Kash Patel Confirms DNA Evidence Match in Kirk Assassination, Reveals Details of Note

The FBI director says the suspect wrote that he had the ‘opportunity to take out’ Kirk and was ‘going to take it.’

A police mugshot of Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the fatal shooting of U.S. conservative commentator Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, in this photo released by the Utah Department of Public Safety on Sept. 12, 2025. Utah Department of Public Safety/Handout via Reuters

DNA evidence matching that of Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer was found at the crime scene, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Monday.

Tyler Robinson, the suspect arrested for the Sept. 10 assassination of the conservative Christian influencer at Utah Valley University, also left a note indicating that he expressed that he had an opportunity to kill Kirk, Patel said.