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After Charlie Kirk’s Murder, Suspect Joked That His Look Alike Did It| Crime Alert 6AM 09.15.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm as Grace breaking crime news now straight
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  Speaker 1: out to Nicole Parton for the latest Nancy.
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  Speaker 2: Utah Governor Spencer Cox stated on Sunday that investigators are
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  Speaker 2: still unable to disclose the motive behind the assassination of
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  Speaker 2: political activist Charlie Kirk. Cox revealed that the suspect, identified
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  Speaker 2: as Tyler Robinson twenty two, holds a left wing political
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  Speaker 2: belief and Harvard animosity toward Kirk due to his conservative stance.
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  Speaker 2: He noted that Robinson is currently uncooperative while in custody.
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  Speaker 2: Clearly we see a leftist ideology at play, Cox commented
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  Speaker 2: during an interview with NBC's Meet the Press. He elaborated
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  Speaker 2: in a separate discussion on CNN's State of the Union,
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  Speaker 2: mentioning that insights about the suspect's views were gathered from
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  Speaker 2: his acquaintances and family.
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  Speaker 3: We do know, and again this has been well publicized,
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  Speaker 3: that this was a very normal young man, a very
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  Speaker 3: art young man, four oh student I think at thirty
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  Speaker 3: four on the A c T went to UH, went
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  Speaker 3: to my alma mater. You tusted at university, but was
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  Speaker 3: only there for a very short amount of time. I
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  Speaker 3: dropped out after after less than one semester, and and
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  Speaker 3: it seemed to happen kind of after that, after after
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  Speaker 3: he had he had moved back to uh To to
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  Speaker 3: the southern part of Utah. Clearly there was there was
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  Speaker 3: a lot of gaming going on.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: Friends that have confirmed that there was kind of that
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  Speaker 3: that deep dark internet, uh, the the reddit culture and
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  Speaker 3: these these other dark places of the Internet where where
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  Speaker 3: where this person was was going deep. And you saw
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  Speaker 3: that on the on the casings. I think, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I didn't have any idea what the what those inscriptions
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  Speaker 3: many of those inscriptions even meant, uh, but they are
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  Speaker 3: you know, certainly the memification that is happening in our
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  Speaker 3: society today.
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  Speaker 2: Cox described Robinson as someone who has become radicalized, spending
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  Speaker 2: time in various online communities. According to him, quote, there
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  Speaker 2: has been significant engagement with online gaming and the darker
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  Speaker 2: corners of the Internet, with friends indicating that he was
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  Speaker 2: involved in communities associated with Redded and similar platforms. The
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  Speaker 2: investigation is on going to uncover the motive behind the
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  Speaker 2: attack that resulted in Kirk's death. As he spoke at
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  Speaker 2: Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Cox also acknowledged reports about
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  Speaker 2: the suspect's partner being transgender, which some politicians have suggested
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  Speaker 2: could relate to Robinson's motive against Kirk's anti transcendiments. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 2: authorities have not confirmed the relevance of this information to
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  Speaker 2: their investigation. Cox stated quote the roommate was a romantic
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  Speaker 2: partner transitioning from male to female, and emphasized that this
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  Speaker 2: partner has been cooperating with law enforcement and was unaware
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  Speaker 2: of the impending attack. Investigators have engaged with Robinson's family
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  Speaker 2: and executed a solworn at their residence in Washington, located
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  Speaker 2: approximately two hundred and forty miles from the university. While
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  Speaker 2: Robinson is registered to vote, he is not affiliated with
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  Speaker 2: any political party and is marked as inactive, indicating he
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  Speaker 2: did not participate in the last two elections. His parents,
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  Speaker 2: by contrast, are registered Republicans. The day following Kirk's assassination
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  Speaker 2: and acquaintance of Robinson reached out to him in a
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  Speaker 2: group chat. The FBI had just released surveillance footage of
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  Speaker 2: a slim young man wearing a cap and sunglasses, seeking
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  Speaker 2: help from the public to identify the suspect. In response
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  Speaker 2: to being tagged in the chat with the images, Robinson
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  Speaker 2: quickly replied, joking that the person in the video was
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  Speaker 2: trying to quote get me in trouble. He looks like me.
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  Speaker 2: This exchange occurred on Thursday afternoon, and it wasn't until
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  Speaker 2: late that night, nearly thirty four hours after the shooting,
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  Speaker 2: that Robinson was arrested on suspicion of being responsible for
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  Speaker 2: Kirk's fascination. The Discord messages provide a revealing look into
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  Speaker 2: Robinson's mindset Shortly after the incident. These messages were shared
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  Speaker 2: with The New York Times by a former high school
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  Speaker 2: acquaintance who has remained in contact with him through the
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  Speaker 2: group chat, which includes about twenty members. The source requested
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  Speaker 2: to remain anonymous to avoid backlash from being linked to Robinson.
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  Speaker 2: The Times confirmed the acquaintance's high school connection to Robinson.
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  Speaker 2: The screenshots were provided at the Times request. While Discord
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  Speaker 2: did not verify Robinson's username, it aligns with other accounts
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  Speaker 2: he has used online. Former friends described Robinson as highly intelligent,
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  Speaker 2: engaged with current events, and spending significant time online or gaming.
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  Speaker 2: After Robinson joked about the resemblance to the gunman, another
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  Speaker 2: chat member suggested they could report him to collect the
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  Speaker 2: one hundred thousand dollars reward offered by the FBI. At
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  Speaker 2: that time, several media sources reported that the ammunition found
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  Speaker 2: at the contained engravings related to transgender ideology. In reality,
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  Speaker 2: the engravings included phrases like lyrics from an anti fascist
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  Speaker 2: Italian folk song and a reference to a sexual meme.
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  Speaker 2: Before the exact details of the engravings were made public,
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  Speaker 2: Robinson communicated that he was closely monitoring the news. He said,
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  Speaker 2: I heard the mo had something about trans stuff on it,
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  Speaker 2: but they aren't releasing photos or exact quotes, he noted,
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  Speaker 2: adding and also the claim wasn't backed by the official FBI.
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  Speaker 2: Some dude in a briefing room, that's all he said.
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  Speaker 2: After Robinson's arrest on Thursday night, members of the Discord
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  Speaker 2: chat expressed disbelief over the accusations against him. One said,
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  Speaker 2: our governor wants to give him the death penalty. Another remarked,
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  Speaker 2: I truly can't distinguish if this is real or not.
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  Speaker 2: Robinson remains in custody and is expected to appear in
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  Speaker 2: court on Tuesday. According to the Utah Governor.
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  Speaker 1: Nicole thank You more Private justice news.
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  Speaker 2: After this, an actor was taken into custody after allegedly
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  Speaker 2: shooting a woman in the face during a road rage
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  Speaker 2: confrontation at a red light. The incident prompted a lockdown
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  Speaker 2: in the surrounding area that lasted several hours. According to
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  Speaker 2: New Jersey Police, they responded to the scene just after
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  Speaker 2: one pm following reports of road rage that resulted in
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  Speaker 2: a woman sustaining gunshot wounds to her face. Despite her injuries,
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  Speaker 2: she was able to communicate with police and provided details
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  Speaker 2: about a suspect identified as forty six year old Earnest Hines.
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  Speaker 2: She described how Heines cut her off while she was merging,
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  Speaker 2: and once they reached the traffic light, he allegedly shouted
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  Speaker 2: threats at her and brandished a handgun. He then fired
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  Speaker 2: at her face. Hines, who police confirmed as an actor,
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  Speaker 2: reportedly fled onto the grounds of Stockton University, leading to
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  Speaker 2: a shelter in place order for several hours. He was
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  Speaker 2: later arrested at a nearby residence and faces charges including
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  Speaker 2: attempted murder and aggravated assault. Our suspect remained silent throughout
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  Speaker 2: the process, stated Captain d Espisoto. However, he fit the
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  Speaker 2: description and we have numerous pieces of evidence linking this
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  Speaker 2: man to the Crime Hines. IMDb profile notes his appearances
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  Speaker 2: in films such as Ricky Christopher Nolan's The Prestige, and
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  Speaker 2: most recently, he starred in a film with Leonardo DiCaprio.
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