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Charlie Kirk Sniper Suspect Catches Death Penalty Charge | Crime Alert 6AM 09.17.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime alert. I'm Maancy Grace breaking crime news now Charlie
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  Speaker 1: Kirk suspects sick jokes after the shooting, They claimed the
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  Speaker 1: life of Kirk. Are others in on the murder plot?
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  Speaker 1: Did he have help? Straight out to Drew Nelson for more.
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  Speaker 2: NANCYE. Tyler Robinson's first court appearance Tuesday afternoon sees him
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  Speaker 2: charged with first degree murder. But while the FBI was
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  Speaker 2: still circulating grainy surveillance images, the twenty two year old
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  Speaker 2: Robinson joined in on mocking the shooting in a discord
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  Speaker 2: group chat. According to The New York Times, an acquaintance
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  Speaker 2: tagged him with one of the photos and wrote, wya,
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  Speaker 2: where are you at with a skull emoji? Robinson quickly
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  Speaker 2: replied that it was his doppleganger trying to quote get
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  Speaker 2: me in trouble. When another user joked quote Tyler killed
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  Speaker 2: Charlie four exclamation points, Robinson quipped it back that the
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  Speaker 2: group should only turn him in for the FBI reward
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  Speaker 2: quote if I get a cut, He went on to say,
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  Speaker 2: he quote better also get rid of this manifesto and
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  Speaker 2: exact copy rifle I have lying around. In another message,
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  Speaker 2: he even claimed quote I'm actually Charlie Kirk wants to
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  Speaker 2: get out of politics, so I faked my death. Now
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  Speaker 2: I can live out my dream life in Kansas. Now
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  Speaker 2: investigators are probing a possible accomplice. The US Sun reports
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  Speaker 2: that FBI agents are reviewing doorbell camera footage showing a
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  Speaker 2: man walking through a neighborhood near Utah Valley University minutes
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  Speaker 2: after the shot was fired. The man who appeared to
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  Speaker 2: be talking on a cell phone about the shooting has
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  Speaker 2: raised concerns that Robinson might not have acted entirely on
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  Speaker 2: his own. Officials have publicly said they believe he was
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  Speaker 2: the lone gunman, but they also stressed that quote all
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  Speaker 2: lines of inquiry are ongoing. Charlie Kirk, aged thirty one,
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  Speaker 2: was hosting the first stop of his American Comeback tour
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  Speaker 2: when the sniper's bullet struck his neck. It had just
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  Speaker 2: begun a campus debate series organized by Turning Point USA,
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  Speaker 2: the group he co founded at eighteen. Kirk was one
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  Speaker 2: of President Trump's closest allies, earning a reputation as a
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  Speaker 2: so called kingmaker in Republican politics. Robinson was identified two
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  Speaker 2: days later after his father recognized him in the FBI
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  Speaker 2: photos and turn him in. He's being held without bail.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks Drew more Crime and Justice news.
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  Speaker 2: After this, a New York judge dismisses two terrorism charges
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  Speaker 2: against Luigi Mangioni, the man accused of killing United Healthcare
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  Speaker 2: CEO Brian Thompson, leaving a second degree murder count in place. Mangioni,
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  Speaker 2: aged twenty seven, appeared in Manhattan court for the first
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  Speaker 2: time in five months. Judge Gregory Caro throughout counts a
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  Speaker 2: first degree murder as an act of terrorism and second
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  Speaker 2: degree murderer as a crime of terrorism. He ruled the
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  Speaker 2: evidence was quote legally insufficient. Caro said that while prosecutors
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  Speaker 2: stressed Mangioni's ideological motive, the law requires proof that a
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  Speaker 2: killing was meant to quote, intimidate or coerce the public
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  Speaker 2: to qualify as terrorism. Mangioni still facing second degree murder,
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  Speaker 2: which carries twenty five to life. The next hearing is
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  Speaker 2: December first. Mangoni stands accused of gunning down Brian Thompson
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  Speaker 2: on December fourth of twenty twenty four outside the Midtown
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  Speaker 2: Hilton Hotel, hours before Thompson was set to speak at
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  Speaker 2: an investor conference. Police arrested Mangioni at McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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  Speaker 2: Officers said they found a three D printed gun, a
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  Speaker 2: fake ID, and a notebook with writings the prosecutors claimed
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  Speaker 2: show his intent. One entry reading quote the target is insurance.
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  Speaker 2: It checks every box. Mangioni has pleaded not guilty. He
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  Speaker 2: also faces federal charges, including murder through the use of
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  Speaker 2: a firearm, which makes him eligible for the federal death penalty.
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  Speaker 2: Prosecutors say that case will follow the state trial in Pennsylvania,
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  Speaker 2: where he was arrested. He faces charges of forgery, carrying
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  Speaker 2: a gun without a license, and giving a false ID.
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  Speaker 2: Mangioni remains held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn
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  Speaker 2: without bond. His attorneys argue that the federal and two
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  Speaker 2: state eight cases overlapping put him in a quote untenable situation.
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  Speaker 2: They've also asked the court to suppress evidence from his arrest,
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  Speaker 2: calling the search of his backpack unlawful. Musician Lil nas
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  Speaker 2: X is now an inpatient treatment somewhere that's not California
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  Speaker 2: as he faces felony charges tied to a bizarre arrest
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  Speaker 2: in Los Angeles last month. On Monday, the twenty six
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  Speaker 2: year old real name Montero Hill missed a pre trial hearing.
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  Speaker 2: His lawyers told the court he was quote in treatment
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  Speaker 2: at an undisclosed facility. Judge Shelley Samuels allowed him to
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  Speaker 2: remain there as long as he stays in the program.
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  Speaker 2: If he moves to outpatient care, the court will revisit
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  Speaker 2: his release conditions. His next hearing is set for November eighteenth.
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  Speaker 2: Outside court, his lawyer, Drew Finling, spoke to reporters, we.
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  Speaker 4: Don't have court for a couple more months. Obviously you
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  Speaker 4: heard the treatment word. We're doing what is best for
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  Speaker 4: Montero from a personal standpoint and a professional standpoint, but
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  Speaker 4: most importantly for his well being. He is surrounded by
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  Speaker 4: an amazing family, an amazing team of people care about
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  Speaker 4: him and love him, and we're just addressing those issues.
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  Speaker 4: It's really as simple as that he's had a great life,
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  Speaker 4: he'll continue to have a great life. This is a
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  Speaker 4: bump that he's going to get over and on behalf
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  Speaker 4: of him. His family is making sure that he addresses
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  Speaker 4: all those issues right now.
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  Speaker 2: Hill was arrested before dawn on August twenty first, after
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  Speaker 2: police responded to calls of a man walking on venture
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  Speaker 2: a boulevard wearing only underwear and cowboy boots. A criminal
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  Speaker 2: complaint alleges he fought with officers, injuring three of them
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  Speaker 2: and tried to obstruct a fourth from doing his job.
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  Speaker 2: He was hospitalized after the arrest, then booked into jail
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  Speaker 2: four days later. He pleaded not guilty to three counts
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  Speaker 2: of battery with injury on a police officer and one
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  Speaker 2: count of resisting an executive officer. Bail was set at
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  Speaker 2: seventy five thousand dollars. His father, Robert Stafford, recently spoke
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  Speaker 2: out about the toll fame and family struggles have taken
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  Speaker 2: on his son. Writing a special piece for the Times
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  Speaker 2: of London, Stafford said, quote, I understand how the music
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  Speaker 2: business is. It's like a high. When you get to
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  Speaker 2: that level, you want that drug again. You want to
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  Speaker 2: hit that high again. He said his son faced pressure
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  Speaker 2: as quote a breadwinner for a lot of people. Stafford
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  Speaker 2: described breaking down in tears when he saw his son
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  Speaker 2: in jail. Quote I had to tell him that what
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  Speaker 2: you're going through is normal. He recalled his son, being apologetic, saying, quote,
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  Speaker 2: tell everybody, I'm sorry they saw me like that. He said.
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  Speaker 2: The ordeal has been very stressful, but he believes his
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  Speaker 2: son will recover.
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  Speaker 1: Quote.
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  Speaker 2: We all have breakdowns every now and then, but the
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  Speaker 2: difference is yours get played out in the public eye.
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  Speaker 2: Hopefully this is a turning point in his mental stability.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes God will take you through your worst moment to
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  Speaker 2: give you your best moment. Hill himself echoed that outlook
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  Speaker 2: in a video defense after his release, quote, that was terrifying,
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  Speaker 2: that was terrifying last four days. But your girl is
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  Speaker 2: going to be all right. If convicted, he faces up
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  Speaker 2: to five years in prison.
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