Suspected Kirk shooter kept viewing ‘dark’ Internet

WASHINGTON (AP):

Family and friends of the 22-year-old who is accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk described his politics as veering left in recent years, and spent large amounts of time scrolling the "dark corners of the Internet", according to Utah Governor Spencer Cox on Sunday.

Investigators were still piecing together information about the suspect, Tyler Robinson, and are not yet ready to discuss a potential motive. But Cox noted that Robinson, who is not cooperating with law enforcement, disliked Kirk and may have been "radicalised" online.

"There clearly was a leftist ideology," Cox said on NBC's Meet the Press, citing interviews with Robinson's relatives and acquaintances. He pointed to references found engraved on the ammunition used to kill Kirk, which included anti-fascist and meme-culture language. Court records show that one bullet casing had the message, "Hey, fascist! Catch!" Cox stressed on several Sunday morning news shows, however, that investigators are still trying to pin down a motive for the attack on Kirk, a father of two and Trump confidant who was killed Wednesday while on one of his signature college speaking tours at Utah Valley University. The governor said more information may come out once Robinson appears in court on Tuesday.