Prosecutors say Tyler Robinson is charged with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 Utah Valley University shooting. Investigators point to alleged text messages to Robinson’s partner, Lance Twiggs (also known as Luna), and a note found under a keyboard that reportedly confessed the act. Robinson has not yet entered a plea.
Days later, Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Kirk’s widow, Erika, calling Kirk a visionary and posthumously praising him as a hero while the criminal case continues to move forward.