Debunking conspiracy theories, including the alleged Charlie Kirk assassin’s own flippant Discord remarks, FBI Director Kash Patel announced Monday morning that Tyler Robinson’s DNA was found on the towel wrapped around the weapon found in the woods.
“I can report today that the DNA hits from the towel that was wrapped around the firearm, and the DNA on the screwdriver are positively process for the suspect in custody,” Patel said in a televised interview Monday morning.
The towel-wrapped rifle was found in the woods where security cameras showed the shooter fleeing after jumping off the campus roof. The screwdriver was left in the sniper’s nest atop the Utah Valley University building, where he fired the fatal shot into Kirk’s neck.
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