Legal analyst calls for more arrests in Charlie Kirk assassination

OREM Utah - A legal analyst is calling for others to be charged after suspected killer Tyler Robinson was taken into custody Friday for allegedly assassinating Turning Point USA founder and conservative leader Charlie Kirk So Tyler Robinson was communicating with someone s on discord prior to and about the assassinat on sic of Charlie Kirk Phil Holloway reported on X Someone provided him with the rifle This means there were others involved That s a conspiracy More arrests need to be made Robinson was arrested late Thursday night in the small town of St George Utah WHO IS TYLER ROBINSON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK'S SUSPECTED ASSASSINDuring a press briefing Friday morning Utah Gov Spencer Cox announced Robinson allegedly discussed details of the crime with his roommate on the Discord app sending messages about stowing and retrieving a rifle from a drop point Holloway notified Fox News Digital that if a person was in contact with Robinson about the alleged crime and knew that he intended to commit the crime that person could be criminally liable But certainly if they were aware of the object of the conspiracy i e the murder then any co-conspirator who takes any affirmative act in that direction whether it's providing him the gun whether it's saying you got this you know like giving just words of encouragement could be enough because during a conspiracy the acts of one person are legally the acts of all co-conspirators he mentioned As of Friday morning Cox reported no additional arrests were expected However Holloway declared that functionaries should also be assessing how Robinson obtained the weapon which could also lead to charges against another person CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION TIMELINE OF UTAH CAMPUS SHOOTING DETAILS ATTACK MANHUNT FOR SUSPECT So let's say he got this gun and the person who sold it or gave it to him had no idea There might not be a conspiracy charge but there could be gun charges involved he mentioned Holloway noted that it is workable Robinson could have had someone else purchase a gun for him too a practice called a straw purchase If I go to a gun store and I buy a gun I fill out the paperwork in my name and then turn around and hand it to you that's illegal because that's called a straw purchase You can't use a straw man to make a gun purchase That's a very common federal firearm crime is making straw purchases So that's just one theoretical possibility that's going through my head Cox noted during the briefing that Robinson's family was involved in his surrender A family member of Tyler Robinson reached out to a family friend who contacted the Washington County Sheriff's Office with information that Robinson had confessed to them or implied that he had committed the occurrence he announced The -year-old Robinson allegedly climbed onto the roof of the Losee Center on the campus of Utah Valley University midday Wednesday and shot Kirk in the neck once from about yards away killing him Kirk hosting the first event of his America's Comeback tour at the time and was taking questions from attendees when the alleged assassin's bullet struck and killed him CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION DISPATCH AUDIO REVEALS SUSPECT IN BLACK TACTICAL GEAR CARRYING LONG GUNHe briefly attended Utah State University for a semester in but was in his third year at Dixie Technical College completing an electrical apprenticeship campaign according to the Utah Board of Higher Schooling He had received Utah State's highest scholarship the Resident Presidential Scholarship Family members explained investigators Robinson had become more political in latest years The family member referenced a up-to-date situation in which Robinson came to dinner prior to Sept Cox revealed In that conversation Robinson mentioned Charlie Kirk was coming to UVU They talked about why they didn't like him and the viewpoints that he had Investigators also spoke with Robinson s roommate Investigators interviewed that roommate who stated that his roommate referring to Robinson made a joke on Discord Cox explained The content of these messages included a need to retrieve a rifle from a drop point messages related to visually watching the area where a rifle was left engraving bullets and a message referring to having left the rifle wrapped in a towel Fox News' Sarah Rumpf-Whitten Michael Ruiz Julia Bonavita David Spunt and CB Cotton contributed to this account