What we learned from Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson's text messages with roommate

In texts with roommate, Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Taylor Robinson confesses and says why he did it, court documents say.

The day conservative activist Charlie Kirk was gunned down while debating students on a Utah college campus, the man eventually charged with his murder sent his roommate a text message, officials said.

“Drop what you are doing, look under my keyboard,” Tyler James Robinson wrote, according to court papers filed Tuesday by Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray.

The roommate, whom Robinson referred to as “my love” and whose name police have not released, did so and found a note.

“I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it,” the note allegedly said.

While the manhunt for Kirk’s killer was underway, Robinson’s parents began to suspect that the photo of the shooter flashing on the news might be their son and that the murder weapon might be the rifle he received as a gift.