Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating conservative influencer Charlie Kirk earlier this month, appeared virtually in court on Sept. 29 for a largely procedural hearing during which the judge said he may attend the next hearing in person.
Robinson, 22, has been charged with aggravated murder, two counts of obstruction of justice, a felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, two counts of witness tampering, and commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child. The murder charge carries the death penalty, prosecutors have said.
Kirk was shot to death on Sept. 10 while speaking with students at Utah Valley University. Prosecutors allege Robinson shot Kirk in the neck with a bolt-action rifle from the roof of a nearby building on the campus in Orem, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City….