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Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect, Went From Scholarship Winner to Wanted Man

Tyler Robinson, the man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk, was a stellar student in high school, raised in a Republican home in Southwest Utah and training to be an electrician.

© Kim Raff for The New York Times

An officer entering the crime scene outside the apartment of Tyler Robinson, on Friday.
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The Young Men Who Saw Charlie Kirk as Their Champion

With his right-wing group Turning Point USA, Mr. Kirk engaged controversial topics. Some students were inspired. Others found his views appalling.

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Mr. Kirk, left, with Lara Trump, President Trump’s daughter-in-law, at a Turning Point USA event at North Carolina State University in 2019.
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