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BumRushDaShow

(160,900 posts)
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 07:07 AM Sep 14

After Kirk's Killing, Suspect Joked That His 'Doppelganger' Did It

Source: New York Times

Sept. 13, 2025, 8:20 p.m. ET


The day after Charlie Kirk was killed, an acquaintance of Tyler Robinson’s posed a question to him in a group chat. The F.B.I. had just released two grainy surveillance images of a skinny young man in a cap and sunglasses walking in a stairwell on the Utah Valley University campus, and had asked for the public’s help in identifying the suspect.

Tagging Mr. Robinson’s username on Discord, a messaging platform, the acquaintance attached the images and wrote “wya” — where you at? — with a skull emoji, suggesting that Mr. Robinson, 22, looked like the man being sought. Mr. Robinson replied within a minute. His “doppelganger,” he wrote, was trying to “get me in trouble.” “Tyler killed Charlie!!!!” another user wrote, apparently in jest. That was on Thursday afternoon, around 1 p.m. local time. It was not until later that night, nearly 34 hours after the shooting, that Mr. Robinson was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the assassination of Mr. Kirk, 31, a conservative pundit whose killing has inflamed the political world.

The Discord messages were the clearest glimpse yet of the suspect’s demeanor in the hours after the killing. They were shared with The New York Times by someone who knew Mr. Robinson in high school and has kept up with him in the group chat — which includes about 20 people — but said he had not seen Mr. Robinson in person for several years. He spoke on the condition that his name not be used, fearing harassment for being an acquaintance of the suspect.

The Times independently verified that the person who shared the screenshots attended high school with Mr. Robinson, and found other indications that they knew one another. The screenshots were shared at the request of The Times. Discord declined to confirm Mr. Robinson’s username, but it matches several other accounts that he used elsewhere online.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/kirk-killing-suspect-online-chat.html?ref=oembed



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After Kirk's Killing, Suspect Joked That His 'Doppelganger' Did It (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 14 OP
Post removed Post removed Sep 14 #1
Do you have any proof? 58Sunliner Sep 14 #6
Doesn't sound like a joke, sounds like mental illness, possibly schizophrenia Blues Heron Sep 14 #2
What indicates mental illness or schizoprehnia here? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 14 #12
The murder Blues Heron Sep 14 #13
Does every murder indicate mental illness? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 14 #17
In a sense, yes. Murder is a breakdown. This guy though, talked about his split personality- the doppelgnger Blues Heron Sep 14 #18
A doppelganger is not a split personality. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 14 #19
It is if your doppelgnger just committed murder but it was actually you Blues Heron Sep 14 #20
A doppelganger is someone who looks like you but isn't related. You cannot be your doppelganger WhiskeyGrinder Sep 14 #21
That's awesome bro Blues Heron Sep 14 #22
;-{) Goonch Sep 14 #3
His younger brother sporting his "Virginity Rocks" hoodie wolfie001 Sep 14 #4
AI and grainy pictures.... Lovie777 Sep 14 #5
I got a wonder if Tyler would have killed Charlie Farmer-Rick Sep 14 #7
Approaching 150 yards. A pretty good shot. paleotn Sep 14 #8
I don't think Trump's shooter parents took him to the shooting range LeftInTX Sep 14 #10
There were 14 guns in the Crooks' home and father had sold Crooks the AR-15 he used wishstar Sep 14 #14
OK. I was wrong then. LeftInTX Sep 14 #16
NYT: "...a conservative pundit whose killing has inflamed the political world." Username1234 Sep 14 #9
It was a little unnerving soldierant Sep 14 #11
Several popular movies and TV shows have used doppelgnger reference, very common wishstar Sep 14 #15
Come to think of it ReRe Sep 15 #23

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Blues Heron

(7,629 posts)
18. In a sense, yes. Murder is a breakdown. This guy though, talked about his split personality- the doppelgnger
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 07:21 PM
Sep 14

Blues Heron

(7,629 posts)
20. It is if your doppelgnger just committed murder but it was actually you
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 07:40 PM
Sep 14

I’m sure he’s perfectly normal though

WhiskeyGrinder

(25,739 posts)
21. A doppelganger is someone who looks like you but isn't related. You cannot be your doppelganger
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 07:49 PM
Sep 14

wolfie001

(6,234 posts)
4. His younger brother sporting his "Virginity Rocks" hoodie
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 07:55 AM
Sep 14

The f6cked up world these rePUKes fester in.

Lovie777

(20,495 posts)
5. AI and grainy pictures....
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 08:22 AM
Sep 14

videos, schools around the country need better cameras. Billions of dollars wasted in this administration.

Farmer-Rick

(12,081 posts)
7. I got a wonder if Tyler would have killed Charlie
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:05 AM
Sep 14

If Tyler's father had not trained his son so well at shooting and had weapons so readily available in the home. The family had shooting days on their vacations. The kid was well trained.

A well armed and trained murderer is more dangerous than one who has no access to weapons and is not trained on their marksmanship.

But then this is what Charlie wanted for everyone, access to lots of weapons, not necessarily trained well.

paleotn

(20,947 posts)
8. Approaching 150 yards. A pretty good shot.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:16 AM
Sep 14

And what sick, demented nut job has "family shooting days" on vacations? I knew Utah, outside of Salt Lake, was a bit off kilter, but Jesus. That's a mental illness. Nothing more.

LeftInTX

(34,006 posts)
10. I don't think Trump's shooter parents took him to the shooting range
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 11:55 AM
Sep 14

I remember him hiding some of his shooting activities/purchases from his parents.

wishstar

(5,782 posts)
14. There were 14 guns in the Crooks' home and father had sold Crooks the AR-15 he used
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 06:31 PM
Sep 14

that's according to FBI director Wray. Crooks had joined a rifle club and when he took the AR-15 on morning of the shooting he had told his father he was going target practicing at the range. When he never returned home many hours after he should have come back, father contacted law enforcement after hearing about the shooting at rally and fearing it was his son.

Username1234

(21 posts)
9. NYT: "...a conservative pundit whose killing has inflamed the political world."
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 11:05 AM
Sep 14

Fixed: "... a conservative pundit whose killing was opportunistically used by the right to inflame the political world, only to later discover he was of their own homegrown Republican gun nuts."

soldierant

(8,965 posts)
11. It was a little unnerving
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 05:45 PM
Sep 14

to hear that a very right-winger even knew the word "doppelgänger" (even without the umlaut) - until I looked it up the check where the umlaut went and learned that, without it, the word also refers to a (presumably online) game.

wishstar

(5,782 posts)
15. Several popular movies and TV shows have used doppelgnger reference, very common
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 06:36 PM
Sep 14

but the flippant remarks allegedly made by Robinson after the shooting indicate someone out of touch/unconcerned with real world consequences of his actions. Not too surprising his world was dominated by online activity since he allegedly had spent thousands of hours gaming and countless more hours on internet chats with his bros.

ReRe

(12,041 posts)
23. Come to think of it
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 04:12 AM
Sep 15

I'd be very interested in hearing about Charlie Kirk in HIS younger days.

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