What's next for investigators & prosecutors in Charlie Kirk shooting case

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 13 September 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Utah County Attorney prepares to file formal charges against the suspect accused of killing right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk - what to expect. Then, urgent pleas to turn away from the politics of rage as the country grapples with a violent week. Plus, graphic images of Kirk’s assassination circulate online, raising new fears on the influence of social media, particularly on children. Peter Baker, Vaughn Hillyard, Kristy Greenberg, Jim Cavanaugh, Brandy Zadrozny, and Bryan Schott join The 11th Hour this Friday night.

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0:00.0	Tonight, the hunt for a suspect ends.
0:03.8	A 22-year-old college student is in custody, accused in the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
0:10.0	Then a nation challenged after a violent youth in America, urgent pleas to lower the temperature and turn away from the politics of rage.
0:18.0	Thus, as graphic images of Kirk's assassination spread online, new fears about the influence
0:24.0	of social media as the 11th hour gets underway on this Friday night.
0:34.5	Good evening once again.
0:36.2	I am Stephanie Ruhl, and it is day 236 of the second Trump administration. It has been an overwhelming, challenging, difficult, emotional week. So let's take a deep breath together and break down all that's happened and why it matters. After a day and a half search, authorities say they have caught the suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk.
0:58.9	22-year-old Tyler Robinson from Utah is in custody this evening.
1:03.6	The county attorney plans to file official charges early next week.
1:07.8	Investigators say it was his family that turned him in.
1:11.6	My colleague Morgan Chesky lays out how it happened.
1:14.9	Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We got him.
1:18.5	Tonight, after a manhunt that lasted just 33 hours, police say they've caught the suspect
1:23.4	who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
1:26.5	22-year-old Tyler Robinson arrested for suspicion of aggravated murder and other charges.
1:32.3	Authorities say his family turned him in.
1:34.7	A family member of Tyler Robinson reached out to a family friend who contacted the Washington
1:40.3	County Sheriff's Office with information that Robinson had confessed to them or implied
1:45.3	that he had committed the incident. Law enforcement sources tell NBC News that family member was Robinson's
1:51.7	own father who contacted a family friend, identified as a minister, and that's when local sheriffs were
1:57.6	alerted. Robinson lives in Washington County, Utah, and is currently a student at Dixie Technical
2:02.9	College, where he's in the Electrical Apprenticeship Program.
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