This story was originally published by the WND News Center.

The suspect arrested for this week's assassination of conservative voice Charlie Kirk, 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson, is facing multiple charges, including a murder count that could bring on discussion of the death penalty.

The charges were announced Friday against Robinson, who did not have a previous criminal record, to include aggravated murder, felony discharge of a weapon causing serious bodily harm and obstruction of justice.

The official listing of the charges isn't expected until next week.

But it is the murder count that could result in an option for the death penalty, according to a report at the Washington Examiner.

Authorities said Robinson was arrested after family members called police, after he "either confessed or implied that he assassinated Kirk."

The Examiner explained, "Authorities said Robinson had become increasingly political in recent months. At one point, he argued with family members about Kirk at the dinner table, saying he was 'full of hate and spreading hate.' Robinson also mentioned Kirk was coming to Utah Valley University and objected to his presence on campus."

Robinson is accused of engraving political and gender-ideology messages on the bullet casings found in the gun.

And authorities noted that Robinson's roommate showed investigators Discord app messaging outlining what Robinson allegedly did with the murder weapon, a rifle found in a wooded area near the shooting scene.

The report said the messages involved "a need to retrieve a rifle from a drop, leaving the rifle in a bush, messages related to visually watching the area where a rifle was left, and a message referring to having left the rifle wrapped in a towel."