Family and friends of the 22-year-old accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk described his politics as veering left in recent years as he spent large amounts of time scrolling the “dark corners of the internet,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Sunday.
Investigators were still piecing together information about the suspect, Tyler Robinson, and not yet ready to discuss a potential motive. But Cox said that Robinson, who is not cooperating with law enforcement, disliked Kirk and may have been “radicalized” online.
Kirk founded Turning Point USA to bring more young, conservative evangelicals into politics as effective activists, and he was a confidant of President Donald Trump, leading to a flood of tributes that included a vigil Sunday night at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two, became prominent in part through his speaking tours; he was shot Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University.
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