Tyler Robinson hearing delayed months in Charlie Kirk shooting case

Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old alleged killer accused of shooting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk during a court appearance on the Utah Valley University campus last month, will no longer show his face in a Provo courthouse during an in-person hearing scheduled for later this week.

Robinson is scheduled to appear in court Monday for a virtual appearance where he will also not show his face, according to court officials. The judge is expected to rule on motions to allow him to wear street clothes in court and to bar cameras from proceedings, but his tentatively scheduled preliminary hearing has been pushed back until January.

Robinson’s defense was already expected to request more time at the now-canceled Oct. 30 hearing.

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This split image shows alleged killer Tyler James Robinson, left, and victim Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, right. (Office of Governor Spencer Cox; AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

In Utah, preliminary hearings can be delayed for several months in cases involving serious crimes, sometimes up to a year, Skye Lazaro, a Salt Lake City-based defense attorney, told Fox News Digital earlier this month.

The hearing gives the defense an opportunity to cross-examine witnesses and force prosecutors to present evidence to the court establishing probable cause to file charges for the alleged crime.

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Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an event in Utah. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via Reuters)

Robinson faces a major charge of aggravated murder, which carries the death penalty.

He is accused of climbing onto the roof of a campus with his grandfather’s .30-06 Mauser and shooting Kirk once in the neck.

Tyler Robinson appears virtually in a Utah court on September 16, 2025 to face charges in the murder of Charlie Kirk. (Utah State Courts)

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Authorities have previously claimed to have found the alleged murder weapon with his DNA on it and incriminating text messages in which he allegedly admitted the crime to friends and family.

They also have video from campus security that allegedly shows him coming and going before and after the murder. Additional evidence against him is expected to emerge during the preliminary hearing, once it takes place.