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PROVO, Utah — <\/span>A weeklong preliminary hearing concludes Friday for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Prosecutors aim to show they have enough evidence against Tyler Robinson to proceed to a trial.<\/p>\n The 23-year-old Robinson is charged with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 assassination of Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.<\/p>\n As a preliminary hearing continues for the alleged shooter of Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson, prosecutors are showing more video.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Robinson’s lawyers plan to call a final witness as they try to raise doubts about the prosecution’s case. The defense has previously challenged the reliability of ballistics tests on a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body and fought the release of a recorded interview with Robinson’s roommate, Lance Twiggs, as well as chat room messages Robinson wrote on Discord.<\/p>\n People have been lining up early – sometimes sleeping outside the doors overnight – in hopes of getting a wristband for a seat in the courthouse this week. Only 14 wristbands are given out each day, on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n Chris Palmer, the court’s director of security, warned Thursday morning that tents and other camping supplies won’t be allowed as people seek a seat for the final day of the hearing Friday. He also warned against jumping in line or saving spots for someone else.<\/p>\n Earlier in the week, court security said it discovered some people had bought colored wristbands to try to sneak in.<\/p>\n One of Tyler Robinson’s attorneys, Michael Burt, tried to inject doubt into the prosecution’s case by challenging the reliability of ballistics tests on a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body.<\/p>\n Authorities sought to tie the fragment to the suspected murder weapon, but the results were inconclusive.<\/p>\n “Saying anything but inconclusive was inappropriate,” said Samantha Karner with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.<\/p>\n The defense earlier in the week had questioned the reliability of DNA evidence that investigators said linked Robinson to the scene. Experts say the science behind DNA testing is sound.<\/p>\n Robinson’s attorneys plan to have a second person from ATF testify Friday.<\/p>\n The prosecution ended its presentation Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n After testimony in the preliminary hearing ends Friday, State District Judge Tony Graf will rule whether prosecutors have shown enough evidence to proceed to trial. But a decision from Graf won’t come immediately.<\/p>\n Attorneys on both sides say they’d like the benefit of seeing the court transcript of the preliminary hearing and want to submit written briefs before Graf weighs in.<\/p>\n That will take weeks to play out. Graf set oral arguments on the evidence presented in the preliminary hearing for Sept. 1.<\/p>\n Graf tends not to make immediate rulings.<\/p>\n The video in the player above is from a previous report.<\/em><\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2026 by The Associated Press. 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Defense tries to sow doubt about ballistics evidence<\/h2>\n
Testimony in five-day preliminary hearing wraps Friday<\/h2>\n