Tyler Robinson, the shooting suspect, arrived on the campus of Utah Valley University on Wednesday at 8:29 a.m. in a gray Dodge Challenger, wearing a plain maroon T-shirt, light-colored shorts and a black hat with a white logo, as seen in surveillance videos, Cox said.
When Washington County investigators approached the suspect this morning, Cox said he was wearing a similar outfit. Messages from the shooting suspect later reviewed by investigators indicated he had changed outfits.
Investigators interviewed a member of the man’s family, who said he had become more political in recent years. The person said Robinson recently told them that Kirk was coming to UVU and the pair discussed how they didn’t like Kirk and the viewpoints he held.
Officials also interviewed Robinson’s roommate, who showed investigators a number of Discord messages from the suspect, including ones that said he needed to get a rifle from a drop point and another about leaving that rifle in a bush, Cox said.
There were also messages that referred to the suspect watching the spot where he had left the rifle after Kirk’s shooting and that the rifle was wrapped in a towel, which is how officials found it yesterday.