After the suspected shooter has been detained, the FBI held a press conference to report on the case and announce the next steps going forward. Spoiler: we, as leftists, are fucked.
Key points:
- The shooter is Tyler Robinson of Utah.
- His friend reported him to the FBI.
- Tyler's Discord messages have been used as evidence, as provided by his roommate.
- ~~Robinson has been reported to be getting increasingly political, and during dinner one day, he spoke about how Kirk was "full of hate".~~ UPDATE 4: Tyler did not say that.
- The casings do not contain any trans references. But they do have anti-fascist rhetoric (bella ciao and "notices bulges OwO" included) and symbols engraved in them.
- Tyler was taken into custody on September 11th, 10 PM local time.
- The investigation is still ongoing.
- One guy cried while speaking.
- Thousands of more leads of potential accomplices are being followed.
- No other arrests are known
- Tyler drove to campus on a car.
- It's not known if Tyler is mentally ill.
- The charging documents will be filed 3 days from now (September 16), then a preliminary hearing will take place.
(Added by LangleyDominos)
- Patel awkwardly trying to signal the Norse viking larp shit. "Charlie, I'll see you in Valhalla"
- Utah Governor Cox told everyone to log off and stop consuming rage bait, called social media a cancer, and that everyone should "touch grass" (his actual words).
UPDATES
Tyler Robinson's mugshot
Other sources:
BBC
New York Times
CNN
okay maybe an unpopular opinion but i feel like unless there's any actual confirmation that the guy was a groyper, we should just take the L and admit that the dude was a liberal at the very least. no point grasping at straws, although i sincerely hope that i'll be proven wrong.
Yeah he apparently wrote "Bella ciao" and "hey fascist catch" on the casings. Don't think any right wing adjacent person would do that. Unless it's a purposeful misdirection or trying in incite something.
This is my last hope, they do love their misdirection
Bella ciao in particular is pretty esoteric
Cox is getting weepy and sanctimonious right now on the press conference, but he's not mentioning the dude's politics AT ALL, that's a huge tell
completely incoherent politics just like 99.999% of americans