Death Penalty Sought for Suspect in Charlie Kirk Murder Case Following Court Appearance

[00:00] Prosecutors intend to seek the death

[00:02] penalty against the 22-year-old accused

[00:04] of killing Charlie Kirk. The

[00:06] announcement comes after the suspect

[00:08] appeared in court for the first time

[00:10] today. Tyler Robinson faces seven

[00:13] counts, including aggravated murder.

[00:15] Investigators say Robinson's family

[00:18] convinced him to surrender to police in

[00:20] southern Utah. Officials say the

[00:23] roommate, who investigators believe

[00:24] Robinson was in a romantic relationship

[00:27] with, is cooperating, and he shared this

[00:30] exchange that happened after the

[00:32] shooting, where the roommate asked

[00:33] Robinson why he did it. And Robinson

[00:36] texted back, quote, "I had enough of his

[00:39] hatred. Some hate can't be negotiated

[00:42] out." End quote. And as we get new

[00:46] insight into a possible motive, nearly

[00:48] 2,000 people gathered tonight in

[00:50] Bradenton to denounce political

[00:52] violence. Our Chad Mills shows us the

[00:55] message this crowd has for the country.

[00:59] Well, if I had to put a number to it, I

[01:01] would say easily more than a thousand

[01:03] people gathered here in Bradenton to

[01:05] honor the life of Charlie Kirk. Most of

[01:07] them did not know him personally, but

[01:09] some of the people here did. He was

[01:12] kind, open-minded, a loving husband, a

[01:14] devoted father, and a very, very

[01:16] faithful friend.

[01:17] In the Globe, Candlelight, Kelly Walker

[01:20] told a huge vigilant Bradenton that even

[01:23] though her friend Charlie Kirk is gone,

[01:25] his legacy lives on here and across the

[01:27] country.

[01:28] Charlie's passing has only inspired us

[01:30] to fight harder in his honor.

[01:32] She was one of several friends of Kirk

[01:34] to address the huge crowd just days

[01:36] after the conservative thinker was

[01:38] assassinated at an event in Utah. He was

[01:40] a dear friend and he will be he will be

[01:42] sorely missed.

[01:44] Will Wit worked with Kirk at Turning

[01:46] Point USA, the group Kirk founded to

[01:48] bring more young people to the

[01:50] conservative movement. It was a Turning

[01:52] Point event during which Kirk was

[01:54] killed.

[01:54] If it wasn't for Charlie, I don't think

[01:56] the entire youth conservative movement

[01:58] would even be a thing at all.

[02:00] But it wasn't just friends of Kirk who

[02:02] gathered for this vigil. Florida's

[02:04] Lieutenant Governor did, too. How many

[02:06] of you have fought sadness, anger, maybe

[02:10] even rage over this? Anybody? You can be

[02:13] honest. But Jake Collins message was one

[02:16] of nonviolence.

[02:18] Remember the American people are all of

[02:22] our people. But we are not going to

[02:24] fight evil with evil. We are going to

[02:26] fight evil with god-fearing patriots

[02:29] stepping up and doing what's right.

[02:32] He and other speakers told the crowd to

[02:35] continue standing up for what they

[02:36] believe and that's what Sierra Mercer

[02:39] plans to do. She became a fan of Kirk

[02:41] only about a year ago.

[02:43] He was the turning point and his his

[02:44] death is also a turning point.

[02:46] This community feels a somewhat deeper

[02:48] connection to Charlie Kirk because his

[02:50] family owns a beach house in Longboat

[02:53] Key in Bradon. Chad Milts, Tampa Bay 28.