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Prosecutters in Utah have charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with

aggravated murder and other crimes for the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Authority seeking the death penalty is MPR's Bobby Allen reports.

Prosecutors say Robinson targeted Charlie Kirk over his political views.

Utah City Attorney Jeff Gray

says Robinson shot and killed Kirk from a roof of a campus building 160 yards away from where

Kirk was speaking before a crowd of some 3,000 at Utah Valley University. Charlie Kirk was murdered

while engaging in one of our most sacred and cherished American rights.

Gray says Robinson had started to lean more left wing and became more pro-gay and

trans rights oriented in recent months. Robinson was romantically involved with his roommate,

a man transitioning to a woman. Officials say a note that he left for the roommate before the

shooting read, I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I'm going to take it.

Bobby Allen, NPR News.

FBI Director Cash Patel appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, pushing back against questions about his handling of the Charlie Kirk investigation and the firings of veteran FBI officials who claim

they were dismissed for political reasons. Terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione, the man

charged in the murder of United Health Care Executive Brian Thompson, had been dropped. As NPR's Quill

Lawrence reports. The Manhattan Supreme Court judge wrote there wasn't evidence for terrorism charges against

the 27-year-old Mangione. The charge of second-degree murder stands for last December's killing of

United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson. The 50-year-old father of two was in Midtown Manhattan for an

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