A Utah sheriff on Sept. 17 provided more details on the arrest of Charlie Kirk’s suspected assassin Tyler Robinson and said the suspect was fearful of being shot by law enforcement.
Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby said he was called by a retired law enforcement officer who had worked for him and knew Robinson’s family. He was told that the Robinson family wanted to get the suspect to voluntarily surrender, he added.
“During that phone call some information was provided about Tyler potentially having some suicidal ideations and was en route to a remote area in Washington County,” Brooksby told reporters in a news conference. “The parents convinced him not to do that and, you know, conveyed that they would stand by him and help him … surrender peacefully.”…