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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Charlie Kirk’s Suspected Killer Is in Custody, Authorities Say

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Two days after Kirk's assassination in Utah, law enforcement has arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. Gov. Spencer Cox explains some of the evidence, including messages on the bullet casings found at the scene. Cox also appeals to young Americans to change the country's politics, calling social media "a cancer on our society," as students hold campus vigils for Kirk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:17.6

From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:23.6

Police arrest a 22-year-old man as the accused shooter who assassinated Charlie Kirk

0:29.8

at a public debate on a Utah college campus this week.

0:33.1

As Governor Spencer Cox details the evidence so far gathered messages on the bullet casings,

0:39.2

while also rising to the occasion in calling for a better form of politics.

0:44.9

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

0:48.6

We're joined today by my colleagues on the editorial page,

0:52.4

editorial board members Kate Batchelder, Odell, and Manet Uwe Barua.

0:56.9

We got him. That's how Utah Governor Spencer Cox began his news conference on Friday, announcing

1:03.5

that police had detained and arrested Tyler Robinson, 22 years old, as the suspect in the fatal

1:10.1

shooting of Charlie Kirk, Utah man.

1:13.7

Some reports now filtering out about his background saying that he had a strong academic record,

1:18.8

scholarships to attend Utah State University, but dropped out after one semester voter registration

1:26.1

records saying he was unaffiliated with any party and was inactive,

1:31.0

meaning he probably had not voted in at least two general elections.

1:35.5

Let's listen to a bit of that conference.

1:37.5

This is Governor Spencer Cox detailing what they have learned about Tyler Robinson.

1:43.2

Investigators noted inscriptions that had been engraved on casings found with the rifle.

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