Tyler Robinson prosecutors: No DNA, no problem — pile of evidence to push Charlie Kirk case toward justice

Utah prosecutors accidental they are prepared to proceed with a preliminary proceeding against Tyler Robinson, the antheral accused of assassinating blimpish icon Charlie Kirk, without further DNA analysis, according to a caller tribunal filing.

The filing, made by prosecutors Friday, said that they don't request DNA grounds allegedly tying Robinson to the crimes successful bid to clasp the preliminary hearing, wherever much grounds is expected to beryllium produced.

"The State has antecedently proffered that it intends to present astatine the preliminary proceeding DNA grounds tying Defendant to the crimes charged successful the Information," prosecutors said successful their filing. 

"However, if the Court finds that the State’s instauration of that grounds astatine the preliminary proceeding warrants a continuance, the State is prepared—in the involvement of moving this lawsuit forward—to proceed with the preliminary proceeding arsenic scheduled without the DNA evidence. The State has made this determination aft concluding that the different grounds it intends to present is much than capable to found probable origin for bindover."

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Tyler Robinson appears successful Fourth District Court successful Provo, Utah, connected Dec. 11, 2025, charged with the execution of Charlie Kirk. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune)

A preliminary proceeding is scheduled for May 18, but Judge Tony Graf is expected to marque a ruling connected Friday astir whether the proceeding volition proceed arsenic planned oregon beryllium postponed.

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In precocious March, Robinson's attorneys asked Graf for a minimum six-month hold for the preliminary hearing.

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Robinson's attorneys said successful the filing that defence attorneys received much than 600,000 files from prosecutors during a gathering connected March 12, which they accidental volition instrumentality clip to review. The squad besides said that the find is not yet complete.

"Discovery successful this lawsuit is incomplete, voluminous, and the processing of it is complex," the defence squad wrote.

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Charlie Kirk, CEO of Turning Point USA, speaks connected signifier connected the archetypal time of the Republican National Convention astatine the Fiserv Forum successful Milwaukee, Wis., connected July 15, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Prosecutors successful an April 30 filing accused Robinson's defence squad of misleading the nationalist surrounding ballistics testing.

In a erstwhile filing, Robinson's attorneys claimed that "the ATF was incapable to place the slug recovered astatine autopsy to the firearm allegedly tied to Mr. Robinson."

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However, Deputy Utah County Attorney Christopher Ballard said the assertion was misleading and "misstated," which resulted successful wide media coverage.

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Tyler Robinson appears successful 4th District Court successful Provo connected Friday, April 17, 2026, during a proceeding related to the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune)

Ballard said Robinson's defence near retired captious discourse from the ATF report.

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"The ATF was incapable to place or exclude the slug arsenic having been fired from the rifle," Ballard wrote. "Defendant reinforced this misleading inference by pursuing it up with, 'the defence whitethorn precise good determine to connection the grounds of the ATF firearm expert arsenic exculpatory evidence.'"

In the ATF report's appendix, officials explained that "inconclusive" findings bespeak that it was "an examiner's sentiment that determination is an insufficient prime and/or quantity of idiosyncratic characteristics to place oregon exclude."

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Security astatine Utah Valley University is nether scrutiny aft the assassination of Turning Point USA laminitis Charlie Kirk. The pathway to the extortion of the Loose Center remains mostly unmonitored. (Stepheny Price/Fox News Digital/Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

Robinson faces aggregate charges aft helium allegedly killed Kirk connected Sept. 10, 2025, including aggravated murder. His charges are decease punishment eligible.

Fox News’ Michael Ruiz, Stepheny Price, Julia Bonavita and Peter D’Abrosca contributed to the report.