Utah authorities charged the 22-year-old suspect in conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s killing, Tyler Robinson, with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, and obstruction of justice, according to an affidavit released Friday. In Utah, aggravated murder carries a maximum penalty of death.

Robinson had been arrested early Friday morning after a family friend contacted authorities. According to Utah Governor Spencer Cox, Robinson was identified by CCTV on scene at Utah Valley University on the day of the shooting. Cox said that engraved bullets found at the scene featured antifascist inscriptions such as “hey fascist, catch” and references to the Italian Partisan song “Bella Ciao.”

Cox called Kirk’s shooting a “political assassination” and

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