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Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty in UVU Shooting

7/7/2026

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Robinson Faces Death

Prosecutors presented DNA, video and a handwritten note while seeking the death penalty at a five-day preliminary hearing in Provo.
Tyler Robinson, 23, faces charges for September 10, 2025 shooting of Charlie Kirk Utah Valley University, hearing beginning July 5, 2026.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he hopes Robinson receives the death penalty.
Judge Tony Graf must decide probable cause and, if found, bind Robinson for trial.

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Robinson Trial Begins

A judge permitted extensive news-camera coverage of the hearing despite the defense’s claim it would turn the trial into reality-TV.
Tyler Robinson, 23, is charged with murder for September 10, 2025 shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley; hearing underway in Provo.
Prosecutors presented surveillance video, ballistics analysis, DNA matches and a roommate’s recorded statement as evidence.
Robinson’s lawyers said the bullet-fragment test cannot definitively connect the recovered rifle to the killing.

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Center coverage noted that Judge Tony Graf must decide probable cause and, if found, bind Robinson over for trial, an institutional step not mentioned in Left coverage.
Center coverage also referenced a handwritten note presented as evidence, which was absent from the Left summary.

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Robinson Faces Death

Prosecutors presented DNA, video and a handwritten note while seeking the death penalty at a five-day preliminary hearing in Provo.
Tyler Robinson, 23, faces charges for September 10, 2025 shooting of Charlie Kirk Utah Valley University, hearing beginning July 5, 2026.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he hopes Robinson receives the death penalty.
Judge Tony Graf must decide probable cause and, if found, bind Robinson for trial.

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