FBI and officials
Cox calls the killing a political assassination
At a press conference, Gov. Spencer Cox calls Kirk's killing a political assassination and says a person of interest is in custody and being questioned, NPR and ABC News report. Both time it at 4 p.m.; AP places a news conference at 4:30 p.m. UVU's after-action report calls it a joint press conference with UVU officials.
Sources: 33 hours: A timeline of Charlie Kirk's shooting and the search for a suspect (NPR, Sept. 12, 2025); Charlie Kirk shooting: A visual timeline of how it unfolded (ABC News, Sept. 12, 2025); UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 22
· Police, FBI and officials
Patel posts that the subject is in custody
FBI Director Kash Patel posts that the subject is in custody. Authorities soon clarify that no person connected to the killing is then in custody, according to the AP chronology.
Sources: Associated Press chronology
· Police, FBI and officials
News conference on custody and Kirk's death
Officials say nobody connected to the killing is then in custody and confirm Kirk was taken to Timpanogos Regional Hospital and died there, according to the AP chronology. NPR and ABC News place Gov. Cox's press conference at 4 p.m.; they may describe the same briefing.
Sources: Associated Press case chronology
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU declares the campus all-clear
UVU's final Rave alert, at 5:45 p.m., declares the campus all-clear with no ongoing threat; the website posts the all-clear at 6:32 p.m., with campus still closed for the investigation, UVU's after-action report says. Belongings left on campus can be collected Sept. 11 or 12 at the Young Living Alumni Center.
Sources: Updated UVU Alert: Campus is ALL-CLEAR; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 22
· Police, FBI and officials
Sheriff's searchers call to report a gun in the woods
Sgt. Faumuina testified that a little before 6 p.m. the Utah County Sheriff's Office, tasked with searching the woods, called to say they had found a gun. She asked them to hold the scene and went with FBI Evidence Response Team lead Special Agent Michelle Cammack.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 98
· Police, FBI and officials
Patel posts that the detained subject was released
FBI Director Kash Patel announces that the person detained has been released after interrogation, according to the AP chronology.
Sources: Associated Press chronology
· Police, FBI and officials
Zachariah Qureshi detained, then ruled out
Zachariah Qureshi, an event attendee, is detained on the afternoon of the shooting, interrogated and released. DPS names him as one of two people detained that day with no ties to the killing. His detention minute is not published; placed at Patel's 5:59 p.m. post announcing a release.
Sources: Utah DPS updates; NPR: 33 hours timeline
· Police, FBI and officials
Rifle in a black towel recovered north of Campus Drive
Judge Graf found investigators located a Mauser Model 98 rifle rebarreled to .30-06, wrapped in a black towel, in woods north of Campus Drive about 6 p.m. Sgt. Faumuina testified they found a fired case in the chamber and three unfired cartridges, all four engraved.
Sources: UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:47:33; Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 102
· Police, FBI and officials
FBI takes custody of the rifle, towel and screwdriver
Faumuina testified that that evening it was decided the FBI would hold the evidence. The screwdriver and towel went to the FBI lab; the rifle went to FBI custody and then the ATF lab. No clock time was given.
· Police, FBI and officials
Hull first goes up to the Losee roof after dark
Hull testified it was dark when he first went up to the roof, with crime tape up and an officer on guard. He said no bullets or casings were found on or immediately around the Losee building. No clock time was given.
· Police, FBI and officials
Crime lab processes the Losee roof after dark
Sgt. Faumuina testified the state crime lab found a screwdriver, gravel disturbances marking the shooter's perch about 415 feet from Kirk's tent, and marks on the northeast ledge. A warrant affidavit says technicians found a Converse-type shoe impression, fingerprints and a smeared palm print there and collected possible touch DNA.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 90; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 91; Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 5; Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 5
· Police, FBI and officials
Bagley leaves campus about 9 p.m
Bagley testified he left campus around 9 p.m. and that, to his knowledge, nobody on campus knew who the shooter was when he left or the next day.
· Police, FBI and officials
Window below the roof drop processed for prints
Sgt. Faumuina testified the window below the northeast drop point was processed for latent prints on Sept. 11. By stipulation, Robinson was excluded as the source of the three comparable prints.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 149
· Police, FBI and officials
Officials announce the rifle has been recovered
FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Bohls says a high-powered bolt-action rifle believed used in the shooting was recovered in a wooded area, with a footwear impression, palm print and forearm imprints, and that the FBI had more than 130 tips. NPR gives 7 a.m.; ABC News 7:19 a.m.
Sources: Remarks Delivered by SAC Robert Bohls at the September 11, 2025, Press Conference; 33 hours: A timeline of Charlie Kirk's shooting and the search for a suspect (NPR, Sept. 12, 2025); Charlie Kirk shooting: A visual timeline of how it unfolded (ABC News, Sept. 12, 2025)
· Police, FBI and officials
FBI posts first photos of a person of interest
The FBI posted its first photos of a person of interest walking through a building in sunglasses, a hat and a long-sleeve black shirt, and asked the public for tips. Accounts differ slightly: NPR and Fox News give 9:58 a.m., Director Patel 10 a.m., ABC 9:56 a.m.
Sources: 33 hours: A timeline of Charlie Kirk's shooting and the search for a suspect (NPR, Sept. 12, 2025); Director Patel's Remarks at the September 12, 2025, Press Conference (FBI)
· Police, FBI and officials
FBI offers a reward of up to $100,000
The FBI offered up to $100,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of whoever killed Kirk. NPR, ABC and Fox News give 10:44 a.m.; Director Patel said 10:45 a.m.
Sources: 33 hours: A timeline of Charlie Kirk's shooting and the search for a suspect (NPR, Sept. 12, 2025); Director Patel's Remarks at the September 12, 2025, Press Conference (FBI)
· Police, FBI and officials
Man arrested after walking into the crime scene
KSL, citing the Utah Department of Public Safety, reported that a man walked past crime scene tape at UVU to take photos, fled when an agent tried to identify him, and was arrested for obstruction and trespassing. Officers did not believe he was connected to the shooting.
Sources: 'We got him': Gov. Cox announces capture of suspected shooter (KSL, Sept. 11-12, 2025)
· Police, FBI and officials
Patel and Bongino arrive in Utah
FBI Director Kash Patel said he and Deputy Director Dan Bongino arrived on scene at about 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 11.
Sources: Director Patel's Remarks at the September 12, 2025, Press Conference (FBI)
· Police, FBI and officials
FBI releases four more photos of the person of interest
The FBI released four additional photos of the person of interest. Its updates page gives 9:05 p.m. Eastern (7:05 p.m. in Utah); NPR says more photos went out on social media at 6:17 p.m. MT.
Sources: Utah Valley Shooting Updates (FBI)
· Police, FBI and officials
Evening press conference asks for the public's help
Officials showed photos and video of the suspect. Gov. Cox said there had been more than 7,000 tips and nearly 200 interviews and that Utah was preparing to seek the death penalty. Accounts differ: NPR gives 7:30 p.m.; Director Patel said about 8 p.m.
Sources: 33 hours: A timeline of Charlie Kirk's shooting and the search for a suspect (NPR, Sept. 12, 2025); Director Patel's Remarks at the September 12, 2025, Press Conference (FBI)
· Police, FBI and officials
FBI releases video of the shooter leaving the roof
The FBI released video it says shows the shooter jumping from the rooftop after the shooting and running away, and said he left a gun and ammunition in a nearby wooded area. Its updates page gives 10 p.m. Eastern (8 p.m. in Utah); NPR gives 7:59 p.m. MT.
Sources: Utah Valley Shooting Updates (FBI)
· Police, FBI and officials
Records check on Robinson returns his Challenger and an address
Once the name arrived, the state's information center pulled Robinson's license and DMV records, including a Dodge Challenger registered to him and his mother, Agent Hull testified, and an address at a River Road apartment in St. George, the affidavit says. Hull called the car silver; the affidavit says grey.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 1 transcript (July 6, 2026), Rev; Search warrant 3213481, River Road apartment (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 5
· Police, FBI and officials
Brooksby relays the tip to Utah County Sheriff Smith
Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith got a call about 8:04 p.m. from Sheriff Brooksby, who relayed that a former deputy had heard from Robinson's father that his son confessed, the affidavits say. SBI Agent David Hull testified the word went on to the command center at UVU, where investigators had had no name.
Sources: Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 5; Preliminary hearing day 1 transcript (July 6, 2026), Rev
· Police, FBI and officials
SBI Agent Davis told to go to St. George
Agent Brian Davis, at the command post all day, testified that about 8:30 p.m. SBI Sgt. Elsholz called and asked him to travel to St. George because a person was going to turn himself in over the UVU shooting.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (July 8, 2026), Rev
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Charlie Kirk is assassinated
Kirk is shot in the left side of the neck while answering an attendee's question at the microphone. The State times it at 12:23:28 from several cameras; the affidavit says about 12:23, and the Washington Post's reconstruction differs by about two seconds. Judge Graf found the shot came from about 415 feet away. Robinson has pleaded not guilty.
Sources: State's memorandum in support of preliminary hearing bindover, p. 2; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 03:49:19; Probable cause affidavit (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 1; Washington Post video reconstruction
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Erika Kirk says McCoy called her: 'Charlie's been shot'
Erika Kirk said TPUSA chief of staff Mikey McCoy phoned her at a medical appointment in Arizona and told her Charlie had been shot and to get the children and security. No call time has been published. Online videos were used to argue McCoy was not on a call at the shot; Andrew Kolvet said he called afterward.
Sources: Erika Kirk relives Charlie's final moments (Fox News, Nov. 5, 2025); Grief, fury, conspiracy: inside Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk's killing (J Oliver Conroy, Sept. 10, 2026)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
TPUSA staff secure headquarters and charter planes
Staff accounts gathered by J Oliver Conroy say TPUSA added security at its buildings and staff scrambled chartered planes, boarding without luggage. Andrew Kolvet was at home when his phone flooded with calls.
Sources: Grief, fury, conspiracy: inside Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk's killing
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Footage shows a backpack fall from the SUV as it leaves
Footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 2 and 3, 2026 shows two security staff reaching the SUV's open door first, Kirk carried in, a security member falling out of the trunk, and a backpack dropping out that a TPUSA staffer picks up. Owens said her belief that the bag was the driver's is speculation.
Sources: Candace podcast: Who Fell Out Of Charlie’s SUV? TPUSA Makes A HUGE Mistake Releasing Alleged Text from Charlie. (transcript); Candace podcast: Tyler Robinson Pleads NOT Guilty. PLUS More Exclusive Footage From 9/10. | Ep 382 (transcript)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Owens's source says a 911 call was open during the drive
An unnamed source cited by Candace Owens on July 27, 2026 (Ep 366) said a 911 call from the SUV stayed open three to five minutes and captured "we got him, we are taking him to the hospital." Owens said the call is not among publicly released 911 calls and that Brian Harpole's lawsuit states a call was made.
Sources: Candace podcast: BREAKING: Charlie’s Team DID Call 911 En Route To The Hospital… Andrew Kolvet’s Big Lie. | Ep 366 (transcript); Candace episode 366, July 27, 2026
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Chief of staff's call log runs from 12:24 to 12:44
Call logs TPUSA provided to Owens, which she described on July 21 and Sept. 1, 2026, show Mikey McCoy calling his wife first, with Erika Kirk added about three minutes later, then his father, then a call of about 10 minutes with a Kirk assistant who was at the event. Early accounts said he called Erika Kirk first.
Sources: Candace podcast: BREAKING NEWS! More Unseen Footage And The Tyler Robinson Decision Live! | Ep 381 (transcript); Candace podcast: Erika Kirk Calls Me "That B*tch”. More Exclusive Photos From Charlie's SUV. | Ep 363 (transcript); Candace podcast: Erika And I Sat Down. Here’s What Happened. | Candace Ep 280 (transcript); CNN: Candace Owens won't take back conspiracies about Charlie Kirk's death after meeting with Erika Kirk (Dec. 16, 2025)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
AV contractor films himself on his phone after the shot
A selfie video shows the event's audio-video contractor a few yards from the tent moments after Kirk was hit, saying Kirk had been shot. Candace Owens released it on Oct. 27, 2025 (Ep 252), said he sent it to her himself, and later said its metadata runs until just after 12:26.
Sources: Candace podcast: Charlie's Angels Or Demons? Disturbing Footage Emerges. | Candace Ep 252 (transcript); Candace podcast: Honey, I Shrunk The Footage! More Exclusive TPUSA Shenanigans. | Ep 379 (transcript)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Attendee beside the tent records on his phone
Footage released by Candace Owens on Sept. 1, 2026 (Ep 381) shows an attendee standing to Kirk's right, whom Pastor Jack Hibbs has described as his brother, dipping down to open his phone camera seconds after the shot and then recording the scene at length.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Witness texts family "SOMEONE GOT SHOT" at 12:25
A deputy Utah County attorney's child, who heard "a loud sound, like a pop" and ran into a nearby building, texted a family group chat at 12:25 p.m. that someone had been shot and she was okay, then about a minute later "CHARLIE GOT SHOT," according to her affidavit filed by the State.
Sources: State's opposition to motion to disqualify the Utah County Attorney's Office (Jan. 2026), p. 4
· Police, FBI and officials
Deputy county attorney learns of the shooting from his child's text
The State says a deputy Utah County attorney, at a conference in Ogden with County Attorney Jeff Gray, learned of the shooting from his child's "Charlie got shot" text, left 10 to 15 minutes later for the UVU command post, and Gray followed about 20 minutes after. The defense noted this account was not sworn.
Sources: State's opposition to motion to disqualify the Utah County Attorney's Office (Jan. 2026), p. 4
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
AV contractor takes down the camera behind Kirk and pockets its card
Footage released by Candace Owens on Aug. 18 and 19, 2026 (Ep 377, 378) shows the audio-video contractor standing on Kirk's chair, removing the camera behind where Kirk sat, taking out its memory card and pocketing it. TPUSA's Andrew Kolvet said the cards are with the FBI; Agent Hull testified the contractor gave investigators a flash drive and files.
Sources: Candace podcast: Honey, I Shrunk The Footage! More Exclusive TPUSA Shenanigans. | Ep 379 (transcript); Candace podcast: Liar, Liar, TPUSA On Fire? More Exclusive Footage From 9/10. | Ep 377 (transcript)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
AV contractor opens a laptop behind the tent
Footage released by Candace Owens on Aug. 19 and 20, 2026 (Ep 378, 379) shows the audio-video contractor crouching behind the tent, opening a laptop, appearing to insert something and working on it. Owens placed it within 10 minutes of the shot, citing a government source; what he did on the laptop is not shown.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Photos show the interior of the SUV that carried Kirk
Photos of the rear of the rented SUV show blood, a clotting-gauze wrapper, an Uber bag and what Candace Owens identified as shattered black tempered glass. Owens released them between Dec. 17, 2025 and July 21, 2026 and says they were taken before the vehicle was cleaned; their source and time were not stated.
Sources: Candace, Ep 357 (June 26, 2026), transcript; Candace, Ep 363 (July 21, 2026), transcript; Candace podcast: BREAKING NEWS! We Received Photos Of Charlie's Car After The Assassination. | Candace Ep 281 (transcript)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Fire crew passes the SUV carrying Kirk; another heads to the hospital
At about 12:35 p.m., an Orem Station Three fire crew passed the SUV the TPUSA security team was using to take Kirk to Timpanogos Regional Hospital, and radioed it in. Station Two rerouted to the hospital, where its fire captain helped give Kirk CPR, UVU's after-action report says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 21; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 51
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Footage shows an ICAC-vested officer taking McCoy's statement
Footage appears to show Kirk's chief of staff, Mikey McCoy, ending a phone call behind an SUV as a female officer in a vest marked Police and Utah ICAC begins what appears to be a recorded statement. Released by Candace Owens on Sept. 15, 2026 (Ep 387), who placed it shortly before 1 p.m.
· Flight tracking
Flight data shown by Owens: contracted plane's second low pass
Flight-tracking data shown by Owens has the military-contracted aircraft that passed low over Provo that morning dipping again to just over 300 feet over the Provo runway on its return toward Texas, about 26 minutes after the shot. Released by Candace Owens on Oct. 30, 2025 (Ep 255).
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Erika Kirk sees her husband at the hospital
Erika Kirk said that, against an officer's advice to wait for the mortuary, she insisted on seeing her husband at the hospital to give him a kiss. She gave no time.
Sources: Erika Kirk relives Charlie's final moments (Fox News, Nov. 5, 2025)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Live TV shows Kirk staff walking into Timpanogos hospital
Fox 5 Atlanta live pictures show several Kirk staff members walking into Timpanogos Regional Hospital. Owens dated the feed to about 1 p.m. because the anchor read a Trump post sent at 1:02 p.m. Shown by Candace Owens on July 21, 2026 (Ep 363).
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Footage shows the AV contractor on a laptop in a van
Enhanced footage shows the event's audio-video contractor in the back of what Owens believed was the AV team's Mercedes Sprinter, working on what appears to be a laptop and looking around, around 1 p.m. Released by Candace Owens on Sept. 14, 2026 (Ep 386).
Sources: Candace podcast: More Exclusive Footage! For Whatever It’s Farnsworth… | Ep 386 (transcript)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk pronounced dead at Timpanogos Regional Hospital
No official time of death has been published. Frank Turek said doctors briefly restored a pulse before death was pronounced; an Orem fire captain helped with CPR, UVU's after-action report says. Placed at about 1 p.m.: the report says Chief Long told UVU's emergency center at 1:41 p.m. that Kirk had died, and Trump announced it at 2:40. The hour is not a documented time.
Sources: CBN: Frank Turek's account; NPR: 33 hours timeline; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 22
· Police, FBI and officials
Trump posts about the shooting
President Trump shares news of Kirk's shooting on Truth Social as videos of the shooting circulate online, according to NPR's timeline.
Sources: 33 hours: A timeline of Charlie Kirk's shooting and the search for a suspect (NPR, Sept. 12, 2025)
· Flight tracking
SU-BND ground returns resume
Converted from 19:40:53 UTC, 77 minutes after the shot, according to an analysis of recovered ADS-B data; an Owens broadcast had said 17 minutes. The recovered trace shows no takeoff.
· Police, FBI and officials
President Tuminez, returning from Atlanta, puts a VP over communications
UVU President Astrid Tuminez said she was returning from Atlanta and directed Vice President Val Peterson to manage university communications, the after-action report says. She had named Jim Mortensen acting administrator for the day on Sept. 5, which not all Cabinet members knew.
· Flight tracking
SU-BND last return in examined period
End of the recovered ground-return window discussed in the aircraft analysis. It is not a departure.
· Police, FBI and officials
Trump announces Kirk's death
President Trump posts on Truth Social that Kirk is dead and sends sympathies to his wife, Erika, and family. This is the announcement time, not a documented time of death.
Sources: Charlie Kirk shooting: A visual timeline of how it unfolded (ABC News, Sept. 12, 2025); Full timeline traces assassination of Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson's arrest (AP via KUTV, July 6, 2026); Associated Press case chronology
· Israel and Iran
Netanyahu posts that Kirk was 'murdered'
Benjamin Netanyahu posted that Kirk "was murdered for speaking truth and defending freedom," called him "a lion-hearted friend of Israel" and said he had invited him to Israel two weeks earlier. The post's ID puts it at 3:21 p.m., 41 minutes after President Trump announced Kirk's death.
Sources: Benjamin Netanyahu on X
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU statement on Kirk's death; campus closed through Sept. 14
UVU says it is shocked and saddened by the death of Charlie Kirk, a guest to its campus, and closes all campuses, classes and events from Sept. 11 to 14.
Sources: UVU Updated Alert: Campus Closure Until Monday, September 15, 2025
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Footage shows Kirk's security team back at UVU after 8:30 p.m
Footage shows Kirk's security team arriving back at UVU sometime after 8:30 p.m. One member who had dived across the table at the shot wears what Owens identified as a Timpanogos hospital scrub top; Brian Harpole is also visible. Released by Candace Owens on Sept. 9, 2026 (Ep 385).
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Medical examiner performs Kirk's autopsy
SBI Agent David Hull testified the autopsy was done late on Sept. 10, possibly running into Sept. 11, and that a medical examiner investigator told him he was at the hospital when Kirk was pronounced dead. The report lists homicide and a gunshot wound of the neck.
· Family, roommate and friends
Twiggs finds and photographs the note
Lance Twiggs said he found a note on Robinson's desk under the keyboard, read it, photographed it and put it back; he did not see it again. In his April 2026 statement he agreed he read it around 11 p.m. on Sept. 10. Investigators later recovered the photo from his phone.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 47; Judge Graf, preliminary hearing ruling
· Police, FBI and officials
FBI lab receives first evidence; testing runs around the clock
FBI DNA examiner Amanda Bakker testified her Quantico lab first received evidence on Sept. 11. The case was Priority 1, so the lab worked 24 hours a day and began testing while items were still being inventoried.
· Police, FBI and officials
ATF lab gets the State's DNA request around Sept. 11
ATF forensic biologist Caitlin Oliver agreed, when asked by defense counsel, that around Sept. 11 she received a request from the State of Utah to do DNA work in the case.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 5 (July 10, 2026), p. 34
· Israel and Iran
Netanyahu quotes Kirk's May 2 letter on Fox News
On Fox News, Benjamin Netanyahu quoted a May 2 letter from Kirk and said he had invited Kirk to Israel, a visit that "will not take place."
Sources: Netanyahu delivers emotional tribute to Charlie Kirk (Fox News, Sept. 11, 2025)
· The case in court
Docket gives Sept. 11 as one witness-tampering offense date
The case docket lists Sept. 10, 2025 as the offense date for aggravated murder and the other counts, but Sept. 11, 2025 for the second witness-tampering count.
· Israel and Iran
Netanyahu calls rumors of an Israeli role 'insane' on Newsmax
Asked by Greta Van Susteren about online rumors that Israel was behind Kirk's killing, Netanyahu called them "insane" and "absurd" and said people who hate the Jewish state will say anything. The interview aired Sept. 11, the same day as his Fox News appearance.
Sources: Netanyahu denounces absurd, baseless claims linking Israel to Charlie Kirk assassination (VIN News, Sept. 11, 2025); Newsmax host asks Netanyahu to address rumor that 'Israel is behind the Charlie Kirk murder' (Mediaite); Netanyahu pans 'insane' conspiracy theories blaming Israel for Charlie Kirk killing (Times of Israel)
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU cleans the courtyard and paves over the grass
After investigators released the scene, UVU had the courtyard cleaned and the grass where Kirk was shot replaced with pavers. UVU says its facilities office coordinated the work after the site was returned to its control. The contractor who laid the pavers said he was told to finish by Monday, Sept. 15.
Sources: Judicial Watch: University releases documents on clean up of Charlie Kirk assassination site (July 10, 2026); UVU's statement of facts in Judicial Watch's records appeal, Case No. 2026-004 (March 2026), p. 5; Site of Charlie Kirk shooting leaves stark reminder (KUTV, Sept. 17, 2025)
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU places an emergency order to clean up the scene
UVU placed an emergency order with a vendor, whose name is redacted, for "clean up for shooting incident." The invoice, dated Sept. 19, came to $6,090.52. The form says normal purchasing rules were skipped because it was an extreme emergency.
Sources: UVU emergency payment request form, Records released by Judicial Watch (July 10, 2026)
· Police, FBI and officials
Texts plan a wash-down of the courtyard as officers finish
In texts released by UVU, one person writes that officers are done and that the area can be washed down without cutting out sod, describes blood still on the ground, and puts the cleanup off to the next day because "the FBI is still there." The writers are not identified.
Sources: UVU text messages, Sept. 12-13, 2025, Records released by Judicial Watch (July 10, 2026); Judicial Watch press release (July 10, 2026)
· Police, FBI and officials
Crews pull up the grass and lay pavers where the tent stood
On Sunday, Sept. 14, crews removed the grass where Kirk was shot and laid pavers. Contractor Dan Merrell said he was called that day about a "paver emergency" and told to finish by Monday. In texts released by UVU, a person involved in the paving writes that his crew is "well trained in keeping quiet."
Sources: UVU text messages, Sept. 14, 2025, Records released by Judicial Watch (July 10, 2026); The Jimmy Rex Show #689: Dan Merrell, contractor (May 2026); Site of Charlie Kirk shooting leaves stark reminder (KUTV, Sept. 17, 2025)
· Family, roommate and friends
Twiggs asks Robinson in person; he says Robinson confirmed it
Lance Twiggs says Robinson was up and busy at their St. George apartment when he woke. Asked in person whether the night's messages were true, Robinson said yes, cried a little and said he wished he had not done it, Twiggs says. Judge Graf found the same. No clock time was given.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 50; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 51; Bindover arguments and ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev at 07:55:06
· Family, roommate and friends
Twiggs sees the suspect images the day after
Twiggs said he first saw the released images of the suspect on Sept. 11. Shown them in April 2026, he said the shoes, sunglasses and jeans looked like Robinson's, though image quality kept him from being certain.
Sources: Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 52; Preliminary hearing transcript, day 4 (July 9, 2026), p. 77
· Family, roommate and friends
Robinson's surrender, from the family's first call to his arrest
About 18 hours from the FBI's first suspect photos, which the charging document says his mother recognized, to his formal arrest at 4 a.m. on Sept. 12. The warrant affidavits say his parents and family friend Mike Mitchell worked with police so he could turn himself in without a confrontation.
Sources: Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 5
· Family, roommate and friends
Mother recognizes the suspect photo and calls Robinson
According to the charging document, Robinson's mother saw the suspect photo on the news, thought it looked like her son and called him; he said he was home sick and had been on Sept. 10. She told her husband, who agreed. No time is given. Gov. Cox said the father recognized him.
Sources: Charlie Kirk shooting: Tyler Robinson's messages and charges against him (Al Jazeera, Sept. 17, 2025); Prosecutors Reveal Texts Sent By Charlie Kirk Suspect (TIME, Sept. 16, 2025)
· Family, roommate and friends
Father asks Robinson for a photo of the rifle
The charging document says Robinson's father thought the rifle police described matched one he had given his son and asked him for a photo of it; Robinson did not reply. On a phone call Robinson implied he intended to take his own life, the document says. No time is given.
Sources: 'Shock factor': Sheriff describes taking Tyler Robinson into custody (Fox 13, Sept. 17, 2025); Al Jazeera, Sept. 17, 2025
· Tyler Robinson
Robinson texts Twiggs that a coworker sent him the campus still
In texts quoted in a warrant affidavit, Robinson told Twiggs a coworker had just sent him "the still of me on campus," offered to come say goodbye, and said he had "a spot in mind" to call police from. Twiggs, at his parents' home, said he was heading home. The affidavit gives no timestamps.
Sources: Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 6; Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 7
· Tyler Robinson
Twiggs comes home on a laundry excuse; Robinson drives off
Twiggs says he told Robinson he would come home and say he was doing laundry. He found Robinson alone, said goodbye, and Robinson drove off; Twiggs understood he would talk to his parents or turn himself in, and went back to his own parents' house. No time is given.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 50; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 51; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), Rev
· Family, roommate and friends
Parents meet Robinson at their Washington City home
According to the charging document, his parents persuaded Robinson to meet them at their home in Washington City. There he implied he had shot Kirk, and they urged him to talk to a family friend who is a retired deputy. No time is given; his text about a deputy neighbor was sent by about 7:42 p.m.
Sources: 'Shock factor': Sheriff describes taking Tyler Robinson into custody (Fox 13, Sept. 17, 2025)
· Tyler Robinson
Text to Twiggs: 'I'm going to turn myself in willingly'
Robinson texted Twiggs that he would turn himself in willingly, that a neighbor was a sheriff's deputy and that they hoped to keep things quiet, Agent Davis testified, reading photos of Twiggs's phone. The nearest timestamp in those photos reads 5:55 p.m.; the last text came about 7:42 p.m.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 67; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), Rev; Bindover arguments and ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev at 05:06:00
· Family, roommate and friends
Father calls family friend Mike Mitchell
The warrant affidavits say Robinson confessed to his father, who called Mike Mitchell, a former Washington County deputy. The probable cause affidavit says a family member reached a family friend that evening saying Robinson had "confessed to them or implied" it. No time is given; it came before the 8:02 p.m. call to the sheriff.
Sources: Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 5; Probable cause affidavit (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 2
· Tyler Robinson
Text tells Twiggs to ask for a lawyer and stay silent
Robinson texted Twiggs that if police asked questions he should ask for a lawyer and stay silent, naming Doug Terry as his lawyer, Agent Davis testified. Davis recalled the last text as about 7:42 p.m. The defense says surrender was already arranged; the State calls it a cover-up. The judge bound over the tampering count.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 84; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 67; Bindover arguments and ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev at 08:28:42; Bindover arguments and ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev at 05:06:00
· Tyler Robinson
Discord post to his gaming group: 'It was me at UVU'
A message from Robinson's Discord account told his Dungeons and Dragons group it was him at UVU the day before, apologized, and said he was "surrendering through a sheriff friend in a few moments," Agent Davis testified. The exhibit shows 7:57 p.m.; the judge said just before 8 p.m. Fox News gives 8:57 p.m.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 70; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 71; Bindover arguments and ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev at 07:55:06; Search warrant 3214311 affidavit, Discord (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 6
· Tyler Robinson
Discord reply: 'Look at the pictures from the surveillance footage'
When friends said they did not believe him, Robinson wrote "It was," told them to look at the surveillance pictures, and added "It was me" and "I'm serious," Agent Davis testified; the prosecutor put the reply at 7:59 p.m. His last message in Twiggs's screenshots shows 8:00 p.m.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 72; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 72; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 49
· Family, roommate and friends
Family friend calls Sheriff Brooksby about the shooter
About 8:02 p.m. a retired Washington County deputy who knew the family through their Latter-day Saint ward called Sheriff Nate Brooksby, saying he knew who the shooter was and was working to bring him in, Brooksby said. Warrants name him Mike Mitchell. Gov. Cox called him a youth pastor; Trump, a minister.
Sources: Washington County Sheriff shares additional detail on how Tyler Robinson was captured (Daily Herald, Sept. 17, 2025); Full timeline traces assassination of Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson's arrest (AP via KUTV, July 6, 2026); 'Shock factor': Sheriff describes taking Tyler Robinson into custody (Fox 13, Sept. 17, 2025)
· Family, roommate and friends
Family friend picks Robinson up to take him in
About 8:30 p.m., Judge Graf found, a family friend picked Robinson up to take him to the sheriff's office and asked about clothes or property used; Robinson said he had discarded them. The State names the friend as Mike Mitchell. Defense counsel and Sheriff Brooksby said his parents rode along.
Sources: Bindover arguments and ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev at 07:55:06; Bindover arguments and ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev at 06:12:36; Transcript of Oct. 24, 2025 hearing (redacted, filed Dec. 29, 2025), p. 61; 'Shock factor': Sheriff describes taking Tyler Robinson into custody (Fox 13, Sept. 17, 2025)
· Tyler Robinson
Robinson arrives at the Washington County Sheriff's Office
Robinson arrived with his parents and the family friend and was met by plainclothes officers, not handcuffed, Sheriff Brooksby said. Accounts differ on time: Agent Davis, citing reports and video, and Judge Graf say about 9 p.m.; the warrant affidavits say about 10:26 p.m.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 70; Bindover arguments and ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev at 07:56:00; Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 5; 'Shock factor': Sheriff describes taking Tyler Robinson into custody (Fox 13, Sept. 17, 2025)
· Police, FBI and officials
Robinson's phone seized at the sheriff's office
Agent Davis testified that Robinson's cell phone was taken from him at the Washington County Sheriff's Office before the Utah County team arrived near midnight. It was the only item taken there.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (July 8, 2026), Rev
· Police, FBI and officials
Patel's account: taken into custody at 10 p.m.
FBI Director Kash Patel said on Sept. 12 that the suspect was taken into custody at 10 p.m. local time, 33 hours after the shooting. Agent Davis testified Robinson arrived about 9 p.m. and was formally arrested about 4 a.m.
Sources: Director Patel's Remarks at the September 12, 2025, Press Conference (FBI)
· Police, FBI and officials
Investigators fly to St. George, landing about 11:30 p.m.
Agent Davis, SBI Sgt. Elsholz, FBI agents Folger and Anderson and prosecutor Ryan McBride flew from a Salt Lake City hangar and landed in St. George about 11:30 p.m., Davis testified. Sheriff Brooksby said Robinson waited about two and a half hours, not questioned, until they arrived.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (July 8, 2026), Rev; Washington County Sheriff shares additional detail on how Tyler Robinson was captured (Daily Herald, Sept. 17, 2025)
· Police, FBI and officials
Utah County team reaches the sheriff's office near midnight
Agent Davis arrived at the Washington County Sheriff's Office close to midnight and met investigators and state and federal prosecutors to plan. He first saw Robinson on a monitor showing a recorded interview room; Robinson gave Davis his name and date of birth.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (July 8, 2026), Rev
· Tyler Robinson
Interview-room video shows Robinson in a burgundy shirt and jeans
Agent Davis described the sheriff's interview-room video: a dark cap with a white logo, a burgundy short-sleeve shirt, blue jeans and gray and white Converse-style shoes. Accounts differ: the probable cause affidavit calls his clothing consistent with the campus video, where he wore shorts; a warrant affidavit says it was not.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (July 8, 2026), Rev; Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 5; Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 5
· Family, roommate and friends
Parents and Mike Mitchell interviewed in separate rooms
SBI and FBI agents interviewed Robinson's mother, father and Mike Mitchell at the same time in separate rooms in the early hours of Sept. 12, Agent Davis testified. The affidavits say his mother gave his phone number, said he had become more political, and said he had expressed suicidal thoughts.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (July 8, 2026), Rev; Search warrant 3214341 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 6; Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 5
· Tyler Robinson
Robinson formally arrested at 4 a.m.
The probable cause affidavit records Robinson's arrest at 4:00 a.m. on Sept. 12 for aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury and obstruction of justice. Agent Davis testified the formal arrest came about then, after the interviews, at the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
Sources: Probable cause affidavit (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 3; Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (July 8, 2026), Rev
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Vance helps load Kirk's casket onto Air Force Two
JD Vance, who had planned to attend a 9/11 memorial in New York, went to Salt Lake City and helped uniformed service members carry Kirk's casket onto Air Force Two, which flew to Phoenix with Usha Vance and Erika Kirk aboard, AP reported.
Sources: JD Vance escorts Charlie Kirk's casket to Phoenix aboard Air Force Two (Global News/AP)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk's body reaches a Phoenix mortuary
With a police escort from the airport, the hearse carrying Kirk's body reached Hansen Mortuary Chapel on Seventh Street just after 5:30 p.m. Arizona time, AZFamily reported. Accounts differ: NPR puts the Air Force Two landing later, about 6:45 p.m. Arizona time.
Sources: Charlie Kirk's body arrives at Phoenix mortuary after flying aboard Air Force Two (AZFamily)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Air Force Two lands in Phoenix with Kirk's casket
Air Force Two landed at Phoenix Sky Harbor about 7:45 p.m. MT carrying Kirk's casket, Erika Kirk, JD Vance and Usha Vance, NPR and AP reported. In Salt Lake City, Vance had helped uniformed service members carry the casket onto the plane. Erika Kirk rode in the hearse.
Sources: 33 hours: A timeline of Charlie Kirk's shooting and the search for a suspect (NPR, Sept. 12, 2025); Vance arrives in Arizona with Charlie Kirk's casket aboard Air Force Two (AP); JD Vance escorts Charlie Kirk's casket to Phoenix aboard Air Force Two (Global News/AP)
· Police, FBI and officials
ATF biologist receives the case
ATF DNA section chief Caitlin Oliver testified she received the case on Sept. 12, 2025 and began work once permission to consume samples was granted.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 5 transcript (July 10, 2026), p. 44
· Police, FBI and officials
FBI examiner first reads towel sample as three contributors
FBI DNA examiner Amanda Bakker testified that around Sept. 12 she first interpreted the towel DNA mixture as coming from at least three people, based on low peaks below the reporting threshold.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 transcript (July 7, 2026), Rev
· Israel and Iran
Grayzone reports Kirk refused a Netanyahu funding offer
The Grayzone, citing one unnamed friend of Kirk, reported that Kirk rejected an offer from Netanyahu earlier in 2025 to arrange pro-Israel funding for TPUSA. Netanyahu has confirmed a call and an invitation, not a funding offer.
· Israel and Iran
Carlson says Kirk urged Trump to avoid war with Iran
Tucker Carlson said on The Megyn Kelly Show that Kirk was one of few people close to Trump who warned him against war with Iran, speaking to him in the Oval Office. Carlson gave no date for the meeting.
Sources: Iran International (Sept. 13, 2025)
· Family, roommate and friends
Twiggs shows FBI agents Robinson's texts and Discord posts
About 1 a.m., FBI agents interviewed Lance Twiggs, who showed them Robinson's texts and Discord messages; agents photographed the screen and he gave them his phone and number. Accounts differ on place: the warrants say the sheriff's office; Agent Davis says St. George police.
Sources: Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 6; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 58; Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (July 8, 2026), Rev; Probable cause affidavit (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 2
· Family, roommate and friends
Twiggs tells the FBI of a letter left under a keyboard
According to the affidavit, Twiggs told FBI Agent Lange that Robinson left him a handwritten letter under a computer keyboard at the apartment saying, in effect, he had a shot at Charlie Kirk and was going to take it. Twiggs said he did not know where the letter was.
Sources: Search warrant 3213481, River Road apartment (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 5; Search warrant 3213481, River Road apartment (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 5
· The case in court
Warrant signed to search Robinson's person
Judge Jay Winward signed warrant 3213451 at 4:41 a.m. for trace evidence, prints and DNA from Robinson. Items taken included a black hat, a burgundy shirt, blue jeans and Converse shoes.
Sources: Search warrant 3213451, person of Tyler Robinson (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 7; Search warrant 3213451, person of Tyler Robinson (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 8
· Police, FBI and officials
Trump on Fox & Friends: 'we have him in custody'
Before officials named anyone, President Trump said on Fox & Friends that "with a high degree of certainty" the suspect was in custody, that someone very close to him turned him in, and that a minister was involved. A defense brief quotes him that day hoping for a guilty verdict and the death penalty.
Sources: Charlie Kirk shooting: A visual timeline of how it unfolded (ABC News, Sept. 12, 2025); Who is Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk's murder? (Deseret News, Sept. 12, 2025); Defense reply in support of motion re restraints (Oct. 22, 2025), p. 7
· Police, FBI and officials
Gov. Cox: 'We got him'; Robinson named
Gov. Spencer Cox opened with "We got him" and, with FBI Director Kash Patel, named Tyler Robinson, 22, as the suspect. The defense later objected that officials described an alleged confession. Accounts differ on the start: NPR 7 a.m., ABC 8 a.m., AP 8:05 a.m.; KUER published at 7:47 a.m.
Sources: Suspect arrested in Charlie Kirk's shooting is Tyler Robinson, 22, of Utah (KUER, Sept. 12, 2025); 33 hours: A timeline of Charlie Kirk's shooting and the search for a suspect (NPR, Sept. 12, 2025); Charlie Kirk shooting: A visual timeline of how it unfolded (ABC News, Sept. 12, 2025); Defense reply in support of motion re restraints (Oct. 22, 2025), p. 8
· Police, FBI and officials
Cox's account: father and a youth pastor arranged the surrender
Cox said Robinson's father recognized him in the photos and urged him to turn himself in; Robinson refused, then agreed. The father called a youth pastor who is a U.S. Marshals task force officer. Accounts differ: Sheriff Brooksby described a retired detective, court records name Mike Mitchell, and the charging document says the mother first recognized him.
Sources: Charlie Kirk shooting: A visual timeline of how it unfolded (ABC News, Sept. 12, 2025); Suspect arrested in Charlie Kirk killing confessed to father, officials say (CBS News, Sept. 12, 2025)
· Police, FBI and officials
Robinson reaches the Utah County Jail about 7 a.m.
Agent Davis testified he helped drive Robinson north and they reached the Utah County Jail about 7 a.m. Accounts differ: Sheriff Brooksby said Robinson was driven to Utah County about 2 a.m.; Davis put the formal arrest in St. George at about 4 a.m.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (July 8, 2026), Rev; Washington Co. sheriff details how tip from retired detective brought in Tyler Robinson (KUTV/KATV, Sept. 17, 2025); Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 85
· The case in court
Probable cause affidavit entered
Agent Brian Davis entered the probable cause affidavit at 7:18 a.m., supporting charges of aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm and obstruction of justice for moving and hiding the rifle.
· The case in court
Warrant signed to search the River Road apartment
Judge Jay Winward signed warrant 3213481 at 7:32 a.m. to search the St. George apartment at 3419 South River Road for firearms, ammunition, clothing and the letter Robinson allegedly left for Twiggs.
Sources: Search warrant 3213481, River Road apartment (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 7
· Police, FBI and officials
Robinson booked into the Utah County Jail
Agent Davis, the booking officer, testified Robinson was formally booked about 8 a.m.; his clothing, DNA swabs and hand prints were then collected under a warrant. AP gives 8:05 a.m. NPR's timeline said he was booked about 10 p.m. Sept. 11.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (July 8, 2026), Rev; Full timeline traces assassination of Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson's arrest (AP via KUTV, July 6, 2026)
· Police, FBI and officials
Search of the St. George apartment begins
A team led by SBI Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina and the state crime lab began searching the apartment Robinson shared with Twiggs about 8 a.m., Agent Davis testified. The warrant return lists .30-06 cartridges, three .22 rifles, a revolver, grey Converse shoes and computers; Faumuina also cited a Dremel tool and targets.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (July 8, 2026), Rev; Search warrant 3213481, River Road apartment (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 8; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 109; Bindover arguments and ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev at 06:09:42
· Police, FBI and officials
Burnt note found in the apartment trash
The warrant return lists a "burnt note found in trash" at the apartment. Sgt. Faumuina testified to burnt paper in the kitchen trash, and Judge Graf found it consistent with the note. Twiggs had told the FBI of a letter under a keyboard. The time within the search is not given.
Sources: Search warrant 3213481, River Road apartment (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 8; Bindover arguments and ruling (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev at 07:56:00
· Police, FBI and officials
Cartridge etched 'test shot' collected
The warrant return lists a plastic bag of five .30-06 cartridges, one etched "test shot," taken from the apartment. Sgt. Faumuina described five fired .30-06 cases on a safe, one engraved "test shot." The time within the search is not given.
Sources: Search warrant 3213481, River Road apartment (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 8; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 109
· The case in court
Pretrial public safety assessment generated
A Public Safety Assessment for Robinson, 22, with no prior convictions or failures to appear listed, recommended holding him without bail if the statute allows.
Sources: Public Safety Assessment (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 1; Public Safety Assessment (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 1
· The case in court
Judge orders Robinson held without bail
Judge Shawn R. Howell found probable cause for the warrantless arrest, found substantial evidence of a capital felony, and ordered Robinson held without bail at 8:40 a.m. A copy on the docket is labeled "9 16 25 Bail Order" but is dated Sept. 12.
Sources: Order to hold without bail (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 1; Order to hold without bail (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 1; Order to hold without bail (Sept. 12, 2025; docketed as '9 16 25 Bail Order'), p. 1
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU alert: suspect apprehended
Citing FBI sources, UVU told its community that the suspect, Tyler Robinson, had been apprehended in Washington County.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Affidavit reports autopsy finding: homicide by gunshot
An affidavit executed at 9:53 a.m. reports that the medical examiner, having concluded the autopsy, said he would certify Kirk's cause of death as homicide by a gunshot wound, according to SBI Sgt. Barrett, who attended. The autopsy's own time is not given.
Sources: Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 3
· The case in court
Probable cause statement made public
AP reported the probable cause statement was released at about 10:20 a.m.; Robinson was held on suspicion of aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm and obstruction of justice.
· The case in court
Warrant signed to search the Dodge Challenger
Judge Jay Winward signed warrant 3213501 at 10:30 a.m. to search the 2013 Dodge Challenger, then in St. George, including its infotainment system.
Sources: Search warrant 3213501 affidavit, Dodge Challenger (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 10; Search warrant 3213501 affidavit, Dodge Challenger (Sept. 12, 2025), p. 1
· Police, FBI and officials
FBI team searches the parents' home from about 4 p.m.
An FBI evidence response team began searching Robinson's parents' home about 4 p.m., Agent Davis testified. Sgt. Faumuina said the Challenger was collected there.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (July 8, 2026), Rev; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 122
· Police, FBI and officials
Extraction of Robinson's phone completed
A cellphone associated with Robinson was fully extracted on Sept. 13, and a report shows investigators had reviewed it by Sept. 14, according to a defense filing. The defense says the extraction was not given to it until March 2026.
Sources: Defendant's motion to continue preliminary hearing (Mar. 27, 2026), p. 36
· Police, FBI and officials
FBI lab tells investigators Robinson is a possible DNA contributor
FBI examiner Amanda Bakker testified that on Sept. 13, after receiving Lance Twiggs's elimination sample, she revised her reading of the towel and screwdriver DNA to two contributors and told agents Robinson was included as a possible contributor. The defense questioned treating Twiggs as a contributor; Bakker said she relied on the peaks and his elimination status.
· Police, FBI and officials
Twiggs's phone downloaded; photo of the note found
The FBI downloaded Lance Twiggs's phone at the Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory in Salt Lake City, SBI Agent Brian Davis testified, and an analyst at the state fusion center found the photo of the handwritten note. He placed the download the day after the Sept. 12 interview or shortly after.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 74
· The case in court
Warrant signed to search a dark blue iPhone 13
Judge Kraig Powell signed warrant No. 3214291 at 12:47 p.m. for a forensic search of a dark blue iPhone 13. The affidavit says an earlier warrant, No. 3213811, had already been approved for the device. The return says a download was taken Sept. 13.
Sources: Search warrant 3214291 (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 8; Search warrant 3214291 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 5
· The case in court
Warrant signed for three Discord servers
Judge Kraig Powell signed warrant No. 3214311 at 3:57 p.m. for member, session and message records of the Discord servers "Craftopia," "Gamin" and "The Corruption," which FBI agents said Robinson is believed to have used, for Aug. 27 to Sept. 12, 2025.
Sources: Search warrant 3214311 (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 11; Search warrant 3214311 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 6
· The case in court
Warrant signed for Verizon records of Robinson's phone
Judge Kraig Powell signed warrant No. 3214341 at 5:34 p.m. for Verizon account records, texts and cell-site data for Robinson's number. The window requested starts Aug. 27, 2024, a year earlier than the tour announcement the affidavit cites.
Sources: Search warrant 3214341 (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 12; Search warrant 3214341 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 3
· The case in court
Warrant signed for location data of Twiggs's phone
Judge Kraig Powell signed warrant No. 3214411 at 10:11 p.m. for Verizon records and location data for Lance Twiggs's number from Aug. 27 to Sept. 12, 2025, to verify where his phone was before, during and after the shooting.
Sources: Search warrant 3214411 (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 11; Search warrant 3214411 affidavit (Sept. 13, 2025), p. 7
· Police, FBI and officials
Challenger search yields a Vantrue dash camera
The warrant return lists items taken from Robinson's Challenger on Sept. 14, including a Vantrue N2 Pro dash camera, water bottles, grey Volcom shorts, a Dixie Tech student ID, and swabs of the door handles and steering wheel. A later affidavit says the camera's power cord was disconnected and lying on the front passenger seat.
Sources: Return to search warrant 3213501 (Sept. 18, 2025), p. 11; Search warrant 3215391 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7
· Police, FBI and officials
Prosecutor asks governor's office not to call the suspect uncooperative
Ryan McBride of the Utah County Attorney's Office emailed Governor Cox's general counsel at 3:18 p.m. that describing the suspect as "not cooperating" made him nervous, because a person's assertion of constitutional rights cannot be held against him. The email was filed as a court exhibit in January 2026.
Sources: Attachment C to defense filing (Jan. 30, 2026): McBride email (Sept. 14, 2025), p. 3
· The case in court
Warrant signed for location data of Robinson's phone
Judge Kraig Powell signed warrant No. 3214731 at 4:44 p.m. for Verizon location and call data for Robinson's number, re-submitting warrant No. 3214341 "for clarifying and relevancy purposes." The return says the records arrived Sept. 14.
Sources: Search warrant 3214731 (Sept. 14, 2025), p. 11; Search warrant 3214731 affidavit (Sept. 14, 2025), p. 7
· The case in court
Second warrant signed for the Challenger, now in Orem
Judge Kraig Powell signed warrant No. 3214771 at 6:09 p.m. to search the Challenger and its infotainment and GPS data, re-submitting warrant No. 3213501. This warrant places the car in Orem; the Sept. 12 warrant placed it in St. George.
Sources: Search warrant 3214771 (Sept. 14, 2025), p. 10; Search warrant 3214771 (Sept. 14, 2025), p. 1
· The case in court
Warrant signed for eight devices from the St. George apartment
Judge Kraig Powell signed warrant No. 3214751 at 7:40 p.m. to search eight devices seized at the River Road apartment. The affidavit cites Robinson's text that he had planned "a bit over a week" and possible research of event details, satellite imagery and driving routes.
Sources: Search warrant 3214751 (Sept. 14, 2025), p. 10; Search warrant 3214751 affidavit (Sept. 14, 2025), p. 7
· Police, FBI and officials
Patel says towel and screwdriver DNA points to the suspect
FBI Director Kash Patel said on Fox & Friends that DNA from the towel wrapped around the rifle and from the screwdriver was "positively processed for the suspect in custody." The defense later cited the remark in arguing about pretrial publicity.
Sources: Timeline: Charlie Kirk alleged assassin from campus shooting to sheriff's office surrender (Fox News, Sept. 19, 2025, updated Oct. 3, 2025); Reply in support of motion re restraints (Oct. 22, 2025), p. 8
· Police, FBI and officials
FBI DNA report on the towel and screwdriver
The FBI report dated Sept. 15 says DNA on the towel is 1.7 octillion times, and on the screwdriver handle 30 quintillion times, more likely if Twiggs and Robinson contributed than Twiggs and an unknown person, SBI Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina testified. Swabs from the Losee roof's northeast corner held no DNA; stairwell railing swabs were inconclusive.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 2 transcript (Rev); Preliminary hearing day 2 transcript (Rev)
· Police, FBI and officials
First ATF DNA report on the rifle
ATF DNA section chief Caitlin Oliver's first report, dated Sept. 15, found support for including Robinson as a possible contributor on the rifle's stock, grips, trigger, bolt, barrel, scope and cartridges. Oliver testified the results show possible contribution, not how or when DNA was deposited.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 5 transcript (July 10, 2026), p. 35; Defendant's motion to continue preliminary hearing (Mar. 27, 2026), p. 39
· Israel and Iran
The Grayzone reports a Hamptons meeting over Israel
The Grayzone, citing five unnamed sources, reported that Bill Ackman convened a Hamptons meeting where Kirk was confronted over his criticism of Israel, and that Kirk had turned down a Netanyahu invitation to Jerusalem. Ackman told the outlet the accounts were "totally false."
Sources: Billionaire Bill Ackman convened stormy Israel 'intervention' with Charlie Kirk, sources say; Candace podcast: They Are Lying About Charlie Kirk. | Candace Ep 235 (transcript); Charlie Kirk's Israel Views Leave Conservatives Feuding (Newsweek, Sept. 21, 2025)
· The case in court
Affidavit seeks Robinson's two Google accounts
Investigator Justin Bowen swore an affidavit at 3:51 p.m. for warrant No. 3215261, seeking location history, navigation, search and email data for the phone's Apple ID and a second Gmail account from Aug. 27 to Sept. 12. The filed copy does not show when the judge signed.
Sources: Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 9; Search warrant 3215261 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7
· Israel and Iran
Ackman denies threatening Kirk
Bill Ackman posted that Owens had "slandered" him. He said Kirk suggested the Hamptons meeting, that about 35 people met Aug. 4 and 5, and that he never threatened, blackmailed or offered money to Kirk.
Sources: Bill Ackman on X; Newsweek (Sept. 21, 2025)
· The case in court
Warrant signed to search the Challenger's dash camera
Judge Sean Petersen signed warrant No. 3215391 at 8:11 p.m. to search the Vantrue dash camera and its memory card for recordings of Robinson's movements, conversations and route. The return says the camera was sent to the FBI's regional forensic lab.
Sources: Search warrant 3215391 (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 10; Search warrant 3215391 affidavit (Sept. 15, 2025), p. 7
· The case in court
State files notice it will seek the death penalty
The State filed notice the same day as the charges that it will seek the death penalty on Count 1, aggravated murder. In a January 2026 filing the State said the timing aimed to avoid the speculation that followed a delayed notice in an earlier case, not a reaction to a prosecutor's child being at the event.
Sources: Notice of intent to seek the death penalty (Sept. 16, 2025), p. 1; Opposition to motion to disqualify the Utah County Attorney's Office (Jan. 2026), p. 4
· The case in court
Court orders lawyers to avoid prejudicial public statements
On its own motion, the court ordered lawyers and case personnel to follow Utah's Rule 3.6 on extrajudicial statements, citing the risk that publicity could taint the jury pool. The order is dated Sept. 16; the docket lists it as filed Sept. 22.
Sources: Protection order re pre-trial and trial publicity (Sept. 16, 2025), p. 1; Protection order re pre-trial and trial publicity (Sept. 16, 2025), p. 2; Ruling on the contempt motion (June 26, 2026), p. 2
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Medical examiner completes Kirk's autopsy report
The autopsy report on Kirk was completed Sept. 16 but not produced to the defense until Nov. 13, 2025, the defense says. It says autopsy photographs taken Sept. 10 were produced on March 18, 2026.
Sources: Defendant's motion to continue preliminary hearing (Mar. 27, 2026), p. 18
· Israel and Iran
Kolvet disputes Owens's account of the Hamptons meeting
Andrew Kolvet, executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, said Kirk's staff at the Hamptons reported that Ackman never yelled at Kirk or pressed him on Netanyahu. He said pressure not to host Tucker Carlson made Kirk want to host him.
Sources: Mediaite (Sept. 16, 2025)
· Israel and Iran
Ackman posts his WhatsApp exchange with Kirk
Ackman posted a WhatsApp exchange with Kirk from after the Hamptons gathering and invited readers to judge whether Kirk sounded like someone who had been threatened.
Sources: Bill Ackman shares text messages with Charlie Kirk (Sept. 17, 2025)
· Police, FBI and officials
County Attorney Jeff Gray outlines the State's case
At the charging press conference, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray said DNA consistent with Robinson was found on the trigger, the fired casing, two unfired cartridges and the towel. He said Robinson hid the gun, discarded his clothes, told his roommate to delete texts, and implied guilt to his parents. These are allegations.
Sources: Reply in support of motion re restraints (Oct. 22, 2025), quoting the press conference, p. 9; Reply in support of motion re restraints (Oct. 22, 2025), quoting the press conference, p. 9; Reply in support of motion re restraints (Oct. 22, 2025), quoting the press conference, p. 9
· The case in court
Prosecutors charge Robinson with seven counts including aggravated murder
The Utah County Attorney's Office filed an Information charging Robinson with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm, two counts of obstruction, two of witness tampering, and a violent offense in the presence of a child. The court file-stamped it at 12:07:23 p.m. The charges are allegations.
Sources: Utah County Attorney charging announcement; Return of electronic notification (Sept. 16, 2025), p. 2; Updated case docket (July 26, 2026), p. 1; Initial appearance minutes (Sept. 16, 2025), p. 1
· The case in court
State asks for a protective order for Erika Kirk
Prosecutors filed a proposed pretrial protective order at 1:52 p.m. naming Erika Kirk as the protected person, barring Robinson from contacting her or going to her home, school or workplace. The court granted it at Robinson's first appearance that afternoon.
Sources: Proposed pretrial protective order (Sept. 16, 2025), p. 2; Return of electronic notification 2 (Sept. 16, 2025), p. 2
· The case in court
Robinson's first court appearance, by video from jail
Robinson appeared by Webex from the Utah County Jail before Judge Tony Graf, without counsel, for about 13 minutes. The court read the charges, held him without bail, appointed the public defender's office and granted the protective order. AP described a suicide-prevention smock; the defense later called it what appeared to be a bullet-proof or suicide vest.
Sources: Initial appearance minutes (Sept. 16, 2025; signed Sept. 22), p. 1; Initial appearance minutes (Sept. 16, 2025; signed Sept. 22), p. 2; Full timeline traces assassination of Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson's arrest (AP via KUTV, July 6, 2026); Reply in support of motion re restraints (Oct. 22, 2025), p. 6
· Police, FBI and officials
Sheriff Brooksby describes the surrender
Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby said a retired detective called him about 8 p.m. on Sept. 11, that concessions were made to arrange a peaceful surrender, and that his office held Robinson without questioning him. He called the rumor that Robinson's father is a deputy "completely false."
Sources: 'Shock factor': Sheriff describes taking Tyler Robinson into custody (Fox 13, Sept. 17, 2025); Utah sheriff who helped coordinate Charlie Kirk shooting suspect's surrender (Police1, Sept. 18, 2025)
· The case in court
Search warrant with the full keyboard note is filed
Media counsel told the court in July 2026 that the full text of the keyboard note appears in a search warrant first filed Sept. 17 and released in full about six months later. The judge found the text was public by April 2026.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 5 transcript (July 10, 2026), p. 16; Preliminary hearing day 5 transcript (July 10, 2026), p. 21
· Police, FBI and officials
Prosecutor tells sheriff not to mention Robinson invoked the Fifth
Before the Washington County Sheriff's press conference, Ryan McBride of the Utah County Attorney's Office emailed him at 1:20 p.m. not to mention that Robinson had invoked his Fifth Amendment right or comment on his character or guilt, warning of sanctions up to dismissal.
Sources: Attachment E to defense filing (Jan. 30, 2026): McBride email (Sept. 17, 2025), p. 3
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Erika Kirk named CEO and chair of TPUSA
TPUSA's board unanimously elected Erika Kirk chief executive and board chair, saying Charlie Kirk had told executives he wanted his wife to take over if he died.
Sources: Erika Kirk named CEO of Turning Point USA (NBC News, Sept. 18, 2025)
· Israel and Iran
Netanyahu denies Israel had a role in Kirk's killing
In a video posted on X, Netanyahu called the idea that Israel had a role in Kirk's killing "a monstrous big lie" and said Kirk "deserves honor, not lies."
Sources: Netanyahu says Israel did not kill Charlie Kirk (JTA, Sept. 19, 2025); Israel's Netanyahu rejects "monstrous big lie" over Charlie Kirk (Newsweek, Sept. 18, 2025)
· Police, FBI and officials
Prosecutors plan to deny records requests, citing jail calls
Facing more than 40 public-records requests, the Utah County Attorney's Office planned to deny most case records while the case was pending. Ryan McBride's 8:34 a.m. email said he was especially concerned about releasing jail phone calls, because the suspect would stop discussing the case on the phone.
Sources: Attachment G to defense filing (Jan. 30, 2026): McBride email (Sept. 19, 2025), p. 5
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU holds a Vigil for Unity
Utah Valley University held a Vigil for Unity at the UCCU Center at 4 p.m. and closed its campuses at 1 p.m. that day.
Sources: UVU Emergency Information: 2025
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk's memorial service in Glendale, Arizona
The memorial began at 11 a.m. at State Farm Stadium, with an overflow at Desert Diamond Arena; Glendale police estimated more than 100,000 people. Speakers included Rob and Mikey McCoy, Stephen Miller, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., JD Vance, Erika Kirk and President Trump.
Sources: Charlie Kirk's friends praise his faith (AZFamily, Sept. 21, 2025); Charlie Kirk Memorial Service Honors the Monumental Legacy of TPUSA Founder (TPUSA)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Mikey McCoy: 'my friend was martyred'
TPUSA chief of staff Mikey McCoy told the memorial that his friend had been martyred for using his voice in peaceful dialogue, and quoted Kierkegaard. Newsweek logged the remarks at 2:53 p.m. Eastern.
Sources: Charlie Kirk Funeral live updates (Newsweek, Sept. 21, 2025)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Erika Kirk says she forgives the accused
Near the end of the memorial, Erika Kirk said she forgives the young man accused of killing her husband, "because it was what Christ did."
Sources: Charlie Kirk Funeral live updates (Newsweek); Charlie Kirk memorial service live updates (Fox News)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Trump gives the memorial's final address
President Trump spoke last, calling Kirk "a great American hero." Newsweek logged his entrance at 6:29 p.m. and his closing remarks about 7:10 p.m. Eastern.
Sources: Charlie Kirk memorial service live updates (Fox News)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
TPUSA holds a company-wide Zoom call
TPUSA held a company-wide Zoom call the day after the memorial, including Erika Kirk addressing staff. Audio of it was released by Candace Owens on Jan. 27, 2026 (Ep 296).
Sources: Candace podcast: EXCLUSIVE: Leaked TPUSA Audio | Candace EP 296 (transcript)
· Police, FBI and officials
SBI writes its overview of the crime scenes
SBI Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina wrote the first of her nine reports on Sept. 22, an overview of the scenes: the courtyard, the Fulton Library bus stops, the wooded area, and the Losee Center roof and ground below.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 143
· Police, FBI and officials
SBI ballistics database search finds nothing of value
Faumuina's Sept. 24 reports documented a search of the ATF's NIBIN ballistics database, which produced nothing of value, and summarized ATF and FBI results received so far.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (July 9, 2026), p. 145
· The case in court
Kathryn Nester appointed to lead the defense
Kathryn Nester, a former federal public defender, was appointed as Robinson's lawyer, Fox News reported. Rule 8 capital-qualification declarations for Nester, Richard Novak and Michael Burt were filed Sept. 25.
Sources: Timeline: Charlie Kirk alleged assassin from campus shooting to sheriff's office surrender (Fox News, Sept. 19, 2025, updated Oct. 3, 2025); Updated case docket (July 26, 2026), p. 2
· The case in court
Lawyers agree Robinson will appear by video, citing safety
At an unscheduled phone conference, defense counsel raised concerns, including safety, about Robinson appearing in court in person; both sides agreed he would appear virtually on Sept. 29. The judge disclosed he once worked for the County Attorney's Office; the defense saw no conflict.
Sources: Telephonic conference minutes (entered Oct. 1, 2025), p. 2
· Police, FBI and officials
SBI collects a front-row attendee's video of the shot
SBI Agent Schultz contacted a teenage attendee on Sept. 29 and received his phone video, taken from behind the questioner, showing the moment Kirk was shot, Agent David Hull testified. It was admitted as Exhibit 7 but not shown publicly.
· The case in court
Waiver hearing held by video
The court held the waiver hearing set for 10 a.m. on Sept. 29, with Robinson appearing remotely as agreed. The docket sets an in-person waiver hearing for Oct. 30.
Sources: Updated case docket (July 26, 2026), p. 2; Telephonic conference minutes (entered Oct. 1, 2025), p. 2
· The case in court
Defense files its request for discovery
Robinson's lawyers asked the State for its evidence, listing 31 categories including 911 audio, bodycam transcripts, full phone extractions, and DNA, fingerprint, toolmark and gunshot-residue results, plus evidence bearing on death-penalty factors. The request does not show which tests were done.
Sources: Request for discovery (Sept. 30, 2025), p. 1; Request for discovery (Sept. 30, 2025), p. 11
· Israel and Iran
TPUSA confirms Kirk's group-chat messages are authentic
On The Charlie Kirk Show, Andrew Kolvet said the screenshots Owens released were authentic and consistent with frustrations Kirk voiced publicly. He said he gave the screenshot to government officials within 33 hours of Kirk's death but kept it private. Blake Neff said Kirk wanted the war in Gaza to end.
Sources: Newsweek: Charlie Kirk Show Responds to Leaked Text Messages (Oct. 8, 2025); Charlie Kirk Show Responds to Leaked Text Messages (Newsweek); Candace podcast: TPUSA RESPONDS: Yes, The Text Messages Are Real. | Candace Ep 249 (transcript)
· The case in court
Defense moves to preserve all evidence
Robinson's lawyers filed a motion to preserve evidence with a proposed order.
· Police, FBI and officials
SBI contacts a mother for her crowd video
SBI Agent Mortensen contacted an attendee, a mother at the event with her children, on Oct. 8; she sent her video of the crowd and the start of the event on Oct. 11, Agent Hull testified.
· The case in court
Defense asks for Robinson to appear in civilian clothes, unrestrained
Robinson's lawyers moved for him to appear at all in-person proceedings in civilian clothing and without restraints, and requested a hearing.
· Israel and Iran
Josh Hammer posts Kirk's last group-chat messages
Josh Hammer posted screenshots and said the messages were sent about 3:30 to 4 p.m. Eastern on Sept. 9, followed two hours later by a Zoom call on discussing Israel on campus. He said Kirk had been "blowing off steam."
Sources: Josh Hammer on X; Mediaite (Oct. 9, 2025)
· Police, FBI and officials
County Attorney warns hospital over Kirk's autopsy report
Learning that Timpanogos Trauma Center had requested the medical examiner's autopsy report on Kirk, County Attorney Jeffrey Gray emailed at 4:09 p.m. that releasing it to media or unauthorized people was barred by the court's publicity order and by HIPAA.
Sources: Attachment to defense filing (Jan. 30, 2026): Gray email (Oct. 9, 2025), p. 22
· The case in court
Judge sets briefing on the restraints motion
Judge Tony Graf ordered Robinson to serve his civilian-clothing and restraints motion on the Utah County Sheriff's Office and set response and reply deadlines.
Sources: Interim order on motion to appear in civilian clothing (Oct. 14, 2025), p. 1
· The case in court
Court enters discovery protective order
On a joint request filed Oct. 13, Judge Graf entered an order barring the defense from sharing discovery outside its team, including witnesses' dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses and phone numbers.
Sources: Discovery protective order (Oct. 15, 2025), p. 1; Stipulated motion for discovery protective order (Oct. 13, 2025), p. 1
· The case in court
Court seals the sheriff's security response as private
Judge Graf classified the State and Sheriff's joint response to the restraints motion as private because it includes the court security director's information on specific security measures.
Sources: Order classifying response as private (Oct. 20, 2025), p. 2; Motion to make response to shackling motion private (Oct. 20, 2025), p. 2
· The case in court
Court orders all evidence preserved
Judge Graf granted the defense motion, ordering the County Attorney's Office and every agency in the investigation to preserve all evidence and notify the defense before potentially destructive testing. The State said two days later the order came before its response deadline.
Sources: Order granting motion to preserve evidence (Oct. 20, 2025), p. 2
· The case in court
Defense moves to strike the sheriff's filing
Robinson moved to strike the joint State and Sheriff's response to his restraints motion, arguing the Sheriff's Office is not a party and has no standing. The State opposed on Oct. 22 and the defense replied Oct. 23.
Sources: Motion to strike response (Oct. 21, 2025), p. 1; Opposition to motion to strike (Oct. 22, 2025), p. 1; Reply in support of motion to strike (Oct. 23, 2025), p. 1
· The case in court
Defense opposes holding routine hearings remotely
Robinson opposed a request, made in the Sheriff's response, that all non-critical, non-evidentiary hearings be held remotely, arguing the Sheriff lacks standing and a blanket order would violate his right to be present.
Sources: Opposition to motion under Criminal Rule 17.5 (Oct. 22, 2025), p. 2
· The case in court
Defense reply cites officials' public statements on the evidence
Robinson's reply on the restraints motion argued that prejudicial publicity is documented, not hypothetical, quoting Kash Patel's and the County Attorney's public statements about DNA and the charges, and footage of his first appearance.
Sources: Reply in support of motion re restraints (Oct. 22, 2025), p. 5
· The case in court
State asks to set aside and narrow the preservation order
The State moved to set aside the Oct. 20 order as premature, and argued it should be able to release immaterial evidence on notice and should not have to warn the defense before potentially destructive testing.
Sources: Motion to set aside Oct. 20 order (Oct. 22, 2025), p. 1; Response to motion to preserve evidence (Oct. 22, 2025), p. 2
· Family, roommate and friends
State says Robinson's family wants his car released
The State's Oct. 22 filing says Robinson's family is asking for release of his car so it can be sold and they can stop making payments on it. The filing does not say when they asked.
Sources: Response to motion to preserve evidence (Oct. 22, 2025), p. 2
· The case in court
Closed hearing on restraints and the sheriff's filing
Judge Graf held a closed hearing from 3:00 to 5:19 p.m. on the motions to strike the sheriff's filing and to let Robinson appear in civilian clothes without restraints. He said he would rule the following Monday. A redacted transcript was filed Dec. 29.
Sources: Redacted transcript of Oct. 24, 2025 hearing, p. 3; Redacted transcript of Oct. 24, 2025 hearing, p. 82
· The case in court
Defense previews motions on cameras, the gag order and disqualification
Defense counsel Richard Novak said the defense would file, before Thanksgiving, motions to end video and audio broadcasting of proceedings, to modify the publicity order, and to disqualify the Utah County Attorney's Office over a conflict of interest.
· The case in court
Defense says a prosecutor's family member was near the shooting
Novak said the County Attorney's Office had disclosed that a family member of one of its attorneys was within 85 feet of Kirk when he was shot and had to flee, and that police were deployed with her safety in mind. He said this supports a motion to disqualify the office.
Sources: Redacted transcript of Oct. 24, 2025 hearing, p. 10
· The case in court
State reports 35 percent of discovery turned over
Prosecutor Chad Grunander said the State had received about 4,085 files from law enforcement and given 1,442 (about 35 percent) to the defense, starting with UVU surveillance video from Sept. 10.
Sources: Redacted transcript of Oct. 24, 2025 hearing, p. 74
· The case in court
Prosecutor asks for at least five days for the preliminary hearing
Asked how long a preliminary hearing would take, Grunander said the case is more complex than a typical homicide and asked for at least five days.
Sources: Redacted transcript of Oct. 24, 2025 hearing, p. 76
· The case in court
Judge allows civilian clothes but keeps Robinson restrained
Judge Graf struck the Sheriff's filing as improper for a non-party but considered its substance. He ordered Robinson dressed in civilian clothes for pretrial hearings, denied his request to appear unrestrained, directed the least restrictive restraints after an individual assessment, and barred media from filming the restraints.
Sources: Ruling and order re motion to strike and motion to unshackle (Oct. 27, 2025), p. 6; Ruling and order re motion to strike and motion to unshackle (Oct. 27, 2025), p. 8; Ruling and order re motion to strike and motion to unshackle (Oct. 27, 2025), p. 7; Ruling and order re motion to strike and motion to unshackle (Oct. 27, 2025), p. 3
· The case in court
State announces an open-file policy
The County Attorney's Office invited defense counsel to review its case file, except work product, and to inspect seized physical evidence by appointment with a custodian present.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kolvet describes McCoy's actions after the shot
Responding to a viral video, Andrew Kolvet said Mikey McCoy was filming clips for the team group chat, put a finger to his ear at the noise with phone in hand, then called Erika Kirk and next his father, Pastor Rob McCoy.
Sources: Unraveling the Mystery: Charlie Kirk's Team Sheds Light on Viral Video Controversy (Internewscast)
· The case in court
Parties ask for the Oct. 24 transcript, kept private
Both sides asked the court to order a transcript of the sealed Oct. 24 hearing and to classify the transcript and audio as private rather than sealed, so they could use them in filings and on appeal.
Sources: Stipulated motion to order transcript (Nov. 3, 2025), p. 1
· The case in court
Court replaces the preservation order with an agreed one
On a joint motion, the court set aside its Oct. 20 order and entered an agreed one requiring the County Attorney's Office and investigating agencies to preserve evidence, with 14 days' notice to the defense before release or potentially destructive testing.
Sources: Stipulated order setting aside order on motion to preserve evidence (Nov. 4, 2025), p. 3; Stipulated motion regarding order to preserve evidence (Nov. 3, 2025), p. 1
· The case in court
News organizations ask to be heard on closing the case
Two groups of news organizations, including the Salt Lake Tribune, AP, CNN, Fox News, the Deseret News and KSL, asked for notice of and a right to oppose any motion to close proceedings or seal records. Robinson opposed giving media party status.
Sources: Motion for limited intervention (Nov. 5, 2025), p. 2; Defendant's objection to motion for limited intervention (Dec. 8, 2025), p. 2
· The case in court
State asks to limit the gag order to the legal teams
The State asked the court to clarify that its publicity order restricts only lawyers and members of the prosecution and defense teams, not the thousands of potential lay witnesses, arguing a broader order would be an unconstitutional prior restraint.
Sources: Motion to amend or clarify publicity order (Nov. 5, 2025), p. 2
· Police, FBI and officials
Alert test shows 98 percent of students now get UVU texts
After a campaign to collect mobile numbers, a test showed 98 percent of students and 98.6 percent of employees receiving UVU's text alerts; the after-action report dates it Nov. 10 in one place and Nov. 20 in another. On Sept. 10, 2025, about 67 percent of the campus population was reachable by text and 90 percent by email.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 82; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 109
· Police, FBI and officials
Prosecutors tell three counties to withhold case records
The Utah County Attorney's Office sent notices starting 9:57 a.m. to records custodians in Juab, Millard and Iron counties asking them to classify records on the Sept. 10 shooting as protected because of the open investigation.
Sources: Attachment G to defense filing (Jan. 30, 2026): notices (Nov. 12, 2025), p. 10
· The case in court
Court orders closure motions served on the media
The court ordered the parties to serve all motions to close or reclassify records on the media, and ordered a transcript of the Oct. 24 hearing.
Sources: Updated case docket (July 26, 2026), p. 5; Updated case docket (July 26, 2026), p. 5
· The case in court
Private petition for permission to appeal filed
A private petition for permission to appeal from an interlocutory order was filed, with a letter from the Utah Supreme Court. The docket does not say which order or which party.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk's security chief says police told him the roof was covered
On The Shawn Ryan Show, Brian Harpole, head of Kirk's security team, said UVU chose the venue, his team covered about 30 meters around the stage and could not fly drones, and UVU's police chief told him the roof was covered. UVU's after-action report says TPUSA requested the courtyard, Provo Airport drone limits do not reach UVU, and the chief's reply concerned the Hall of Flags walkway. Fox News reported it Nov. 19.
Sources: Charlie Kirk's security chief says police promise to cover rooftops failed (Fox News, Nov. 19, 2025); 'I heard that bullet': Charlie Kirk's security chief recounts the fatal shooting (Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 19, 2025); UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 47; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 47
· Police, FBI and officials
French armed forces ministry says Robinson was never in the Foreign Legion
A spokesperson for France's Ministry of the Armed Forces said Robinson was never a member of the Foreign Legion and that no Legion training took place at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, in the period Owens cited, Euronews reported on Nov. 27.
· The case in court
Victims office files a restitution notice
The Utah Office for Victims of Crime filed notice that it is reimbursing people other than Kirk for expenses tied to the Sept. 10 crime, including $532 so far for one person's mental health therapy, with the claim open through September 2028.
· The case in court
News organizations oppose keeping the Oct. 24 transcript private
The media intervenors argued the public has a constitutional right of access to the transcript and audio of the Oct. 24 hearing. Robinson replied the next day that he had not asked for that hearing to be closed.
Sources: Media intervenors' memorandum (Dec. 8, 2025), p. 1; Defendant's reply to media memorandum (Dec. 9, 2025), p. 2
· The case in court
Defense moves to disqualify the Utah County Attorney's Office
Robinson's lawyers filed a private motion to disqualify the County Attorney's Office, with a request for a closed hearing. A public version was filed Dec. 17, and the court kept the motion private pending a closure hearing on Dec. 19.
Sources: Updated case docket (July 26, 2026), p. 6; Updated case docket (July 26, 2026), p. 7
· The case in court
Review hearing and oral argument
The court held a review hearing and oral argument on Dec. 11. The docket marks it protected, and a transcript was later ordered and temporarily classified.
· Police, FBI and officials
ATF DNA reports compare family and roommate samples
Oliver's third report, dated Dec. 11, compared elimination samples from Amber Robinson, Matthew Robinson and Lance Twiggs. She found support for including Matthew Robinson on two rifle swabs and Twiggs on the Dremel tool's buttons, and said household members can leave DNA on household objects.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 5 transcript (July 10, 2026), p. 35; Preliminary hearing day 5 transcript (July 10, 2026), p. 56
· The case in court
Court grants the State's request to clarify the gag order
The court granted the State's motion to clarify its publicity order and issued an amended order clarifying the lawyers' duty to instruct their teams, after the State asked what "witness" meant.
Sources: Ruling on the contempt motion (June 26, 2026), p. 2; Updated case docket (July 26, 2026), p. 7
· Police, FBI and officials
Prosecutors' internal list of likely preliminary-hearing witnesses
A 4:26 p.m. internal email in the County Attorney's Office grouped likely preliminary-hearing witnesses: lay witnesses, UVU and USU police officers, state and county crime-scene investigators, an FBI agent, ATF and other lab staff, and the medical examiner. Names are redacted.
Sources: Attachment H to defense filing (Jan. 30, 2026): McBride email (Dec. 15, 2025), p. 22
· Police, FBI and officials
Prosecutors name Erika Kirk and two TPUSA staff as likely witnesses
County Attorney Jeffrey Gray's letters to counsel for TPUSA and for Erika Kirk named two TPUSA staff present at UVU, and Erika Kirk, as potential witnesses. He wrote that she will almost certainly testify at the penalty phase, and perhaps the guilt phase.
Sources: Attachment H to defense filing (Jan. 30, 2026): Gray letters (Dec. 16, 2025), p. 12
· Police, FBI and officials
Prosecutors measure sightlines from the Losee Center roof
A County Attorney's Office agent lay prone at the southwest corner of the Losee roof while County Attorney Jeff Gray walked the courtyard toward where a deputy county attorney's child had been. The agent's affidavit says the child's spot became visible only after about 75 feet, within an approximately 18-foot window.
Sources: Christensen affidavit, in opposition to motion to disqualify (Jan. 2026), p. 33
· Israel and Iran
Shapiro and Carlson clash over Israel at AmericaFest
At TPUSA's first AmericaFest since Kirk's death, in Phoenix, Ben Shapiro criticized Tucker Carlson for interviewing Nick Fuentes. Carlson, speaking hours later, said calls to deplatform people did not belong at a Charlie Kirk event and criticized US support for Israel's war in Gaza. Steve Bannon also spoke against Shapiro.
Sources: MAGA civil war over Israel erupts into the open at Turning Point USA conference (Times of Israel); Rift in MAGA movement on full display at TPUSA's AmericaFest (Fox News); AmericaFest, Wikipedia
· The case in court
Preliminary hearing set for May 18 to 20, 2026
The court set the preliminary hearing for May 18, 19 and 20, 2026, and oral argument for Feb. 3, 2026. The hearing was later moved and held in July 2026.
· The case in court
Court rules on the Oct. 24 transcript and denies media intervention
At a Dec. 29 hearing the court ruled on the stipulated motion to classify the Oct. 24 transcript and audio as private, and denied the media's request to intervene while ordering notice of classification motions. A redacted transcript of the Oct. 24 hearing was filed that day.
Sources: Updated case docket (July 26, 2026), p. 8; Updated case docket (July 26, 2026), p. 8; Updated case docket (July 26, 2026), p. 8
· The case in court
Pool camera briefly shows Robinson's shackles
Because the pool camera sat in the jury box beside the defense table at the Dec. 29 hearing, it briefly captured images of Robinson's shackles, a news-media filing says; in total less than a minute. The court later moved the camera.
Sources: News media's supplemental memorandum opposing motion to exclude cameras (Mar. 10, 2026), p. 20
· The case in court
State opposes disqualifying the Utah County Attorney's Office
The county attorney's office argued that a deputy county attorney whose child attended the TPUSA event has no personal conflict of interest, and that any conflict would not extend to the whole office. The filing is dated Jan. 5; the docket lists it Jan. 10.
Sources: 01 10 26 Opposition To Defendant's Motion To Disqualify The Utah County Attorney's Office, p. 1
· The case in court
Robinson asks to take evidence on disqualification
Robinson's partial reply agreed an evidentiary hearing was needed on his motion to disqualify the county attorney's office, said four subpoenaed witnesses had accepted service for a Jan. 16 hearing, and argued the office should not litigate its own disqualification.
Sources: 01 12 26 Partial Reply To Opposition To Motion To Disqualify And Request To Take Evidence, p. 2
· The case in court
State subpoenas Sgt. David Hull for the disqualification hearing
The State subpoenaed Sgt. David Hull of the State Bureau of Investigation to testify at the Jan. 16, 2026 hearing on the motion to disqualify the county attorney's office. The subpoena does not say why he was called.
Sources: 01 12 26 Subpoena For Sgt, p. 1
· The case in court
Defense motion attaches ATF report: bullet comparison inconclusive
A sealed defense motion filed Jan. 9 attached a four-page ATF report comparing a bullet jacket fragment from Kirk's autopsy with the rifle police recovered. A news-media brief describing the motion says the result was inconclusive. The defense calls the finding exculpatory; ATF reports read at the July 9 hearing tie the rifle to the casings.
Sources: 3 10 26 Supp Media Memo Re Classification Of 1 9 26 Motion, p. 3
· The case in court
News outlets move to unseal Robinson's evidence and camera motions
After the court classified Robinson's Jan. 9 motion as private on Jan. 12 without hearing from the press, and did the same for his Jan. 16 motion to bar cameras, a coalition of news organizations moved on Jan. 15 and Jan. 23 to vacate both orders, citing the public's right of access.
Sources: 01 15 26 News Media's Memorandum Opposing Motion To Classify Defendant's Motion Filed January 9, 2025, p. 2; 01 23 26 News Media's Memorandum Opposing Motion To Classify Re Motion To Exclude Cameras, p. 3
· The case in court
State breaks with Robinson over sealing his Jan. 9 motion
Robinson argued his Jan. 9 motion should stay sealed because it discusses a not-yet-admitted evidentiary report and publicity could taint jurors. On Jan. 29 the county attorney's office opposed sealing, saying he gave no ground for finding the evidence inadmissible. On Jan. 30 Robinson defended sealing his camera motion.
Sources: 01 29 26 State's Opposition To Motion To Classify Defendant's Motion Filed January 9, 2026 As Private, p. 1; 01 30 26 Defendant Tyler James Robinson's Reply In Support Of Motion To Classify Motion To Exclude, p. 2
· The case in court
Robinson objects to close-range shooting video as a hearing exhibit
Ahead of the Feb. 3 disqualification hearing, Robinson objected to the State's Exhibit 4.1, a color video with audio of the shooting filmed a few feet from Kirk, arguing it had no bearing on a conflict of interest and would be unfairly prejudicial if shown or released.
· The case in court
State files records of its pretrial-publicity compliance
The State filed attachments collecting county attorney's office letters, internal emails and public-records denials from September 2025 to January 2026 that document its efforts to comply with the court's pretrial publicity order.
Sources: 1 30 26 Attachment, p. 1
· The case in court
State and news media oppose Robinson's bid to bar courtroom cameras
The State and a coalition of news outlets filed oppositions to Robinson's Jan. 16 motion to exclude still photographers, TV cameras and microphones from the courtroom, and to his request to keep that motion sealed.
Sources: 1 30 26 State's Memo Oppositing Motion To Exclude Media, p. 2; 1 30 26 Media's Opposition To Motion To Exclude, p. 13
· The case in court
Robinson renews request to send disqualification to the Attorney General
Robinson asked in writing that the disqualification motion be referred to the Utah Attorney General and the evidentiary hearing wait until the Attorney General acts, renewing a verbal request. The motion argues County Attorney Jeffrey Gray had an undisclosed conflict because members of his congregation attended the event.
Sources: 1 30 26 Defendant's Request To Refer Disqualification To Ag, p. 2
· The case in court
State opposes Attorney General referral
The State argued the cited statute only lets a county attorney voluntarily seek the Attorney General's help, does not let a court replace the prosecutor, and that the request was untimely.
· The case in court
State cites threats to justify closing part of the hearing
To support closing part of the disqualification hearing, the State said a defendant in an unrelated case had named a prosecutor on this case and his family as his top target, and that this case had brought threats against witnesses, security staff and defense counsel.
Sources: 2 2 26 Proffer Re Closure Of Portions Of Evidentiary Hearing, p. 3
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Erika Kirk asks the court to keep proceedings open
Erika Kirk, the victim representative, filed a notice asserting her right to be heard and urging the court to deny any request by either party to close the proceedings to the public.
· The case in court
Disqualification hearing continues; Attorney General referral denied
At the continued evidentiary hearing, Judge Tony Graf denied the request to refer the disqualification motion to the Attorney General, heard testimony from prosecutor Chad Grunander and Sgt. David Hull, closed part of it for one witness, and set an oral ruling for Feb. 24.
Sources: 2 23 26 Minutes Of Hearing, p. 2
· The case in court
Court gives news media more time and sealed-record access
Over Robinson's objection, the court gave the news media 14 days instead of 7 to answer motions to seal, and attorneys-eyes-only access to the records a party asks to seal.
Sources: 2 23 26 Rulings And Orders Granting News Medias Motions, p. 3
· The case in court
Judge denies motion to disqualify the Utah County Attorney's Office
Judge Graf found no conflict of interest or appearance of impropriety. Prosecutor Chad Grunander's daughter was about 85 feet from Kirk in the courtyard, the ruling says, but she was not called as a witness and played no part in the death-penalty decision.
Sources: 2 24 26 Order Denying Motion To Disqualify Prosecutors Office, p. 1; 2 24 26 Order Denying Motion To Disqualify Prosecutors Office, p. 2; 07 26 26 Updated Case Docket Robinson, p. 12
· The case in court
Victims' office files a restitution notice
The Utah Office for Victims of Crime gave notice that it had paid $115 for a claimant's mental health therapy tied to Sept. 10, 2025, and would seek recovery, with the claim open through September 2028. The notice is dated March 4 and was filed March 11.
· The case in court
Evidentiary hearing on cameras set for April 17
A news-media filing says an evidentiary hearing on Robinson's motion to exclude cameras from the courtroom is set for April 17, 2026.
Sources: 3 10 26 News Media's Supplemental Memorandum Opposing Motion To Exclude Cameras, p. 5
· The case in court
State agrees to close only narrow parts of the April 17 hearing
The State did not oppose closing the parts of the April 17 hearing about violations of the court's decorum orders or publicized personal information, but argued the rest, including discussion of public media reports, should stay open.
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU says it did not pay for the paving
Answering Judicial Watch's records appeal, UVU said facilities official Frank Young coordinated the cleanup and paving after the site was returned to its control, that UVU did not pay for the paving, and that the UVU police did not control the crime scene. The paving vendor has not been named.
· The case in court
Court refuses to keep the ATF motion and camera fight sealed
The court denied Robinson's request to keep his Jan. 9 motion on the inconclusive ATF bullet comparison private, denied sealing his reply on cameras, and ordered a redacted public version of his camera motion by March 30.
Sources: 3 1 26 Order On Classification Motions, p. 2; 3 13 26 Order On Classification Motions, p. 4
· The case in court
Defense names pretrial-publicity expert Dr. Christine Ruva
The defense gave notice it would call Dr. Christine Ruva, a psychology researcher, at a hearing on pretrial publicity, to testify that publicity in the case is reasonably likely to cause conscious or unconscious juror bias.
Sources: Defense notice of expert Dr. Christine Ruva (March 18, 2026), p. 2
· Israel and Iran
Joe Kent says Kirk urged him to stop a war with Iran
Joe Kent, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, told Tucker Carlson that in June 2025 Kirk told him in a West Wing stairway to stop the US from going to war with Iran. Newsweek reported the interview March 19, 2026.
Sources: Charlie Kirk's Iran Warning Before Death Revealed (Newsweek, Mar. 19, 2026)
· Israel and Iran
Kolvet says he gave the group-chat screenshots to Joe Kent
Andrew Kolvet said he gave the group-chat screenshots to Joe Kent soon after Kirk's death and declined Kent's suggestion to publish them. He said they became public a few weeks later but that he could not say for certain Kent leaked them.
Sources: Andrew Kolvet shared Charlie Kirk texts with Joe Kent (MEAWW, Mar. 24, 2026)
· Police, FBI and officials
Discovery log lists 28 agencies in the investigation
A defense exhibit filed March 27, 2026 lists 28 local, state and federal agencies, including the FBI, ATF and Utah's State Bureau of Investigation, as producing discovery in the case as of March 26, 2026.
Sources: Defense motion to continue preliminary hearing (March 27, 2026), p. 51
· The case in court
Defense moves to continue the May preliminary hearing
The defense asked to vacate or continue the preliminary hearing set for the week of May 18, saying DNA, ballistics and toolmark case files were still outstanding. It listed about 20,000 files received, including more than 700 hours of video, plus 12 terabytes of device extractions provided March 13.
Sources: 3 27 26 Defendants Motion To Continue Preliminary Hearing, p. 4
· Police, FBI and officials
Daily Mail reports the bullet 'did NOT match' Robinson's rifle
After the defense's March 27 filing described the ATF as unable to match the bullet to the rifle, the Daily Mail ran a headline saying the bullet 'did NOT match' the rifle, the court later recounted. Other outlets called the ATF report exculpatory.
Sources: Ruling And Order On Defendant's Motion For An Order To Show Cause For Contempt Of Court, p. 3
· Family, roommate and friends
Mike Mitchell writes a statement for prosecutors
Family friend Mike Mitchell met prosecutors and an SBI agent at the St. George courthouse and spent about an hour alone writing a statement used in place of live testimony (Exhibit 14), Agent Brian Davis testified. Prosecutors say it records Robinson telling him he had discarded the clothing.
Sources: UT v. Tyler Robinson Preliminary Hearing Day 3 (July 8, 2026), Rev transcript; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript; Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (Rev)
· Police, FBI and officials
Prosecutor tells media there is 'ample evidence' of guilt
Deputy Utah County Attorney Christopher Ballard spoke with TMZ, USA Today, Politifact and Fox News about the 'inconclusive' ballistics report and said the State had 'ample evidence to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that Tyler Robinson committed this murder.' The court later held these remarks violated its publicity order.
Sources: Ruling And Order On Defendant's Motion For An Order To Show Cause For Contempt Of Court, p. 3
· The case in court
Defense expert notice cites an online death-penalty poll
The notice for defense publicity expert Bryan Edelman cited a KOMO News online reader poll in which 87% of 23,388 respondents said Robinson deserves the death penalty if convicted, as a measure of local sentiment.
Sources: 4 6 26 Notice Of Expert Dr, p. 3
· Police, FBI and officials
Agents take the doorbell-video owner's statement
Agents Hull and Davis returned to the home whose Nest doorbell recorded the Challenger. The owner confirmed the clips came from her system and signed a statement (Exhibit 13), Hull testified.
· The case in court
Defense seeks contempt against two prosecutors over media remarks
The defense moved to hold Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray and Deputy County Attorney Christopher Ballard in civil contempt for statements to TMZ, USA Today, Fox News, Politifact and others that it said violated the pretrial publicity order.
Sources: Ruling And Order Granting Defendant's Motion For Order To Show Cause (Docket 504) And Denying Request To Compel Discovery, p. 2; Ruling And Order On Defendant's Motion For An Order To Show Cause For Contempt Of Court, p. 3
· The case in court
Camera hearing: defense experts testify on publicity
At the hearing on the defense motion to exclude cameras, trial consultant Bryan Edelman and psychologist Christina Ruva testified. Edelman's survey of 200 Utah County residents found 99% recognized the case and 64% believed Robinson guilty, Judge Graf later recounted.
· Family, roommate and friends
Twiggs gives recorded statement under use immunity
Lance Twiggs, with his attorney, gave a sworn recorded interview at the Utah County Attorney's Office after receiving use immunity from that office and the U.S. Attorney's Office. The State says it matched what he told investigators on Sept. 11, 2025. It was used in place of live testimony (Exhibit 16).
Sources: Opposition To Defendant’s Application For Certificate For Attendance Of Out Of State Witness, p. 2; Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (Rev); 7 9 26 Day 4 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 9 26, p. 40
· The case in court
Defense moves to close parts of the preliminary hearing
In a motion in limine, Robinson asked the court to close testimony and seal exhibits at the preliminary hearing that would be inadmissible at trial or could harm his right to a fair trial if made public first.
Sources: 5 1 26 Motion In Limine To Close Portions Of Preliminary Hearing And Seal Particular Exhibits, p. 2
· The case in court
State files its preliminary-hearing witness and exhibit list
The State named UVU and state-investigator witnesses and about 35 exhibits, including drone images of UVU, crime-scene photos, surveillance and doorbell video, DNA, ballistics and toolmark reports, and a photo of a burnt note recovered from Robinson's apartment.
Sources: 5 6 26 State’s Preliminary Hearing Witness And Exhibit List, p. 2
· The case in court
Defense moves to bar hearsay at the preliminary hearing
In a motion in limine, Robinson asked the court to stop the State from using hearsay, allowed by the Utah Constitution and Rule 1102, to establish probable cause, arguing its use at a capital preliminary hearing violates the U.S. Constitution.
· The case in court
Judge denies motion to bar cameras from the courtroom
Judge Graf denied Robinson's motion to exclude still photographers, TV cameras and microphones from the courtroom and issued a standing order on media coverage requests.
Sources: 07 26 26 Updated Case Docket Robinson, p. 15; 5 8 26 Ruling And Order On Defendant S Motion To Exclude Still Photographers Tv Cameras And Microphones From The Courtroom
· The case in court
Preliminary hearing reset for July 6 to 10
A May 8 written ruling found a continuance of the preliminary hearing reasonable and necessary. At a May 12 hearing Judge Graf set the new dates: July 6, 7, 8 (afternoon), 9 and 10, 2026.
Sources: 5 12 26 Ruling On The Record, p. 2; 5 8 26 Ruling And Order On Defendant S Motion To Vacate Or Continue Preliminary Hearing, p. 1
· The case in court
Defense asks Utah Supreme Court to review the camera ruling
Robinson petitioned the Utah Supreme Court for permission to appeal the interlocutory May 8 order denying his motion to exclude cameras, and on May 31 moved to stay proceedings in the district court while that review was pending.
Sources: 5 29 26 Defendants Notice Of Filing Petition For Permission To Appeal From Interlocutory Order, p. 2; 5 31 26 Defendant Tyler James Robinson S Motion To Stay Pending Interlocutory Review
· The case in court
Court denies motion to close parts of the preliminary hearing
The docket records a June 1 ruling denying Robinson's motion in limine to close portions of the preliminary hearing testimony and seal the hearing exhibits.
· The case in court
Court orders a contempt hearing on prosecutors' statements
Judge Graf granted the defense's motion for an order to show cause, without finding contempt, and set an evidentiary hearing for June 12 on whether prosecutors knowingly failed to follow the publicity order. He denied a request to compel discovery from the county attorney's office.
· The case in court
Defense seeks to compel Twiggs's live testimony from Texas
The defense applied, under seal, for a certificate compelling Lance Twiggs, who now lives in Texas, to testify live at the preliminary hearing instead of the State relying on his recorded statement, so it could cross-examine him on reliability, credibility, immunity and state of mind.
· The case in court
Hearing on contempt evidence and the hearsay motion
At a June 12 hearing the court took evidence on the contempt allegations against prosecutors and heard argument on the defense motion to bar hearsay at the preliminary hearing. The defense asked orally that the death penalty be removed as a sanction if contempt was found.
Sources: Objection To Defendant’s Request To Remove The Death Penalty As A Sanction, p. 1; 06 23 26 Ruling Order On Defendant's Motion In Limine To Preclude Utilization Of Article I, Section 12 (hearsay), p. 1
· The case in court
Court denies stay pending the camera appeal
The court denied Robinson's motion to stay proceedings while the Utah Supreme Court considered his camera petition. The docket also notes the Attorney General's office did not intend to respond to the defense challenge to Rule of Evidence 1102.
· The case in court
State objects to removing the death penalty as a contempt sanction
The State objected to the defense request, arguing removal of the death penalty would be a criminal-contempt remedy in a civil-contempt matter, would intrude on prosecutorial charging discretion, and would be grossly disproportionate.
Sources: Objection To Defendant’s Request To Remove The Death Penalty As A Sanction, p. 1
· The case in court
Court declines to compel Twiggs to testify live
Judge Graf denied the application to compel Lance Twiggs's live testimony from Texas and quashed the subpoena, ruling the defense had not shown cross-examination was material under the low preliminary-hearing standard. The denial was without prejudice if the State's evidence differed from its proffer.
· The case in court
Court denies motion to bar hearsay at the preliminary hearing
Judge Graf denied Robinson's motion in limine, ruling that because a preliminary hearing decides only probable cause, the hearsay allowed by the Utah Constitution and Rule 1102 may be used there.
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU video director verifies campus footage
Agent Hull met the UVU director responsible for the campus camera system, reviewed the footage and compilation with him, and took his statement that the recordings, timestamps and camera labels are accurate apart from added zooms and highlights, Hull testified.
· The case in court
Judge holds Deputy County Attorney Ballard in civil contempt
Judge Graf found Christopher Ballard in civil contempt of the publicity order over his March 31 to April 2 statements; County Attorney Jeffrey Gray was not. He called striking the death penalty 'grossly disproportionate,' ordered the State to pay the defense's fees, and said he would consider widening the jury pool.
Sources: Ruling And Order On Defendant's Motion For An Order To Show Cause For Contempt Of Court, p. 18
· The case in court
Defense asks Utah Supreme Court to review hearsay and Twiggs rulings
Robinson petitioned the Utah Supreme Court for permission to appeal the rulings denying his hearsay motion and his bid to compel Twiggs's live testimony, and asked for expedited review before the preliminary hearing.
· The case in court
Preliminary hearing
Five days of evidence, July 6 to 10, 2026, then written briefs and a Sept. 1 session of argument that ended with Judge Tony Graf binding Robinson over for trial. Recorded statements from Lance Twiggs and Mike Mitchell were used in place of live testimony.
Sources: 7 8 26 Day 1 Of Preminary Hearing 7 6 26, p. 2; UT v. Tyler Robinson final preliminary hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript
· The case in court
Testimony on Officer Bagley's body camera video
Testimony on day 1 described Bagley's body camera video as 27 minutes 35 seconds long, ending while he was on the roof. Bagley said he thought its battery had died.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 1 (July 6, 2026) transcript (Rev)
· The case in court
Preliminary hearing day 1: Officer Bagley and Agent Hull testify
Former UVU officer Christopher Bagley testified about the rooftop scene, then SBI Agent David Hull began testifying about the investigation and campus video. Several graphic videos were received but not shown publicly. Court minutes record the session from 9:05 a.m. to 4:44 p.m.
Sources: 7 8 26 Day 1 Of Preminary Hearing 7 6 26, p. 2; Preliminary hearing day 1 transcript (Rev)
· The case in court
Preliminary hearing day 2: Hull, Faumuina and FBI DNA examiner
Agent Hull finished testifying and the unannotated campus-video compilation (Exhibit 12.4) was played publicly. SBI Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina testified briefly about the rifle, towel and screwdriver, then the defense called FBI DNA examiner Amanda Bakker out of order. Minutes record 9:01 a.m. to 5:07 p.m.
Sources: 7 21 26 Day 2 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 7 26, p. 3; Preliminary hearing day 2 transcript (Rev)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk family asks that admitted exhibits be shown in the courtroom
Erika Kirk and Charlie Kirk's parents, who attended the hearing in person, filed a notice through counsel objecting that exhibits had been received without being shown to people in the courtroom, and asked that every admitted exhibit be visible.
Sources: 7 8 26 Supplemental Notice Concerning Access To Evidence Presented In Open Court, p. 1; 7 8 26 Supplemental Notice Concerning Access To Evidence Presented In Open Court 1, p. 2
· The case in court
Preliminary hearing day 3: Agent Brian Davis testifies
In an afternoon session, SBI Agent Brian Davis testified about the surrender in Washington County, the arrest, the searches and the interviews of Lance Twiggs. The judge admitted Twiggs's recorded statement (Exhibit 16) and limited which parts could be played publicly.
Sources: 7 21 26 Day 3 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 8 26, p. 2; Preliminary hearing day 3 transcript (Rev; Rev dates it July 9, the session was July 8)
· The case in court
Preliminary hearing day 4: Twiggs statement played, State rests
Lance Twiggs's recorded statement was played, SBI Agent Brian Davis and Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina testified, and the State rested. The defense called ATF examiner Samantha Karner. The texts, Discord messages and note (Exhibits 16.1 to 16.3) were shown in court; only the texts could be broadcast.
Sources: 7 9 26 Day 4 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 9 26, p. 3; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (Rev)
· The case in court
ATF reports read in court link rifle, casings and Dremel bit
Sgt. Faumuina read ATF reports saying the fired case in the rifle and five cases from the apartment safe were fired in that rifle, a Dremel bit made the engravings, and DNA on the rifle, a cartridge and the Dremel was at least one trillion times more likely Robinson's. The bullet fragment from Kirk was inconclusive.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (Rev); Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (Rev)
· The case in court
ATF examiner learned months ago a photo may show seven fragments
ATF examiner Samantha Karner testified she received one bullet jacket fragment and four lead fragments in a sealed envelope, and was alerted only a few months before the hearing that a medical examiner photo may show seven fragments.
· The case in court
Testimony on unattended items near Fulton Library
Hearing testimony said investigators seized an unattended backpack, jacket and gloves near a bus stop. The testimony did not establish any link between the items and the shooting.
Sources: Preliminary hearing day 4 (July 9, 2026) transcript (Rev)
· The case in court
Testimony: SBI has monitored Robinson's jail mail and calls
Asked by the defense, Sgt. Faumuina agreed that SBI has monitored Robinson's mail and communications at the jail up to the present. She said she had not followed that work and knew of nothing of value from it.
· The case in court
Keyboard note exhibit appears on the livestream for 3.5 seconds
State's Exhibit 16, the keyboard note the court had barred from broadcast, appeared on the livestream for about 3.5 seconds, and the judge stopped it about 16 seconds later, Judge Graf found the next day. About 78 words of the note were displayed.
Sources: 7 10 26 Day 5 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 10 26, p. 20
· The case in court
Bindover briefing schedule set; argument on Sept. 1
At the end of day 4 the court set written bindover briefs (State by July 28, defense two weeks later, State reply by Aug. 18) and oral argument for Sept. 1, 2026 at 10 a.m.
Sources: 7 9 26 Day 4 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 9 26, p. 242; Preliminary hearing day 4 transcript (Rev)
· The case in court
Defense witness, ATF DNA chief, testifies on limits of DNA results
Caitlin Oliver, ATF DNA section chief, testified her reports support Robinson only as a 'possible contributor' and cannot show how or when DNA was deposited. On cross-examination she said the rifle profiles were at least 1 trillion times more likely if Robinson contributed.
Sources: 7 10 26 Day 5 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 10 26, p. 78; 7 10 26 Day 5 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 10 26, p. 73
· The case in court
Robinson declines to testify; both sides rest
After Oliver was excused the defense called no more witnesses and the State had no rebuttal. Defense counsel said Robinson had been advised of his right to testify and chose not to.
Sources: 7 10 26 Day 5 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 10 26, p. 80; 7 10 26 Day 5 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 10 26, p. 79
· The case in court
Defense asks for a speedy bindover decision
On the last day of evidence the defense filed a request for speedy disposition and prompt bindover.
· The case in court
Preliminary hearing day 5: ATF DNA chief testifies, evidence closes
With Erika Kirk present, the defense renewed its motion to bar cameras over the day 4 broadcast. Its only witness, ATF DNA section chief Caitlin Oliver, testified. Robinson did not testify, the State offered no rebuttal, and the judge continued the hearing to Sept. 1 for argument.
Sources: 7 10 26 Day 5 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 10 26, p. 4; 7 10 26 Day 5 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 10 26, p. 82; 7 10 26 Day 5 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 10 26, p. 83
· The case in court
Judge bars broadcast of exhibits for the rest of day 5
After a recess from 9:39 to 10:06 a.m. to review the video, Judge Graf declined to reverse his camera ruling but, as a sanction, barred the media from capturing or broadcasting any exhibits for the rest of the day, and reserved the question for Sept. 1.
Sources: 7 10 26 Day 5 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 10 26, p. 27; 7 10 26 Day 5 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 10 26, p. 20
· The case in court
Surveillance compilation Exhibit 12.1 shown to the courtroom only
At the victim representative's request, the judge let everyone in the courtroom, including Erika Kirk, view State's Exhibit 12.1, a surveillance compilation, while the livestream went audio-only and photographs of the screens were barred.
Sources: 7 10 26 Day 5 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 10 26, p. 81
· The case in court
Minutes of hearing days 2 and 3 filed
The docket lists minutes of the July 7 and July 8 sessions as filed July 21, 2026, with an entry setting closing arguments for Sept. 1. It lists no hearing session that day; the July 10 transcript had already continued the hearing to Sept. 1.
Sources: 07 26 26 Updated Case Docket Robinson, p. 19; 7 21 26 Day 2 Of Preliminary Hearing 7 7 26 (minutes)
· The case in court
State files its bindover memorandum
The State filed its memorandum supporting bindover on July 28, 2026, Judge Graf said in his ruling.
Sources: UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 07:42:28; Memorandum In Support Of (bindover)
· The case in court
Defense files post-hearing brief
The defense filed its preliminary hearing brief on Aug. 11, 2026, arguing among other things that the great-risk-of-death aggravator does not fit a single shot, Judge Graf said.
· The case in court
State files its reply memorandum
The State filed its reply memorandum on Aug. 18, 2026, the last brief before oral argument, Judge Graf said.
· The case in court
Defense opposes cameras for Sept. 1, citing a betting market
The defense opposed camera requests for the Sept. 1 hearing, citing a Polymarket pool on whether Robinson would be convicted, courtroom crowding and harassment of witnesses, and moved to keep the market links sealed.
· The case in court
Sept. 1 session opens with a closed hearing on sealing
The session began with a closed hearing at about 10 a.m. on the defense motion to seal the betting-market material. In open court the judge denied the seal and allowed one pool video camera and one pool still camera.
· The case in court
Probable cause arguments: State, defense, State rebuttal
Prosecutor Ryan McBride argued identity from video, DNA, admissions and circumstantial evidence. Defense attorneys Staci Visser, Michael Burt and Richard Novak challenged the aggravator, the DNA and counts 6 and 7. Chad Grunander's rebuttal asked for bindover on all counts.
Sources: UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 02:32:37; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 06:25:21
· The case in court
Robinson pleads not guilty to all counts
Defense counsel waived reading of the information and entered not guilty pleas on Robinson's behalf to all counts. The judge found the pleas knowing and voluntary.
· The case in court
Judge binds Robinson over for trial on all seven counts
After reading his ruling from about 5:15 p.m., Judge Tony Graf bound Robinson over on all seven counts, including aggravated murder with the great-risk-of-death aggravator and the victim-targeting allegation. He said the findings are preliminary, not a verdict, and that Robinson remains presumed innocent.
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk family serves notice of claim on UVU and the state
Kirk's estate, Erika Kirk and their children, and his parents gave notice they intend to sue UVU, its police, Chief Jeffrey Long, former president Astrid Tuminez and the State of Utah, alleging security failures and that no ambulance was available. Newsweek and ABC date it Sept. 9; it was reported Sept. 16. The allegations are untested.
Sources: Kirk family puts UVU on notice they intend to sue (KSL, Sept. 16, 2026); Police Were Warned of Rooftop Access Before Charlie Kirk Shooting: TPUSA (Newsweek, Sept. 16, 2026); Reuters report on family notice of claim (Sept. 16, 2026)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
TPUSA holds anniversary memorial at UVU
TPUSA held 'Freedom Built to Last: Honoring Charlie Kirk' at UVU's UCCU Center for about 5,000 people. Speakers included Glenn Beck, Michael Knowles, Frank Turek, Andrew Sypher and Mikey McCoy. About a dozen protesters gathered outside.
Sources: Faith not politics: What thousands heard at UVU on the anniversary of Charlie Kirk's death (Deseret News); One Year Later: Remembering September 10 at UVU (UVU Review)
· Police, FBI and officials
Utah marks 'Charlie Kirk Day'; UVU cancels classes
Gov. Spencer Cox declared Sept. 10, 2026 Charlie Kirk Day. UVU cancelled classes for a day of healing and service; UVU President Jon Anderson said the campus will not close for future anniversaries.
Sources: Deseret News, Sept. 11, 2026; Charlie Kirk memorial, protest converge at university where he was shot (UPI)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Notice of claim quotes a TPUSA rooftop warning to UVU's police chief
As reported Sept. 16, the notice quotes a pre-event TPUSA text to UVU Police Chief Jeffrey Long saying students reported roof access 'pretty close' to Kirk's spot and asking for controlled access or a TPUSA guard. Long replied 'I got you covered,' the notice says. The allegations have not been adjudicated. UVU's after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026) prints the exchange, dates it Sept. 8, 2025, and says it concerned the Hall of Flags walkway above the canopy.
Sources: Police Were Warned of Rooftop Access Before Charlie Kirk Shooting: TPUSA (Newsweek, Sept. 16, 2026); Charlie Kirk's family signals intent to sue (ABC News, Sept. 16, 2026); UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 42
· Police, FBI and officials
UVU releases its independent after-action review
UVU released a 158-page review by the Lake Forest Group, with legal analysis by Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. It found no UVU employee acted in bad faith but faulted inconsistent planning, no written security assessment and confused alerts. Harpole, Flood, Crofts and the club president did not respond to interview requests. Since the shooting UVU has fenced the Losee Center rooftop, barred student roof access and bought drones, it says.
Sources: UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 10; UVU after-action report (Sept. 25, 2026), p. 110; UVU independent external review page (Sept. 25, 2026); What are the 'key findings' in UVU's independent review of the Charlie Kirk slaying? (Deseret News, Sept. 25, 2026)
· Charlie Kirk and TPUSA
Kirk family lawyer says the review supports their notice of claim
Brett Parkinson, attorney for Erika Kirk, said the report 'reaffirms the facts we laid out in our Notice of Claim: that UVU security was woefully understaffed and unprepared.' UVU President Jon Anderson said the university would learn from the findings and follow through on the recommendations.
Sources: What are the 'key findings' in UVU's independent review of the Charlie Kirk slaying? (Deseret News, Sept. 25, 2026); UVU independent external review page (Sept. 25, 2026)
· The case in court
Pretrial conference scheduled for Oct. 23 at 1 p.m.
Set on Sept. 1: an in-person pretrial conference where Judge Graf wants trial dates proposed. The Kirk family's lawyer asked for a prompt trial; the defense asked for time to agree a schedule. No trial date had been set as of Sept. 25, 2026.
Sources: UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026 oral argument and bindover ruling), Rev transcript at 08:55:53; UT v. Tyler Robinson Final Preliminary Hearing (Sept. 1, 2026), Rev transcript