Dr. Grande Re-Examines the Ammunition Inscriptions and the Possible Motive Behind Charlie Kirk's Killing

[00:00] Hello, this is Dr. Grande. Today I will

[00:02] offer an update on the case of Charlie

[00:04] Kirk. I'll look at a brief background of

[00:07] this case because I just covered it.

[00:09] Then I'll offer an updated timeline of

[00:10] the crime and an updated analysis.

[00:13] Charlie Kirk was a conservative

[00:15] political activist and social media

[00:17] influencer. He vigorously supported

[00:19] Donald Trump and had many controversial

[00:21] views. Some people described Charlie as

[00:24] divisive while others viewed him as

[00:26] promoting an open dialogue about

[00:29] challenging issues. He often debated

[00:31] students during events at college

[00:33] campuses. He even founded an

[00:35] organization called Turning Point USA

[00:37] which promoted conservative ideals to

[00:40] college students. Now moving to the

[00:42] timeline of the crime. On September 10,

[00:44] 2025, as the first stop in his American

[00:48] comeback tour, 31-year-old Charlie Kirk

[00:51] was speaking at Utah Valley University

[00:54] in Oram, Utah. Some students at the

[00:56] university circulated a petition to

[00:58] prevent his appearance, looking to deny

[01:01] Charlie his right to free speech.

[01:03] Ultimately, they were unsuccessful, and

[01:06] the event moved forward as planned. With

[01:08] 3,000 people in attendance and minimal

[01:11] security, Charlie sat under a tent and

[01:14] had discussions with various members of

[01:16] the audience. At about 12:22 p.m., after

[01:19] talking with an audience member about

[01:20] transgender mass shooters, Charlie Kirk

[01:23] was struck in the neck by a bullet. He

[01:26] jerked backward and blood poured from

[01:29] his neck. Charlie was mortally wounded.

[01:31] He would later be pronounced dead. A

[01:34] gunman had fired the fatal shot from the

[01:36] university's low center 425 ft away.

[01:41] Video surveillance captured the shooter

[01:43] running across the rooftop of this

[01:44] building, jumping to the ground and

[01:47] running away. Investigators learned that

[01:49] a gunman arrived at the building at

[01:51] about 11:52 a.m. The authorities

[01:54] released images of the alleged assassin.

[01:56] He was wearing sunglasses, a black hat,

[01:59] and a black shirt. In a wooded area not

[02:02] far from the Losi center, the police

[02:04] found a Mouser 98 bolt-action rifle

[02:07] chambered in 30 odd 6. The weapon was

[02:10] wrapped in a towel. A few inscriptions

[02:13] were found on the ammunition. These

[02:15] messages were described in an ATF

[02:17] bulletin as consistent with transgender

[02:20] and anti-fascist ideologies. Now that

[02:23] the exact content of the inscriptions

[02:25] has been released, it's not exactly

[02:27] clear what the transgender component is.

[02:30] I'll talk more about that in my

[02:31] analysis. Late on September 11, 2025,

[02:35] the day after the shooting, a

[02:36] 22-year-old Washington, Utah resident

[02:39] named Tyler James Robinson allegedly

[02:42] admitted to his father that he had

[02:44] killed Charlie Kirk. This happened after

[02:47] his father recognized him from images

[02:50] released by the FBI. Tyler indicated

[02:52] that he would rather bring an end to his

[02:54] own life than turn himself in. His

[02:57] father convinced him to speak to a

[02:58] friend who worked for the US Marshall

[03:01] Service. Tyler was arrested at about 11

[03:04] p.m. on charges of aggravated murder,

[03:06] felony discharge of a firearm, and

[03:09] obstruction of justice. The authorities

[03:11] said that they examined video

[03:13] surveillance that captured a man in a

[03:15] Grey Dodge Challenger drive onto the

[03:18] Utah Valley University campus at 8:29

[03:21] a.m. on the day of Charlie's murder. The

[03:24] clothing the driver was wearing matched

[03:26] the clothing that Tyler was wearing at

[03:28] the time of his arrest. And Tyler drove

[03:31] a gray Dodge Challenger. The authorities

[03:34] believe that Tyler climbed onto the roof

[03:36] of the Losi Center, changed his

[03:38] clothing, shot Charlie Kirk, fled the

[03:42] area, then changed back into his

[03:45] original clothing. The police spoke to a

[03:47] roommate of Tyler who told them that

[03:49] Tyler posted a joke on Discord. The

[03:52] messages containing this joke were

[03:54] examined. Tyler discussed retrieving a

[03:57] rifle, wrapping it in a towel, hiding it

[04:00] in a bush, and monitoring the area where

[04:02] the rifle was hidden. At the time I'm

[04:05] making this video, Tyler Robinson is

[04:07] working his way through the criminal

[04:09] justice system. The authorities

[04:10] indicated that he worked alone in the

[04:12] murder of Charlie Kirk and he may face

[04:14] the death penalty if convicted. Now,

[04:17] moving to my analysis, here are my

[04:19] thoughts on a few areas that stood out

[04:21] to me in this case. Item number one. At

[04:24] this point, not much is known about

[04:25] Tyler Robinson, but here's the

[04:27] information that is currently available.

[04:29] Tyler was born on April 16, 2003, and

[04:32] lived in Washington, Utah with his

[04:34] father, Matt, his mother, Amber, and two

[04:37] younger brothers. They lived in a

[04:39] six-bedroom, 3200 ft house valued at

[04:43] $630,000.

[04:45] Tyler's father, Matt, is a 27-year

[04:47] veteran of the Washington County

[04:49] Sheriff's Department. Tyler was never a

[04:52] student at Utah Valley University, where

[04:54] the shooting occurred, but he did attend

[04:56] Utah State University in 20121 for one

[05:00] semester. He had been awarded a 4-year

[05:03] scholarship to that school. Family and

[05:05] friends of Tyler noticed that he had

[05:07] become more political lately. At a

[05:09] recent dinner, he mentioned that Charlie

[05:11] Kirk was coming to Utah Valley

[05:13] University. He explained why he didn't

[05:16] like Charlie. Tyler was described as

[05:18] full of hate and spreading hate. Item

[05:22] number two. Based on an ATF bulletin,

[05:25] the Wall Street Journal reported that

[05:26] the inscriptions made on the ammunition

[05:28] found in the Mouser 98 were consistent

[05:31] with transgender and anti-fascist

[05:34] ideologies. Let's take a look at the

[05:36] content of these inscriptions and see if

[05:38] this was an accurate assessment by the

[05:41] ATF. The first inscription reads,

[05:44] "Notices bulges ow. What's this?" This

[05:49] is a meme from the online furry and

[05:51] anime communities. Furries are people

[05:54] who have an interest in animals with

[05:55] humanlike traits. Some of them dress up

[05:58] in animal costumes. A small subset of

[06:01] furries combine this behavior with

[06:04] sexual activity, which has garnered them

[06:06] a disproportionate level of media

[06:09] attention. Most furries do not fall into

[06:12] this category. The notices bulges meme

[06:15] indicates exaggerated surprise in a

[06:18] sexualized tone, like someone being

[06:21] taken off guard after seeing a bulge

[06:23] caused by male genitalia. It is often

[06:26] used to troll furries and transgender

[06:29] people online. Arguably, this meme can

[06:33] be connected to the transgender

[06:34] community through this mechanism, but

[06:36] there's nothing about it that shows an

[06:38] alignment with the transgender ideology.

[06:41] It's not what a transgender person would

[06:43] leave behind to reveal their political

[06:46] beliefs. The second inscription reads,

[06:48] "Hey, fascist catch." This one seems

[06:52] pretty clear. This aligns with

[06:54] anti-fascist rhetoric, suggesting the

[06:56] shooter believed that Charlie Kirk was a

[06:58] fascist and that he should catch the

[07:01] projectile. The third inscription is

[07:04] also clear. It reads, "Oh, Bella Chow,

[07:07] Bellachow, Bella Chow, Chow Chow." This

[07:10] refers to an Italian folk song promoted

[07:12] by anti-fascist resistance fighters

[07:15] during World War II. It has become an

[07:17] anthem of some members of the left and

[07:19] the extreme left. The fourth inscription

[07:22] reads, "If you read this, you are gay. L

[07:25] M AO." This is essentially a juvenile

[07:29] taunt, perhaps meant as a crude joke. It

[07:32] does not appear to be connected to the

[07:34] transgender ideology. This inscription

[07:36] is consistent with being immature and

[07:38] offensive rather than being a political

[07:41] statement. Based on these inscriptions,

[07:43] which I presume represent all the

[07:45] inscriptions found on the ammunition,

[07:48] it's not clear what the transgender

[07:50] component is supposed to be. The notices

[07:52] bulges meme is used in reference to the

[07:55] transgender ideology, but not as a way

[07:57] of promoting it, rather as a way of

[07:59] mocking it. What was the ATF referring

[08:02] to? It's possible they misinterpreted

[08:04] the notices bulges meme and connected

[08:06] that with Charlie Kirk's opposition to

[08:09] the transgender ideology. It made sense

[08:12] to them that whoever killed him may have

[08:14] adopted this ideology. A one minute

[08:17] internet search could have cleared this

[08:19] up for them. Although some of these

[08:21] memes can be difficult to understand at

[08:23] first glance, they are used

[08:25] inconsistently and their meanings can

[08:27] change somewhat over time. Tyler

[08:30] Robinson, if he is in fact guilty, may

[08:33] have been motivated by Charlie's

[08:34] opposition to the transgender ideology.

[08:37] But in my opinion, there's nothing

[08:39] supporting that theory from the

[08:40] ammunition inscriptions which have been

[08:43] released. The ATF would have been better

[08:45] off simply revealing the exact content

[08:47] of the inscriptions rather than offering

[08:49] their interpretation.

[08:52] Item number three, if the inscriptions

[08:54] on the ammunition accurately revealed

[08:56] Tyler's intent, then one could argue

[08:58] that his belief that Charlie Kirk was a

[09:00] fascist was a motivating factor in the

[09:03] murder. It's not clear if it's really

[09:05] that simple because Charlie maintained a

[09:07] number of controversial positions, any

[09:09] one of which could have aggravated

[09:11] Tyler. Here are just a few of them.

[09:13] Charlie was opposed to the LGBT

[09:15] community. He was a supporter of Donald

[09:17] Trump and helped him to get elected

[09:19] president. Charlie spread misinformation

[09:22] about CO and the effectiveness of the

[09:24] COVID vaccine. He falsely claimed that

[09:26] fraud cost Donald Trump the 2020

[09:29] presidential election. Charlie wanted to

[09:32] end the separation of church and state,

[09:34] saying, "You cannot have liberty if you

[09:36] do not have a Christian population." He

[09:39] promoted the great replacement theory.

[09:42] And he described Martin Luther King Jr.

[09:45] as an awful person. There's no question

[09:48] that Charlie had strong opinions that

[09:50] rubbed many people the wrong way. Tyler

[09:52] could have latched on to one or more of

[09:54] these opinions to construct his

[09:57] homicidal motive. In my first video

[09:59] about this case, I explored the theory

[10:01] that the gunman, who had not yet been

[10:03] identified, was motivated by Charlie

[10:06] Kirk's opposition to the transgender

[10:07] ideology. After the ammunition

[10:10] inscriptions were released, I think it's

[10:12] much more likely he was motivated by

[10:14] Charlie's alleged connection to fascism.

[10:17] Tyler made a reference that could be

[10:18] connected to the transgender ideology,

[10:20] but it was far from definitive. His

[10:23] references to fascism, however, were

[10:25] clearly stated. This case is in the

[10:28] early stages as far as the

[10:29] investigation. So, who knows what might

[10:31] come up, but at this point, it does not

[10:33] look like the ATF correctly interpreted

[10:36] the inscriptions. Item number four. What

[10:39] do I think happened in this case? This

[10:41] is just a theory. My opinion, Tyler

[10:43] Robinson may have been motivated by his

[10:45] belief that Charlie Kirk was a fascist.

[10:48] This belief may have been based on

[10:50] Charlie's statements and the fact that

[10:52] many on the extreme left refer to

[10:54] conservatives as fascists. Tyler grew

[10:57] angry at Charlie and came to believe

[10:59] that something had to be done about the

[11:01] freedom of speech. He decided to kill

[11:04] Charlie in order to silence him. Tyler

[11:07] had stumbled upon a way to express his

[11:09] own narcissism. He wanted to be regarded

[11:12] as a hero despite not having

[11:14] accomplished anything meaningful in his

[11:16] life. In his mind, if he could kill

[11:18] Charlie, Tyler could save the world from

[11:20] fascism, a concept he probably did not

[11:24] understand at all. He was simply taking

[11:26] the word of the extreme left without

[11:28] having any idea what they were referring

[11:31] to. Tyler was gullible and

[11:33] impressionable, latching on to the hate

[11:35] of the extreme left. Tyler added some

[11:38] more of his own and carried out the

[11:40] assassination. In my original video on

[11:43] this topic, I talked about how unusual

[11:45] it was for the killer to leave his rifle

[11:47] behind. If he was going to abandon it

[11:50] anyway, why not just leave it on the

[11:52] roof? The Discord messages allegedly

[11:54] sent by Tyler add clarity on this issue.

[11:57] Apparently, he believed his rifle would

[11:59] not be recovered by the police. Tyler

[12:02] intended to retrieve it later. He really

[12:05] had no understanding of the scope of

[12:07] this investigation. Now, moving to my

[12:09] final thoughts. There has been a lot of

[12:11] concern over how some people on the far

[12:13] left have been celebrating Charlie's

[12:16] death. They argued that he deserved to

[12:18] be murdered because he promoted values

[12:20] they found offensive. Essentially, this

[12:23] group is saying that political violence

[12:25] can be used to save democracy, which of

[12:28] course is not true. They believe it will

[12:30] change the political landscape because

[12:32] there will be no opposing opinions

[12:34] expressed. These extremists claim to be

[12:37] anti-fascist. Yet, it is the far-left

[12:40] who wants to destroy democracy. A

[12:42] society where people can be killed based

[12:44] on how they use their freedom of speech

[12:46] cannot function or thrive. Under that

[12:49] system, who gets to decide the criteria

[12:52] for execution? Only the extreme left or

[12:55] does everyone have a vote? Those who

[12:58] celebrate Charlie's death are really

[13:00] advocating for a civil war, a descent

[13:02] into a free-for-all to see who can kill

[13:05] more people, where ideology is enforced

[13:07] with bullets instead of conversations.

[13:10] This type of political violence reveals

[13:12] the narcissism of the far left, which to

[13:15] be fair exists on the far right as well.

[13:18] At the extremes of the political

[13:20] spectrum, people do not want to debate.

[13:23] Rather, their desire is to win at any

[13:25] cost. They justify murder by claiming

[13:28] their targets are going to destroy the

[13:30] world when in reality it is the

[13:32] extremists who pose the greatest threat.

[13:36] Through Charlie's death, he was able to

[13:38] point directly at those who pose the

[13:40] greatest risk to freedom. Those are my

[13:44] thoughts on the case of Charlie Kirk.

[13:46] Thank you so much for watching. I'll

[13:47] talk to you soon.