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The man arrested in the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in the United States is not cooperating with authorities, but investigators are working to establish a motive for the shooting by talking to his friends and family.
Utah governor Spencer Cox on Sunday said the accused gunman, Tyler Robinson, 22, would be formally charged on Tuesday. He remains in custody in Utah.
Investigators have yet to piece together why Robinson allegedly scaled a rooftop at Utah Valley University during an outdoor event and shot Kirk in the neck at long range on Wednesday last week.
Charlie Kirk, sitting down and speaking into a microphone he's holding. There is a large crowd of people watching him.

Charlie Kirk was fatally shot by a rifle during his speech at Utah Valley University. Source: Getty / Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune

The killing ushered in newfound fears of a spike in political violence in the US and an ever-deepening divide between the left and the right.

Robinson has not confessed to investigators, Cox told the ABC in the US.

“He is not cooperating, but all the people around him were cooperating, and I think that’s very important,” the Republican governor said.

Cox said that Robinson’s roommate, who was also a romantic partner, had been “incredibly cooperative” with authorities, citing the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Robinson, who is in his third year of the electrical apprenticeship program at Dixie Technical College, a branch of Utah’s public university system, was captured at his parents’ residence, located roughly 420 kilometers southwest of the incident site, following a 33-hour pursuit.
Relatives and a family friend alerted authorities that he had implicated himself in the crime, Cox said previously.
While Robinson was raised by religious parents in a deeply conservative region of the state, “his ideology was very different than his family,” Cox said on Sunday on an NBC program.

State records show Robinson was a registered voter but not affiliated with any political party.

A relative told investigators that Robinson had grown more political in recent years and had once discussed with another family member their dislike for Kirk and his viewpoints, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.
Robinson was “not a fan” of Kirk, Cox said on Sunday.
An affidavit filed by authorities in the case described these messages.
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