A bombshell report claims the bullet removed from Charlie Kirk‘s body did not match suspect Tyler Robinson‘s rifle.
Robinson, 22, is charged with capital murder in the shooting death of the 31-year-old Turning Point USA founder. Kirk was fatally shot by a sniper as he spoke to students at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025.
Robinson was turned over to police by his father, Matt, after he confessed to killing Kirk. Matt Robinson recognized the rifle seen in the images released by police.
The alleged murder weapon belonged to Matt’s father.
The prosecution said Robinson drove 3 hours from his home to the university to assassinate Kirk.
After allegedly shooting Kirk, Robinson slipped away by blending in with frightened college students fleeing the scene.
Authorities found the rifle wrapped in a towel and hidden in bushes near the crime scene.
Robinson’s defense team now claims forensics prove the bullet taken from Kirk’s body did not “identify” with the rifle.
However, the bullet was badly damaged and therefore it doesn’t have rifling marks left on bullets by lands and grooves inside the gun barrel as the bullet spirals through.
Both sides are still awaiting the full forensics report that has not been released yet.
Robinson later confessed to his roommate and to his own father that he shot Kirk.
Robinson’s text messages to his roommate place him at the crime scene.
Court documents show Robinson sent a text to his roommate revealing the murder weapon was the only evidence he left behind.
“If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence,” Robinson wrote. “Going to attempt to retrieve it again, hopefully they have moved on. I haven’t seen anything about them finding it.”
Robinson was concerned that his father might ask him about the rifle.
“I’m worried what my old man would do if I didn’t bring back grandpa’s rifle… idek [I don’t even know] if it had a serial number, but it wouldn’t trace to me,” he wrote in another text message. “I worry about prints I had to leave it in a bush where I changed outfits. didn’t have the ability or time to bring it with.”
“I might have to abandon it and hope they don’t find prints. how the f*** will I explain losing it to my old man… only thing I left was the rifle wrapped in a towel,” he wrote.
Robinson warned his roommate to delete their text messages.
