Overview
- On Tuesday, prosecutors played previously unseen campus surveillance that an investigator said shows a person believed to be Tyler Robinson climbing to a rooftop, lying in a prone position and leaving as the fatal shot was fired.
- FBI and state lab testing was presented linking DNA on a towel used to wrap a bolt‑action rifle found in nearby woods to Robinson and his roommate, and investigators say the rifle had a single spent round.
- Prosecutors introduced an alleged note and texts in which Robinson reportedly said he had an opportunity to “take out Charlie Kirk” and targeted Kirk because he had “had enough of his hatred.”
- Defense lawyers repeatedly objected to the public airing and reliability of key evidence and to hearsay from a recorded interview with Robinson’s roommate, while Judge Tony Graf allowed the compilation video but barred an enhanced, zoomed version from the livestream.
- The weeklong preliminary hearing will decide whether there is probable cause to send Robinson to trial on aggravated murder and other charges and whether an aggravator tied to endangering bystanders will keep the death penalty available, with appeals over evidentiary rulings likely to affect timing.