'Grandpa's rifle': Chat between assassination suspect, trans roomie released

 September 16, 2025

This story was originally published by the WND News Center.

Prosecutors in Utah working now on the case against Tyler Robinson, the alleged assassin of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk last week, have released copies of social media chat between Robinson and his transgender roommate.

The conversation released by Utah County District Attorney Jeffrey Gray was between Robinson and his "transgender (male) lover, Lance Twiggs."

Robinson: Drop what you're doing. Look under my keyboard.

Note under keyboard: 'I have the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I'm going to take it.'

Twiggs: What? You're joking, right?

Robinson: 'I am still okay, my love, but am still stuck in Oren for a little while longer yet. Shouldn't be long until I can come home, but I gotta grab my rifle still. To be honest, I had hoped to keep this secret until I died of old age. I am sorry to involve you.

Twiggs: You weren't the one who did it, right?

Robinson: I am. I'm sorry.

Twiggs: I thought they caught the person.

Robinson: No, they grabbed some crazy old dude, then interrogated someone in similar clothing. I had planned to grab my rifle from my drop point shortly after, but most of that side of town got locked down. It's quiet, almost enough to get out, but there is one vehicle lingering.

There's more:

Twiggs: Why?

Robinson: Why did I do it?'

Twiggs: Yeah.

Robinson: I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can't be negotiated out. If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence. Going to attempt to retrieve it again. Hopefully they have moved on. I haven't seen anything about them finding it.

Twiggs: How long have you been planning this?

Robinson: A little over a week, I believe. I can get close to [the rifle] but there is a squad car parked right by it. I think they already swept that spot, but I don't want to chance it.

Robinson: I wish I had circled back and grabbed it as soon as I got to my vehicle. I'm worried what my old man would do if I didn't bring back grandpa's rifle. IDEK if it has a serial number, but it wouldn't trace to me. I worry about prints. I had to leave it in a bush where I changed outfits. I didn't have the ability or time to bring it with. I might have to abandon it and hope that they don't find prints. How the F will I explain losing it to my old man? Only thing I left was the rifle wrapped in a towel."

Then Robinson delivers some specific instructions:

Robinson: Delete this exchange.

And he warned Twiggs not to talk to anyone or answer any questions.

Robinson, 22, now has been charged with capital murder and other counts that could result, if he is convicted, in the death penalty.

According to the Daily Caller News Foundation the suspect's mother told authorities that her son "had become more political and had started to lean more to the left – becoming more pro-gay and trans-rights oriented."

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