Overview

• Utah County District Attorney Jeff Gray filed seven counts, including aggravated murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and committing a violent crime in the presence of a minor.
• Gray submitted formal notice that the state will pursue the death penalty, initiating a capital prosecution under Utah law.
• Robinson appeared by video for his first court session, was ordered held without bail, and Judge Tony Graf set a Sept. 29 scheduling hearing and appointed a public defender.
• Prosecutors say forensic tests found Robinson’s DNA on the rifle trigger, a towel used to wrap the weapon, and a screwdriver left on the rooftop, and they cite a note recovered under his keyboard stating an intent to kill Kirk.
• Authorities also point to digital messages, including a Discord post saying “It was me at UVU yesterday” and texts to his roommate about being “tired of [Kirk’s] hate,” while the FBI reviews a private Discord group and a parent helped identify Robinson and the rifle.