Discord platform confirms message to friends from suspect, 22, who will be arraigned on Tuesday
The 22-year-old suspect in the killing of the rightwing provocateur Charlie Kirk last week appeared to take responsibility for the fatal shooting in a message to friends on Discord, the chat platform has confirmed.
“Hey guys, I have bad news for you all,” said a message from an account allegedly belonging to the suspect, Tyler Robinson, mere hours before his arrest the day after Kirk’s killing on 10 September at Utah Valley University (UVU). “It was me at UVU yesterday. i’m sorry for all of this.”
The messages were first reported by the Washington Post on Monday. CBS News then reported a Discord spokesperson then confirmed the messages.
The news of the messages surfaced as Robinson was expected to appear in a Utah court on Tuesday to face formal charges that could include capital murder, which is punishable by the death penalty.
