CHARLIE Kirk’s suspected killer Tyler Robinson was living with a transgender partner, it has been revealed.
The partner is yet to be identified but is now fully cooperating with the FBI on its investigation into the shooting of the conservative activist.
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Neighbours at a property Robinson shared with his partner confirmed to The Sun that he was living there with a roommate.
The Sun can reveal the 22-year-old suspect moved into a smart condo with a wreath on the door in a complex which includes a hot tub, swimming pool, fitness centre and walking trails.
The property is five miles from his family home, and there is a vehicle parked in the numbered space.
Sources told the New York Post that the partner was transitioning from male to female.
Text messages and other communications the transgender individual exchanged with Robinson reportedly helped cops catch the accused assassin.
It comes after authorities revealed on Friday that a “roommate” had helped the investigation by revealing messages from a contact named “Tyler”.
The same contact described bullet casings with similar “meme” messages found to those at the scene, and discussed the “need to retrieve a rifle from a drop point”.
Kirk, the 31-year-old Trump ally and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot in the neck on Wednesday while addressing students at Utah Valley University.
The last question he was ever asked was: “Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?”
Kirk was one of the most popular young conservative figures in America – and his death latest in a storm of political violence that has swept the US.
Utah governor Spencer Cox called the attack a “dark chapter” and a “watershed moment” for American politics.
And it comes off the back of shocking cases such as the attempted assassination of President Trump last July, and the killing of Democrat state rep Melissa Hortman.
With no official motive – both sides are now scrambling to distance themselves from college dropout Robinson as people try to piece together his politics.
But in the most definitive statement yet, Gov. Cox told the Wall Street Journal: “It’s very clear to us and to the investigators that this was a person who was deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology.”
The picture emerging of the assassin paints him as quiet and geeky – seemingly not someone who was overtly politically engaged.
Friends describe him as loving video games, spending time on Reddit, and at the press conference yesterday it was confirmed he used the chat service Discord.
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Tyler pictured with his dad, who helped police with their investigation
Robinson, 22, who was raised a Mormon, was taken into custody on Thursday night near his family home in southern Utah.
The shooting of Kirk was immediately dubbed a “political assassination” – and quickly saw Trump and his allies rage against the “radical left”.
The former student comes from a Trump-supporting family and had a conservative and gun-loving upbringing, but one pal said he was “left wing”.
And meanwhile messages he allegedly wrote on bullets have been linked to both anti-fascist causes and online meme culture.
The connections to the irreverent humour led some to speculate he could have been linked to the alt-right Groyper movement.
Robinson is being held without bail at Utah County Jail, expected to be charged with aggravated murder and firearms offences.
His own family told police he had become “more political” in recent years.
He had allegedly become more political in recent years
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