Overview

• Gov. Spencer Cox identified Tyler Robinson, 22, as the suspect and authorities say he confessed after his father and others recognized him in released photos.
• Messages on recovered casings included “Hey fascist! Catch!” with arrow symbols, “Oh Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Ciao, Ciao,” and “If you read this, you are gay LMAO.”
• A spent casing reading “Notices, bulges, OwO what’s this?” was found in a rifle recovered in woods near Utah Valley University, alongside three unfired rounds bearing other inscriptions.
• Cox said the phrases align with internet memes and trolling language, tempering earlier reports that framed the engravings as explicitly transgender or ideological statements.
• No images of the inscriptions were released, and officials say the investigation and forensic analysis of the evidence are ongoing while Robinson remains jailed in Utah.