Documents given to Tyler Robinson’s lawyers reportedly share details of the bullet found in Charlie Kirk’s autopsy and the\u00a0rifle believed to have been used<\/a>\u00a0to kill the Turning Point USA founder.<\/p>\n Kirk<\/a>\u00a0was assassinated in\u00a0Utah<\/a>\u00a0last year and\u00a0Robinson<\/a>\u00a0later handed himself in to police.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old has since been charged with a series of\u00a0crimes<\/a>, the biggest being aggravated murder. Prosecutors are\u00a0seeking the death penalty<\/a>\u00a0for Robinson with this in mind.<\/p>\n Robinson and his lawyers are due in court in May for his preliminary hearing. Ahead of this, prosecutors are said to have given his legal team thousands of pages of documentation to review.<\/p>\n Tyler Robinson has been charged with the death of Charlie Kirk (Bethany Baker-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n As there’s such a huge volume of files to get through, they’ve asked that the hearing be pushed back. One person suggested that it may take them as long as six months to get through it all.<\/p>\n In part of the files includes a report by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It states that experts struggled to link\u00a0the bullet used to kill Kirk<\/a>\u00a0to the rifle Robinson allegedly used to carry out the murder.<\/p>\n Reports have suggested that the rifle \u2013 a Mauser model 98 \u2013 was owned by Robinson’s grandfather.<\/p>\n It’s believed that his lawyers will use this evidence to try and clear<\/p>\n Robinson’s name.<\/p>\n Addressing the reports, Steven Howard, a ballistics expert, said that being unable to link a bullet to a gun isn’t uncommon.<\/p>\n Kirk was a huge Trump supporter (JOSH EDELSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n He explained to the\u00a0Daily Mail<\/a>: “Rifles have so much velocity and therefore so much energy, that the bullets a lot of times damage themselves to the point that you can’t realistically match them up because they’re so damaged.”<\/p>\n Howard continued: “You can say, OK, it’s from this type of weapon because it’s got the right number of lands and grooves, and they’re basically the right width, it’s the right caliber.<\/p>\n “But after that, the bullet’s so damaged you can’t really line things up in a ballistic comparison microscope and match it.”<\/p>\n Bullets shot from rifles carry more energy in comparison to handgun bullets, which can cause it to fragment upon impact with soft tissues, bones, and so on, according to Howard, thus making it even harder to identify.<\/p>\n With this in mind, he suggested that the bullet in question ‘is damaged so much they can’t conclusively match it’.<\/p>\n Robinson is next due in court on April 17 for a hearing about the defense’s request to ban cameras from the courtroom.<\/p>\n Kirk was killed when he was shot in the neck while at a Turning Point USA debate in Utah (Trent Nelson\/The Salt Lake Tribune\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n Kirk was at Utah Valley University (UVU) for a scheduled event when, at 12:23pm,\u00a0he was shot in the neck<\/a>\u00a0by a single bullet. Footage at the event shows the podcaster slumped over before being carried in a car as the crowd erupts into panic.<\/p>\n According to footage released by authorities, the suspected shooter is seen jumping from the roof and fleeing. A Utah Department of Public Safety spokesperson later said that the person, who was reported to be wearing black tactical gear and a helmet, had fled into a nearby neighborhood after leaving the building.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump later confirmed Kirk\u2019s passing on Truth Social, writing: \u201cThe Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us.\u201d<\/p>\n At a press conference, authorities said they had discovered a bolt-action rifle wrapped in a towel, as well as some bullet casings with phrases like \u2018Hey fascist, catch!\u2019 and \u2018notices, bulges, OWO, what’s this<\/a>?\u2019<\/p>\n While appearing on\u00a0Fox and Friends<\/em>, Trump said a suspect was in custody: \u201cEssentially, someone that was very close to him turned him in.\u201d<\/p>\n Later on,\u00a0authorities announced Robinson\u2019s arrest<\/a>, who, according to investigators, had confessed to his father, leading to him calling a family friend, who then called the US Marshals, who detained the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n Kirk\u2019s widow, Erika, gave her first statement after her husband\u2019s passing, saying that his movement \u2018is not going anywhere\u2019.<\/p>\n She added: \u201cYou have no idea the fire you’ve ignited within this wife. 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<\/div>\nTimeline of events following Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n
September 10 – Day of the attack<\/strong><\/h3>\n
September 11 – Gun and engraved bullet casings discovered<\/strong><\/h3>\n
September 12 – Robinson\u2019s arrest announced<\/strong><\/h3>\n
September 16 – Charges against Robinson announced<\/strong><\/h3>\n