Tyler Robinson claimed in a text to his transgender partner that the firearm prosecutors say he used to kill Charlie Kirk functioned “just fine,” according to disturbing messages introduced in court Thursday.
In the exchange, Robinson, 23, allegedly told Lance Twiggs the rifle had belonged to his grandfather and initially expressed concern that police might connect its four-digit serial number to him, according to a message sent shortly after the Sept. 10, 2025, shooting.
The weapon was old, Robinson wrote, but “judging from today, I’d say grandpas gun does just fine,” prosecutors said the text read.
During Thursday’s court proceedings, prosecutors displayed messages between Robinson and Twiggs that they said also referenced Robinson abandoning the rifle.
The texts indicate Robinson later returned near the scene and waited in his car for about an hour, hoping for an opportunity to retrieve it.
“I had to leave it in a bush where I changed outfits. Didn’t have time to bring it,” Robinson allegedly wrote to Twiggs on Sept. 10.
Prosecutors said Robinson also urged Twiggs to delete the conversation, and the two discussed whether the rifle could be traced back to Robinson’s family.
