22 -year -old Tyler Robinson, arrested for the assassination of Charlie Kerk, is still not talking to the authorities, but as the Washington Post reveals, he confessed to friends in a online conversation on the Discord platform.
“Hello guys, I have bad news for all of you. I was at UVU yesterday (Utah Valley University). I’m sorry for all this »mentioned a message on Discord, a snapshot that the Washington Post saw.
According to the report, this message was sent on Thursday night, about two hours before authorities announce his arrestwhile Discord also handed a copy of the message to the authorities with its confession, according to a source that is aware of the subject.
The message was sent by Robinson’s account to a Small private group of friends onlinethe source said.
Discord works closely with FBI and local authorities, providing information on the suspect’s online activities, while the platform stresses how became internal investigation And there is no proof that the 22 -year -old planned the murder through Discord or promoted violence through it.
It is recalled that Robinson was arrested last week after 33 hours of a manhunt, accused of killing one of the country’s most prominent conservative activists at an event at Utah Valley University.
Authorities reported that a member of family of contacted with a friendwho then informed the authorities, saying that Robinson had confessed or implied that he had committed the crime.
Utah Governor, Spencer Cox, said in a statement on the weekend that the motivation Robinson’s is still being investigated And how the suspect seems to have had a “leftist ideology”. Officials say that their interviews show that Robinson had become “more politicized»In recent years and criticized Kerk.
In the Discord conversation, which was seen by the Washington Post, it seems that members of the group conversation reacted In the attack on Kerk, before it is known that Robinson is allegedly involved. About 30 people participated in the group conversation.
“Charlie Kerk was shot‘he said a message.
‘I just saw the video, fucking’; He wrote another user about 1.5 hours later, adding to Kerk: “It was not worth gone so, it is sad“
THE Robinson replied the next dayannouncing “bad news”, as he wrote.
‘I will be delivered through a serial friend in a few minutes’continued the message, published at 7:57 pm Local time in Utah. “Thanks for all the beautiful moments and laughs, you were all wonderful, Thank you all for everything“
Robinson was detained at 10 pm That night, according to FBI director Ms. Patel.
In Robinson’s message no one responded that night, but the next day a friend of his friend commented that the his confession seems to have been True.
This person asked team members to “Pray for Tyler and his repentance” and then referred to Kirk writing:
‘Although Charlie Kerk’s policy was not accepted by someI ask all of us to We pray for him and his family In these difficult times ».
As the Washington Post notes, the New York Times released a debate that took place earlier in another Discord conversation group.
In it, Robinson He jerked that his “salvation” was trying to put him in troubleafter the authorities published photos of a suspect of a shot that looked like him.
Cox confirmed the existence of this conversation on Sunday and said that the 22 -year -old’s friends did not believe that he was the killer.
Source :Skai
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