Latest / GNN Daily Breaking News / Utah Officer Testifies Finding Rooftop ‘Sniper Pad’ After Charlie Kirk Assassination

Transcript

Utah Officer Testifies Finding Rooftop ‘Sniper Pad’ After Charlie Kirk Assassination · GNN Daily Breaking News

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: A Utah Valley University police officer has testified that he
• 0:04
  discovered what appeared to be a rooftop sniper pad immediately
• 0:08
  after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a
• 0:12
  campus event in September twenty twenty five. The testimony came
• 0:17
  during a preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the twenty three
• 0:21
  year old accused of assassinating Kirk and is central to
• 0:24
  prosecutor's case that the killing was premeditated. Officer Christopher Bagley
• 0:29
  told the court that he rushed to a nearby rooftop
• 0:32
  after hearing the gunshot and found disturbances in the gravel
• 0:36
  consistent with someone lying prone marks from elbows, knees, and
• 0:41
  feet positioned with a clear line of sight to Kirk.
• 0:44
  Investigators also recovered a screwdriver at the scene, adding to
• 0:48
  evidence that the rooftop had been prepared as a firing physician. Kirk,
• 0:53
  co founder of Turning Point USA and a prominent ally
• 0:57
  of President Donald Trump, was a dressing thousands of students
• 1:01
  when he was struck by a single bullet. Witnesses described
• 1:05
  chaos as the crowd panicked. Robinson allegedly drove hours from Washington,
• 1:11
  Utah to carry out the attack, leaving behind a note
• 1:15
  confessing his intent to take out Charlie Kirk before turning
• 1:18
  himself in the following day. The court room was packed
• 1:22
  with Kirk's family, including his widow Erica, his parents, and
• 1:26
  Donald Trump Junior, alongside Robinson's relatives. The hearing has been
• 1:31
  emotionally charged, with Kirk's family briefly leaving during graphic testimony
• 1:36
  before returning later. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, arguing
• 1:41
  Robinson committed aggravated murder. The case has drawn national attention
• 1:46
  not only because of Kirk's political prominence, but also because
• 1:50
  of the chilling evidence of a carefully staged sniper position.
• 1:54
  Prosecutors say the rooftop set up underscoes premeditation, while defense
• 1:59
  attorneys have yet to outline their strategy beyond the court room,
• 2:03
  the assassination has sent shockwaves through the conservative movement. Kirk
• 2:08
  was credited with mobilizing young voters during the twenty twenty
• 2:12
  four campaign, and his death has intensified debates about political
• 2:16
  violence and campus security. For prosecutors, the sniper pad testimony
• 2:22
  strengthens their narrative of deliberate planning for the public it
• 2:26
  highlights the growing risks faced by political figures in an
• 2:30
  era of heightened polarization.