Overview

• Defense attorney Kathryn Nester requested additional time to review what both sides described as voluminous evidence and said she will not waive the preliminary hearing.
• Judge Tony Graf scheduled an Oct. 30 proceeding to determine probable cause on aggravated murder and related counts that include firearms charges and alleged domestic terrorism.
• Prosecutors have charged Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder and stated they will seek the death penalty, which Utah law allows by lethal injection with a firing squad alternative.
• Authorities cite a recovered rifle, DNA linking Robinson to the weapon, a note describing intent, and messages in which he allegedly admitted the shooting to a roommate.
• Prosecutors say Kirk was killed by a single rifle shot fired from a rooftop near Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, and Robinson surrendered about 33 hours later with his parents at a sheriff’s office.