The man charged with murder in the slaying of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a public event at Utah Valley University in Orem last week admitted in a text message to his roommate on the day of the shooting that he had committed the crime, courts documents allege.

According to a criminal information document filed Tuesday by Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray, the roommate of 22-year-old Tyler Robinson questioned him about the incident in a text message exchange on Wednesday, Sept. 10, after the shooting had occurred earlier that day.

Prosecutors said Robinson first texted his roommate, whose name has not been released, to "drop what you are doing, look under my keyboard" at the apartment they shared in St. George, a city in southwestern Utah where Robinson is fr

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