Tyler James Robinson, the Utah man charged with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, was in court in person for the first time on Thursday as attorneys were expected to argue about how much access the media can have in his criminal case.

Robinson, 22, walked in calmly with his hands handcuffed in front of him, wearing a blue button-up shirt and a pink tie. The media are barred from showing images of him shackled as he enters and exits.

His parents and brother were in the courtroom, and his mother wiped tears from her eyes as he was brought in. There were about nine deputies from the Utah County Sheriff’s Office in the courtroom, an unusual level of security.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tyler Robinson, accused in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, speaks

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