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Kirk Family Forced to Relive UVU Shooting as Tyler Robinson Pre-Lim Begins | Crime Alert 07.07.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Silbonni.
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  Speaker 1: The family of US conservative activist Charlie Kirk came face
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  Speaker 1: to face on Monday with his alleged killer, as prosecutors
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  Speaker 1: laid out their preliminary case against twenty three year old
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Robinson. This court hearing is set to continue all week,
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  Speaker 1: featuring witness testimony and critical evidence to determine whether Robinson
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  Speaker 1: will stand trial for murder. Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA,
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  Speaker 1: was fatally shot on September tenth, twenty twenty five, on
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  Speaker 1: the Utah Valley University campus, initiating an intense manhunt. Robinson
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  Speaker 1: was arrested days later on multiple charges, including murder. While
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  Speaker 1: he has not entered a plea prosecutor seek the death penalty.
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  Speaker 1: In advance of Monday's proceedings, Kirk's family, including his widow Erica,
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  Speaker 1: his parents Robert and Catherine, and sister Mary, released an
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  Speaker 1: emotional statement. They noted that every court appearance serves as
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  Speaker 1: a painful reminder of his death and the loss impacting
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  Speaker 1: his children. Thanking the public for prayers, they asked for
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  Speaker 1: privacy during their immense grief, adding they will not comment
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  Speaker 1: further out of respect for the process. Both teams spent
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  Speaker 1: hours questioning witnesses, offering a glimpse into Robinson's mystery defense strategy.
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  Speaker 1: His attorneys, led by Catherine Nestor, questioned video quality how
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  Speaker 1: Robinson was identified in campus security. His lawyers previously tried
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  Speaker 1: to exclude evidence and asked Judge Tony Graff to remove
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  Speaker 1: the death penalty. During the hearing, Robinson sat quietly between
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  Speaker 1: his lawyers, wearing a light colored suit. The court heard
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  Speaker 1: details about the shooting, which occurred during Kirk's American comeback
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  Speaker 1: tour under a campus tent where he invited attendees to
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  Speaker 1: debate with him. A rifle shot rang out while Kirk
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  Speaker 1: spoke about gun violence, causing him to slump over. Witness
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  Speaker 1: Chris Bagley, an officer stationed above, recognized the rifle noise
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  Speaker 1: and described a chaotic scene. Though told a suspect was
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  Speaker 1: in custody, Bagley discovered suspicious roof evidence, including a screwdriver
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  Speaker 1: and a gravel impression, indicating a sniper lay in a
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  Speaker 1: prone position. The elbow, knee, and feet markings aligned perfectly
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  Speaker 1: with Kirk's tent. Defense attorney Nestor objected multiple times asking
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  Speaker 1: Bagley about security planning. State Bureau of Investigation agent David
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  Speaker 1: Hull testified that surveillance video showed Robinson on campus four
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  Speaker 1: times that day. Prosecutors also displayed footage showing Robinson parking
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  Speaker 1: a gray Dodge and returning later to drive away. The
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  Speaker 1: hearing will continue all week to evaluate if prosecutors have
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  Speaker 1: enough evidence for trial. More crime and justice news after this,
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  Speaker 1: a popular South Florida influencer was killed in a drive
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  Speaker 1: by triple shooting Sunday morning. Twenty one year old Breonna Johnson,
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  Speaker 1: who posted under the Instagram handle dream Doll Brie, was
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  Speaker 1: riding in a green suv with two other passengers when
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  Speaker 1: gunfire erupted. The Miramar Police Department confirmed that surveillance video
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  Speaker 1: captured the attack, which unfolded around five thirty am, just
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  Speaker 1: hours after the Fourth of July holiday. Johnson was known
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  Speaker 1: for beauty content, holding nearly five hundred thousand followers across
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  Speaker 1: TikTok and Instagram. According to investigators, Johnson was traveling in
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  Speaker 1: a green Lamborghini Urus when a white sedan pulled alongside
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  Speaker 1: the driver's side at an intersection and opened fire, striking
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  Speaker 1: three occupants. Surveillance footage shows the sedan following the Lamborghini
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  Speaker 1: down the street before rapid gunfire broke out. Moments later,
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  Speaker 1: the Lamborghini drifted through the intersection and crashed into a
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  Speaker 1: house as the shooter's vehicle sped away. Miramar Police Chief
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  Speaker 1: del Rich Moss described the shooting as rapid fire, and
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  Speaker 1: social media photos show a dozen bullet holes riddling the
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  Speaker 1: SUV's doors. Reports indication eight the victims had attended a
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  Speaker 1: large party and stopped at a gas station where a
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  Speaker 1: fight broke out. Investigators believe the suv was targeted and
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  Speaker 1: followed from there. Johnson succumbed to her injuries, while the
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  Speaker 1: other two occupants remained in critical condition. Johnson's cousin shared
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  Speaker 1: emotional tributes online as fans flooded her accounts with condolences.
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  Speaker 1: The homicide investigation remains active. New details have emerged regarding
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  Speaker 1: an Ohio police raid that ended in the rescue of
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  Speaker 1: sixteen children from squalid conditions. Authorities who discovered the children
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  Speaker 1: on June thirtieth had initially gone to the residents to
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  Speaker 1: serve an unrelated warrant to an adult resident. Upon entering,
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  Speaker 1: officers encountered the sixteen children, ages one through eighteen, some
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  Speaker 1: of whom required immediate hospitalization due to their serious conditions.
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  Speaker 1: Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson called the situation pure evil
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  Speaker 1: and beyond comprehension, stating the children were living like feral animals.
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  Speaker 1: Four adult family members were arrested, seventy three year old
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  Speaker 1: Gary Siders Senior, thirty six year old Gary Siders Junior,
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  Speaker 1: sixty seven year old Christina Siders, and thirty three year
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  Speaker 1: old Elizabeth Siders. Each adult faces seventeen counts of child endangerment.
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  Speaker 1: Police revealed they had no prior knowledge that the children existed.
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  Speaker 1: They had gone to the home specifically to serve a
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  Speaker 1: warrant for Gary Siders Junior for four counts of indecent exposure.
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  Speaker 1: Court documents alleged he exposed himself outside the home on
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  Speaker 1: four separate dates in May and June. He is scheduled
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  Speaker 1: for a pre trial hearing on those charges on July ninth.
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  Speaker 1: If convicted of child endangerment, the suspects could face up
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  Speaker 1: to one hundred and ninety two years in prison each.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sidney Silvani.