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   Authorities are investigating whether Tyler Robinson, suspected of   
   killing Charlie Kirk, believed Kirk's views on gender identity were   
   "hateful" to people like Robinson's transgender roommate, six sources   
   familiar with the case tell Axios.   
      
   Why it matters: Investigators believe Robinson's anger at Kirk's views   
   could be a key to establishing a motive for the slaying of the   
   controversial activist whose death sent shockwaves through American   
   politics.   
      
   Each of the six sources familiar with the investigation told Axios that   
   investigators believe Robinson had a romantic relationship with his   
   roommate.   
      
   Zoom in: Axios' sources said investigators initially wanted the   
   information about the roommate's gender identity kept quiet because that   
   person is being "extremely cooperative" with authorities.   
      
   The roommate was "aghast" at the slaying when speaking to investigators   
   and shared electronic messages sent by Robinson, one of the sources   
   said. "That's what happened? Oh my God, no," the roommate said,   
   according to the source. "Here are all the messages."   
      
   The phone messages indicated a sender listed as "Tyler" had mentioned   
   that after the shooting, he had wrapped his rifle in a towel and stashed   
   it in some bushes near Utah Valley University, where the shooting   
   occurred, Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday during a news conference.   
      
   "Tyler" also told the roommate in writing that the rifle would have to   
   be retrieved, Cox said.   
      
   Between the lines: Federal and state law enforcement officials also are   
   examining leftist groups in Utah to see whether they had knowledge of   
   the alleged shooter's plans beforehand, or if they lent material support   
   to him afterward.   
      
   One of those groups eliminated its social media profile after the   
   shooting, Axios has learned.   
      
   The motive and political ideology of Robinson, 22, are subjects of   
   intense online debate. Some conservatives have insisted he's an unhinged   
   leftist. Liberals have pushed back by pointing to Robinson's   
   conservative upbringing in Utah.   
      
   In a Daily Mail interview Friday, family matriarch Debbie Robinson said   
   the family supports President Trump's MAGA movement.   
      
   "Most of my family members are Republican, she said. "I don't know any   
   single one who's a Democrat."   
      
   Family members have told reporters that Tyler Robinson had become "more   
   political" in recent years, and had expressed interest in Kirk's visit   
   to the Utah Valley campus in Orem, Utah.   
      
   Cox said a Robinson family member had told investigators that the   
   accused shooter recently had a conversation in which someone said Kirk   
   "was spreading hate and was full of hate." But it was unclear from Cox's   
   remarks who actually made that statement.   
      
   LGBTQ activists have criticized media outlets for erroneously reporting   
   in the hours after the shooting that a bullet casing from the scene   
   included a message related to transgender people.   
      
   Zoom out: Kirk, who toured college campuses and challenged progressive   
   students to debate him under a tent that said "Prove Me Wrong," was an   
   outspoken opponent of gender-affirming surgeries for minors and   
   transgender athletes competing in women's sports.   
      
   What they're saying: "It's pretty clear that Robinson's roommate knew a   
   lot and didn't say anything after the killing, so they're a person of   
   interest officially and are cooperating," a second official said. "We   
   want to keep it that way."   
      
   "What we want to know is if anyone else had knowledge [of the shooting],   
   before or after," that source said.   
      
   https://www.axios.com/2025/09/13/kirk-suspect-transgender-roommate   
      
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