Charlie Kirk murder suspect linked to crime scene evidence through DNA match, FBI director says

The man accused of fatally shooting conservative influencer Charlie Kirk at a Utah university last week has been linked to evidence found at the scene through DNA sequencing, FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday

The man accused of fatally shooting conservative influencer Charlie Kirk at a Utah university last week has been linked to evidence found at the scene through DNA sequencing, FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday.

Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from Utah, was arrested and is expected to be charged with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, and obstruction of justice in connection with the shooting last Wednesday at Utah Valley University.

He is being held in Utah County Jail and is expected to be charged Tuesday. It is not immediately clear if he has a lawyer.

Robinson's actions were premeditated and based on his political, left-leaning beliefs, Patel said Monday on "Fox & Friends."

"His family has collectively told investigators that he subscribed to left-wing ideology, and even more so in these last couple of years, and he had a text message exchange — he, the suspect, with another individual — in which he claimed that he had an opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and he was going to do it because of his hatred for what Charlie stood for, " the FBI director said.