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The DNA of the towel wrapped around a rifle found near the location of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, said Monday as a match between the 22-year-old accused of his murder.
Investigators also used DNA evidence to link suspect Tyler Robinson and retrieved the driver from the rooftop where the fatal shot was fired on September 10, Patel told Fox News Channel on Monday.
Utah officials are preparing to file a capital murder charge against Robinson on Tuesday in the murder of Kirk, a conservative political dominant who became President Donald Trump’s ally after establishing Arizona-based Turning Point USA.
Kirk, who brought young, conservative, evangelical Christians into politics, was shot Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University at one of his many campus stops.
The shootings sparked fears of a deep, biased increase in political violence in the United States.
Authorities say Robinson has hatred for Kirk and is an advocate for the “left ideology” that has grown in recent years.
Robinson’s family and friends said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Sunday spent a ton of time scrolling through “the dark corners of the internet.”
Patel told Fox News that Robinson wrote in a note before the shooting.
Investigators were able to recover the notes after the memo was destroyed, the FBI director said they rephrased the memo without giving details.
Officials said Robinson is not cooperating with law enforcement. They say he may have been “radicated” online, and the ammunition found in the gun used to kill Kirk included sculptures in the language of anti-fascist and memetic culture.
Court records show that one bullet casing had a message saying, “Hey, fascist! Catch!”
Robinson was arrested late Thursday when he grew up around St. George, on the southwest corner of Utah between Las Vegas and Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park.
It is unclear if there is a lawyer who can speak on his behalf at this stage.
The tribute to Kirk continues to flow throughout the United States. A series of mourners attended an all-night stand at Washington’s Kennedy Center on Sunday, with moments of silence at several professional sporting events.
Vice President JD Vance, who counted Kirk as his best friend, said he plans to serve as an alternative host for Kirk’s talk show on the Rumble streaming platform.
“I’m paying tribute to my friends, so please join me,” Vance wrote in a social media post.
Additional sources •AP