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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 17 September 2025
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Tyler Robinson’s first court appearance sees him charged with first degree murder. But while the FBI was still circulating grainy surveillance images, the 22-year-old Robinson joined in on mocking the shooting in a Discord group chat. And now investigators are probing a possible accomplice. Terrorism charges dismissed against UHC CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione. Lil Nas X checks into rehab. Drew Nelson reports.
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now. |
| 0:03.1 | Charlie Kirk suspects sick jokes after the shooting that claimed the life of Kirk. |
| 0:11.8 | Are others in on the murder plot? |
| 0:15.1 | Did he have help? |
| 0:16.7 | Straight out to Drew Nelson for more. |
| 0:20.2 | Nancy, Tyler Robinson's first court appearance, Tuesday afternoon, sees him charged with first-degree murder. |
| 0:26.1 | But while the FBI was still circulating grainy surveillance images, the 22-year-old Robinson joined in on mocking the shooting in a discord group chat. |
| 0:35.0 | According to the New York Times, an acquaintance tagged him with one of the |
| 0:38.0 | photos and wrote WIA, where you at, with a skull emoji. Robinson quickly replied that it was his |
| 0:45.0 | doppelganger trying to, quote, get me in trouble. When another user joked, quote, Tyler killed Charlie, |
| 0:51.3 | four exclamation points. Robinson quipped back that the group should only turn |
| 0:55.6 | him in for the FBI reward, quote, if I get a cut. He went on to say he, quote, better also get |
| 1:02.1 | rid of this manifesto and exact copy rifle I have lying around. In another message, he even claimed, |
| 1:08.1 | quote, I'm actually Charlie Kirk, wanted to get out of politics, so I faked my death. Now I can live out my dream life in Kansas. Now investigators are probing a possible accomplice. The U.S. Sun reports that FBI agents are reviewing doorbell camera footage showing a man walking through a neighborhood near Utah Valley University minutes after the |
| 1:28.9 | shot was fired. The man who appeared to be talking on a cell phone about the shooting has raised |
| 1:33.7 | concerns that Robinson might not have acted entirely on his own. Officials have publicly said |
| 1:39.1 | they believe he was the lone gunman, but they also stress that, quote, all lines of inquiry are ongoing. |
| 1:45.6 | Charlie Kirk, age 31, was hosting the first stop of his American comeback tour when the |
| 1:50.8 | sniper's bullet struck his neck. It just begun a campus debate series organized by |
| 1:55.8 | Turning Point USA, the group he co-founded at 18. Kirk was one of President Trump's closest allies, earning a |
| 2:03.1 | reputation as a so-called kingmaker in Republican politics. Robinson was identified two days later |
| 2:09.3 | after his father recognized him in the FBI photos and turned him in. He's being held without bail. |
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