“Had enough of his hatred”: Texts from alleged Charlie Kirk shooter revealed

Utah prosecutors revealed charges against the alleged killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday sharing texts they claim -year-old Tyler Robinson sent in the hours after the shooting In the document outlining the six felony counts and one misdemeanor Robinson faces state executives shared text messages allegedly sent by Robinson to his roommate In the dialogue in the document Robinson tells his roommate to look for a note which states his intention to kill Kirk He apologizes to his roommate and asks them to avoid speaking to the police without a lawyer I had enough of his hatred Particular hate can t be negotiated out Robinson allegedly wrote If I am able to grab my rifle unseen I will have left no evidence Robinson goes on to fret about losing his grandfather s rifle and describes the engravings on the shell casings discovered at the scene as mostly a big meme If I see notices bulge uwu on Fox News I might have a stroke he wrote Related Take away your freedom MAGA plots to use Charlie Kirk s death to go after the left Other snippets of the conversation suggest strain between Robinson and his dad who he claimed had become diehard MAGA since Donald Trump s electoral process Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Discipline The preponderance serious charge levied against Robinson is aggravated murder This capital felony carries a expected sentence of the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole If Robinson is exposed guilty of this charge the law requires a minimum sentence of years in prison Robinson also faces a related charge of discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury The sentencing of both of these charges could be enhanced if a judge finds that Robinson targeted Kirk for his political speech Prosecutors also charged Robinson with two counts of felony witness tampering over his alleged advice to his roommate to delete text messages and avoid speaking to police Read more about this topic This is who we are America s -year history of political violence Do it in Charlie s name Miller threatens to destroy left-wing NGOs following Kirk assassination They killed Charlie The right s rush to assign blame for Kirk s killing The post Had enough of his hatred Texts from alleged Charlie Kirk shooter revealed appeared first on Salon com