Utah’s governor says that Kirk’s alleged shooter does not cooperate with the authorities

Governor Spencer Cox, R-UTAH, said Sunday that the suspect of the shooting that killed the activist to the conservative Charlie Kirk is not cooperating with the authorities.

“He has not confessed, to the authorities. It is, he is, he is not cooperating, but, but, but all the people around him are cooperating. And I think that is, that is very important,” said Cox Raddatz of “This Week” of ABC News. “

The authorities identified the alleged Kirk shooter as Tyler Robinson, 22, who now remains in custody. The charges are expected to be formally on Tuesday, Cox said.

Cox was also asked about a New York Times Sunday report that claimed that Robinson had communicated with others in Discord after the shooting. The Times reported that Robinson had joked about being the supposed armed man.

ABC has not confirmed the messages.

“All we can confirm is that those conversations were definitely happening, and they didn’t believe it was really him. It was, everything was joking until he, you know, until he admitted that he was actually him,” he said.

The governor of Utah, which has been the public face of the investigation, also confirmed Saturday’s reports that the suspect fellow is making the transition from men to women.

“We can confirm that his room partner was really a boyfriend who is making the transition from, from man to woman. That is, that is the information that the FBI had mentioned yesterday. We can confirm that too. And that, with that he is cooperating, with authorities too,” he said.

However, officials have not yet identified a reason in the murder.

While Cox had previously told the Wall Street Journal that Robinson was “deeply indoctrinated with the leftist ideology,” when Raddatz asked if the researchers discovered evidence to support that statement, the governor said that “until now, that has emerged from his acquaintances and his family members.”

When asked if the researchers have discovered evidence to show that Cox replied: “Well, so far that, that comes from their acquaintance and their family members. Hence that initial information.

Cox said that more developments will arrive in the next few days and urges Americans to choose kindness at a time of high political tension.

“These are very tragic circumstances that impact us all,” Cox said.

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