Charlie Kirk suspected killer made blasé brag to buddies simply FIFTY FIVE minutes earlier than conservative star was assassinated
The man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk bragged about his successes playing an online word game less than an hour before the conservative star was shot dead.
Tyler Robinson successfully completed a Wordle puzzle on September 10, the same day he allegedly killed Kirk, a friend told the Washington Post.
Wordle is popular daily puzzle game in which users try to guess a five-letter word in six attempts or less.
Robinson, 22, messaged a friend 55 minutes before shots rung out at Utah Valley University to brag that he had correctly guessed the word ‘pouty’ in just three tries.
The message featured his results, accompanied by a celebratory meme, the newspaper reported. Robinson’s friend, who admitted it took him five tries to guess the answer, replied with a celebratory meme of his own.
The alleged exchange was eerily timed and came after Robinson drove three hours from his home to the university campus and was making his way to the area where Kirk’s speaking event was being held, according to prosecutors.
His friends have also revealed how the accused murderer would ‘joke’ about Republican politicians ‘catching a bullet’ during drunk tirades, but claim they saw no indication that Robinson was violent.
Robinson is charged with aggravated murder among other offences. He is yet to enter a plea.
Tyler Robinson successfully completed a Wordle puzzle on September 10, the same day he allegedly killed Kirk, a friend has claimed. Robinson (pictured in court last week) allegedly messaged the friend 55 minutes before the shooting to brag that he guessed the word ‘pouty’ in three tries
Charlie Kirk is seen speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem on the day he was murdered
Robinson’s inner circle has identified him as having been radicalized by left-wing extremists, put claimed he provided no indication that he would kill Kirk.
‘He loved his guns, he loved his beer, he hated the government. That’s the impression that I got,’ a friend who regularly played card games with Robinson and his housemates told the Post.
The friend claimed that Robinson openly opposed Democrat and Republican politicians and though he was registered to vote, was not affiliated with any party.
He would drunkenly joke about right-wing politicians getting shot, but his friends dismissed the remarks as meaningless babble.
In the week leading up to the attack, Robinson maintained a semblance of normalcy, his friends recalled.
He regularly exchanged Wordle scores with the very friend he messaged 55 minutes before allegedly opening fire on Kirk. He offered that friend a listening ear earlier in the week when the friend needed to vent about a difficult living situation.
Robinson went to an in-person party with his high school friends and played games with his internet friends on Discord, the newspaper reported.
He even managed to a normal facade in the run up to his arrest, his friends alleged.
Charlie Kirk is seen here alongside his widow Erika and their two children. His wife has called for full transparency concerning Robinson’s trial
Robinson is seen here alongside his parents Amber and Matt Robinson in a post shared to social media. His friends have claimed that he had been radicalized by left-wing extremists, but claimed he provided no indication that he would carry out an act of violence
Robinson messaged his Wordle friend on Discord 80 minutes after the shooting and reportedly wanted to discuss the assassination.
He joined two other friends on a Discord voice call later that day – with the pair alleging it sounded like Robinson was outside and out of breath – and asked what they knew about the shooting, including Kirk’s condition.
‘He got hit pretty bad,’ Robinson told them of the shooting, one friend recalled. ‘I’m pretty sure he’s dead.’
Prosecutors have charged Robinson with aggravated murder in the September 10 shooting of Kirk. They plan to seek the death penalty.
He made his first in-person court appearance last Thursday as his attorneys pushed to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case.
Robinson – shackled at the waist, wrists and ankles – smiled at his parents and brother sitting in the front row. His mother teared up after he walked in and clutched a tissue throughout the hearing while his father took notes.
Robinson had previously appeared before the court via video or audio feed from jail.
His legal team says pretrial publicity reaches as far as the White House, with Trump announcing soon after Robinson’s arrest, ‘With a high degree of certainty, we have him’ and ‘I hope he gets the death penalty.’
Robinson made his first in-person court appearance last Thursday as his attorneys pushed to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case
Defense attorney Kathy Nester has raised concerns that digitally altered versions of Robinson’s initial court photo have spread widely, creating misinformation.
Some altered images show Robinson crying or having an outburst in court, which did not happen.
Lawyers for the media wrote in recent filings that an open court ‘safeguards the integrity of the fact-finding process’ while fostering public confidence in judicial proceedings.
Criminal cases in the US have long been open to the public, which the attorneys argued is proof that trials can be conducted fairly without restricting reporters.
Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk has called for full transparency in coverage of the trial, saying: ‘We deserve to have cameras in there’.
She also publicly forgave Robinson for allegedly killing her husband. The 22-year-old, who reportedly refused to answer questions during a video call with the Post, did not audibly react when he the newspaper’s reporter informed him of this.
Robinson is due in court again in January. A preliminary hearing, where prosecutors will lay out their case against him, is tentatively scheduled for the week of May 18.
