Before leaving his dorm room for the last time, the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination allegedly left a note outlining his motive, according to investigators.
FBI Director Kash Patel said 22-year-old Tyler Robinson wrote to his roommate and transgender partner that he had one chance to “take out” Kirk before he got away for good. Patel added that forensic teams are working to recover evidence from the now-destroyed note.
“The written note did exist, and we have evidence to show what was in that note,” Patel said on Fox News. “‘I have the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it.’ That note was written before the shooting.”
Patel credited investigators’ “aggressive” interview tactics with Robinson, who remains under “special watch” in Utah and has otherwise refused to cooperate.
It is unclear whether the note was intended for Robinson’s roommate, whom relatives described as hostile toward conservatives and Christians but who has since provided evidence implicating Robinson in the assassination. Patel did not clarify whether the note was digital or physical, or how it was recovered.
Robinson, 22, has not yet been formally charged in Kirk’s killing. Officials said Robinson was in the process of transitioning from male to female when the shooting occurred. Gov. Spencer Cox announced Sunday that investigators believe Robinson embraced a “leftist ideology,” potentially reinforced by his relationship with his roommate.
A female relative of the roommate, who requested anonymity, told Fox News that the individual had grown increasingly hostile toward conservatives and Christians after turning 18. “He hates conservatives and Christians,” the relative said. “He hated us. He was not raised that way, but he, over the years, has become really detached [and] been radicalized.”
She noted that “he has obviously gotten progressively worse the last year or two,” adding that he’s “always very angry.”
