People have been lining up early — sometimes sleeping there overnight — in hopes of getting a wristband that will allow them access to the courtroom. The 14 coveted seats reserved for the public are first come, first served. (AP video: Ty ONeil)
What to know:A weeklong preliminary hearing will conclude Friday for the man accused of the killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Prosecutors are aiming to show that they have enough evidence against Tyler Robinson to proceed to a trial.The 23-year-old Robinson is charged with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 assassination of Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus, for which prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.Robinson’s lawyers plan to call a final witness as they try to raise doubts about the prosecution’s case. The defense has previously challenged the reliability of ballistics tests on a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body and fought the release of a recorded interview with Robinson’s roommate, Lance Twiggs, and chat room messages Robinson wrote on Discord.
Defense tries to sow doubt about ballistics evidence
An image of a bullet casing engraved with the words "Hey Fascist!" is displayed during a preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, who is accused in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, at the Fourth District Courthouse in Provo, Utah, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Spenser Heaps, Pool)
