1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm as Grace breaking crime news now straight 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: out to Nicole Parton for the latest Nancy. 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 2: Utah Governor Spencer Cox stated on Sunday that investigators are 4 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 2: still unable to disclose the motive behind the assassination of 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 2: political activist Charlie Kirk. Cox revealed that the suspect, identified 6 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 2: as Tyler Robinson twenty two, holds a left wing political 7 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: belief and Harvard animosity toward Kirk due to his conservative stance. 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 2: He noted that Robinson is currently uncooperative while in custody. 9 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 2: Clearly we see a leftist ideology at play, Cox commented 10 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 2: during an interview with NBC's Meet the Press. He elaborated 11 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 2: in a separate discussion on CNN's State of the Union, 12 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 2: mentioning that insights about the suspect's views were gathered from 13 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 2: his acquaintances and family. 14 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 3: We do know, and again this has been well publicized, 15 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 3: that this was a very normal young man, a very 16 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 3: art young man, four oh student I think at thirty 17 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 3: four on the A c T went to UH, went 18 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 3: to my alma mater. You tusted at university, but was 19 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 3: only there for a very short amount of time. I 20 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 3: dropped out after after less than one semester, and and 21 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 3: it seemed to happen kind of after that, after after 22 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 3: he had he had moved back to uh To to 23 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 3: the southern part of Utah. Clearly there was there was 24 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 3: a lot of gaming going on. 25 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: Uh. 26 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 3: Friends that have confirmed that there was kind of that 27 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 3: that deep dark internet, uh, the the reddit culture and 28 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 3: these these other dark places of the Internet where where 29 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 3: where this person was was going deep. And you saw 30 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 3: that on the on the casings. I think, I mean, 31 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 3: I didn't have any idea what the what those inscriptions 32 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 3: many of those inscriptions even meant, uh, but they are 33 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 3: you know, certainly the memification that is happening in our 34 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 3: society today. 35 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: Cox described Robinson as someone who has become radicalized, spending 36 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 2: time in various online communities. According to him, quote, there 37 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 2: has been significant engagement with online gaming and the darker 38 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 2: corners of the Internet, with friends indicating that he was 39 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 2: involved in communities associated with Redded and similar platforms. The 40 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 2: investigation is on going to uncover the motive behind the 41 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 2: attack that resulted in Kirk's death. As he spoke at 42 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 2: Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Cox also acknowledged reports about 43 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:31,119 Speaker 2: the suspect's partner being transgender, which some politicians have suggested 44 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 2: could relate to Robinson's motive against Kirk's anti transcendiments. Nevertheless, 45 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 2: authorities have not confirmed the relevance of this information to 46 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 2: their investigation. Cox stated quote the roommate was a romantic 47 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 2: partner transitioning from male to female, and emphasized that this 48 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 2: partner has been cooperating with law enforcement and was unaware 49 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 2: of the impending attack. Investigators have engaged with Robinson's family 50 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 2: and executed a solworn at their residence in Washington, located 51 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 2: approximately two hundred and forty miles from the university. While 52 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 2: Robinson is registered to vote, he is not affiliated with 53 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 2: any political party and is marked as inactive, indicating he 54 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 2: did not participate in the last two elections. His parents, 55 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 2: by contrast, are registered Republicans. The day following Kirk's assassination 56 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 2: and acquaintance of Robinson reached out to him in a 57 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 2: group chat. The FBI had just released surveillance footage of 58 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 2: a slim young man wearing a cap and sunglasses, seeking 59 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 2: help from the public to identify the suspect. In response 60 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 2: to being tagged in the chat with the images, Robinson 61 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 2: quickly replied, joking that the person in the video was 62 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 2: trying to quote get me in trouble. He looks like me. 63 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 2: This exchange occurred on Thursday afternoon, and it wasn't until 64 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 2: late that night, nearly thirty four hours after the shooting, 65 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 2: that Robinson was arrested on suspicion of being responsible for 66 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 2: Kirk's fascination. The Discord messages provide a revealing look into 67 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: Robinson's mindset Shortly after the incident. These messages were shared 68 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 2: with The New York Times by a former high school 69 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 2: acquaintance who has remained in contact with him through the 70 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: group chat, which includes about twenty members. The source requested 71 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 2: to remain anonymous to avoid backlash from being linked to Robinson. 72 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 2: The Times confirmed the acquaintance's high school connection to Robinson. 73 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 2: The screenshots were provided at the Times request. While Discord 74 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 2: did not verify Robinson's username, it aligns with other accounts 75 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 2: he has used online. Former friends described Robinson as highly intelligent, 76 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 2: engaged with current events, and spending significant time online or gaming. 77 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 2: After Robinson joked about the resemblance to the gunman, another 78 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 2: chat member suggested they could report him to collect the 79 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 2: one hundred thousand dollars reward offered by the FBI. At 80 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 2: that time, several media sources reported that the ammunition found 81 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 2: at the contained engravings related to transgender ideology. In reality, 82 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 2: the engravings included phrases like lyrics from an anti fascist 83 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 2: Italian folk song and a reference to a sexual meme. 84 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 2: Before the exact details of the engravings were made public, 85 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 2: Robinson communicated that he was closely monitoring the news. He said, 86 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 2: I heard the mo had something about trans stuff on it, 87 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 2: but they aren't releasing photos or exact quotes, he noted, 88 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 2: adding and also the claim wasn't backed by the official FBI. 89 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 2: Some dude in a briefing room, that's all he said. 90 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 2: After Robinson's arrest on Thursday night, members of the Discord 91 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 2: chat expressed disbelief over the accusations against him. One said, 92 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 2: our governor wants to give him the death penalty. Another remarked, 93 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 2: I truly can't distinguish if this is real or not. 94 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 2: Robinson remains in custody and is expected to appear in 95 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 2: court on Tuesday. According to the Utah Governor. 96 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: Nicole thank You more Private justice news. 97 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 2: After this, an actor was taken into custody after allegedly 98 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 2: shooting a woman in the face during a road rage 99 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 2: confrontation at a red light. The incident prompted a lockdown 100 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 2: in the surrounding area that lasted several hours. According to 101 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 2: New Jersey Police, they responded to the scene just after 102 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 2: one pm following reports of road rage that resulted in 103 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 2: a woman sustaining gunshot wounds to her face. Despite her injuries, 104 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 2: she was able to communicate with police and provided details 105 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 2: about a suspect identified as forty six year old Earnest Hines. 106 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 2: She described how Heines cut her off while she was merging, 107 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 2: and once they reached the traffic light, he allegedly shouted 108 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 2: threats at her and brandished a handgun. He then fired 109 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 2: at her face. Hines, who police confirmed as an actor, 110 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 2: reportedly fled onto the grounds of Stockton University, leading to 111 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 2: a shelter in place order for several hours. He was 112 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 2: later arrested at a nearby residence and faces charges including 113 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 2: attempted murder and aggravated assault. Our suspect remained silent throughout 114 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 2: the process, stated Captain d Espisoto. However, he fit the 115 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 2: description and we have numerous pieces of evidence linking this 116 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 2: man to the Crime Hines. IMDb profile notes his appearances 117 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 2: in films such as Ricky Christopher Nolan's The Prestige, and 118 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 2: most recently, he starred in a film with Leonardo DiCaprio. 119 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: For the latest crime Injustice news, go to crime Ononline 120 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: dot com and please join us for our daily podcast, 121 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: Crime Stories, where we do our best to find missing people, 122 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides. With this primal art, 123 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: I'm Nancy Grace.