Overview
- Prosecutors began presenting a multi‑day case on Monday to show probable cause that Tyler Robinson fired the shot that killed Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in September 2025.
- The state said it will offer roughly 40–50 exhibits, including surveillance and cellphone video, autopsy findings, and DNA the prosecution says links Robinson to the suspected rifle.
- A recorded statement from Robinson’s former roommate and an alleged handwritten note that prosecutors say contains a confession are expected to be key pieces of evidence.
- Robinson’s defense has challenged forensic links, especially ballistics testing that defense lawyers say was inconclusive, and continues to press other evidentiary objections.
- If Judge Graf finds probable cause the case will proceed to arraignment and trial planning, and prosecutors have indicated they will seek the death penalty based on an aggravator that the shooting endangered people at a large campus event.