Prosecutors say Charlie Kirk murder suspect told roommate he regretted the killing

Overseas legal proceedings intensified as testimony continued in the preliminary hearing of Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old accused in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025.

On the fourth day of the hearing, prosecutors played an investigative interview with Lance Twiggs, Robinson’s former roommate and romantic partner, and displayed text messages between the two. The material allegedly shows that Robinson told Twiggs he cried at the apartment after the incident and expressed regret.

Robinson faces charges including aggravated murder but has not yet entered a plea. The state is presenting its evidence to a judge, who will decide whether the proof is sufficient to send the case to trial.

Given the nature of the charges, the proceeding is being watched as a possible death penalty case should it advance beyond the preliminary stage. The latest disclosures centre on Twiggs’s statements and the digital communications prosecutors say support their account of events tied to Kirk’s death.

The hearing is not a full trial but a procedural stage in which the prosecution must demonstrate it has adequate grounds to proceed. Evidence introduced so far has focused on witness interviews and message records. Robinson’s plea status remains unresolved as arguments and exhibits continue.

Twiggs’s role as both former roommate and romantic partner places his testimony at the centre of the state’s narrative about Robinson’s conduct after Kirk was fatally shot. Prosecutors are using that combination of spoken and written material to underpin the aggravated murder allegations now before the court.