True Crime Rocket Science Uses On-Site Footage to Correct Fox News' Charlie Kirk Trajectory Graphic

[00:00] But this is about as clear-cut as it

[00:01] gets right here is you can't be better

[00:04] aligned than where the alleged shooter

[00:07] Tyler Robinson took the shot. I got

[00:09] nightmares in my head. I feel

[00:16] my minds.

[00:28] Hello and welcome to True Crime Rocket

[00:30] Science. In the last few hours, Fox News

[00:32] has provided a fairly slap dash rehash

[00:36] of the alleged assassin's movements

[00:38] prior to and after the assassination of

[00:41] Charlie Kirk. According to the article,

[00:43] Tyler Robinson's suspected path shows

[00:46] him entering and exiting campus at

[00:48] different points before he made contact

[00:51] with a police officer standing guard

[00:53] after the assassination of Charlie Kirk

[00:55] on September 10. in an encounter that

[00:58] places him at Utah Valley University

[01:00] without relying on cell phone records.

[01:03] That's according to court documents,

[01:05] crime scene video, and interviews with

[01:07] law enforcement sources. I do think

[01:09] that's quite important that we don't

[01:12] even need cell phone extraction data to

[01:15] prove Tyler Robinson was at the scene. I

[01:19] also saw that someone misreported that

[01:21] he was intercepted as he tried to

[01:23] retrieve his firearm. As I understand

[01:25] it, that is what he wanted to do. But he

[01:27] was intercepted because he was outside

[01:29] the perimeter that had been cordoned

[01:31] off. And he had that encounter simply

[01:33] because he asked to re-enter it with the

[01:36] explanation that he had fled the scene

[01:38] and had left something behind like many

[01:40] others had. Well, which of course he

[01:43] had, the firearm. According to the same

[01:46] article, Robinson arrived on campus

[01:48] wearing black around 11:51 a.m.,

[01:50] entering through a tunnel under Campus

[01:53] Drive after parking his Grey Dodge

[01:55] Challenger nearby, and walking by the

[01:58] Utah Valley Institute of Religion on his

[02:00] way to to the Losi Center at the heart

[02:04] of the campus. That's actually quite

[02:05] ironic as well that he was walking by

[02:08] the uh Institute of Religion. Of course,

[02:11] a lot of what this case involves is

[02:15] ideological differences. Strictly

[02:17] speaking, of course, that's not

[02:19] accurate. He arrived on campus for the

[02:21] first time. Did you know this? Tyler

[02:24] Robinson arrived on the campus for the

[02:27] first time wearing shorts and a maroon

[02:29] shirt as early as 8:29 a.m. local time,

[02:33] nearly 4 hours before the shooting.

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[02:54] started.

[02:55] >> Keep in mind, I am right above where

[02:56] Charlie Kirk was shot. It doesn't get

[02:59] much clearer of an angle than that.

[03:03] And like I said, it's really we're

[03:04] really just here to dispel the the crazy

[03:06] theories we are seeing online. I mean,

[03:09] it's getting to the point of where it's

[03:11] uncontrollable and I understand it.

[03:13] People don't trust the media. People

[03:14] don't trust the FBI and they have good

[03:16] reason not to.

[03:17] >> According to the New York Times,

[03:19] security camera footage reviewed by

[03:20] investigators showed the gunman wearing

[03:23] a different set of clothing than what he

[03:26] was seen wearing at the time of the

[03:27] shooting. Whereas according to Fox News,

[03:30] investigators retraced his movements

[03:32] with the help of the campus security

[03:34] camera network, a law enforcement source

[03:36] said. And just have a look at this very

[03:39] hanky graphic provided by Fox News. Fox

[03:43] News provides a really hammy graphic of

[03:46] the locations. Have a look at the red

[03:48] dot in particular for the snipers nest.

[03:52] Is it even in the right location? Let's

[03:54] have a look at what Taylor Hansen who

[03:56] was in situ what he says about that

[03:59] trajectory.

[04:00] >> And I see a lot of theories going around

[04:02] online. That's the main reason I'm here

[04:04] today about, you know, he was shot from

[04:06] behind. He was shot from the side over

[04:08] here. But people don't realize cuz

[04:11] they're looking at Google Maps and, you

[04:13] know, drone footage and other footage

[04:15] along those lines. They don't actually

[04:16] realize how close this was and the way

[04:18] that it was lined up. So, if you if you

[04:21] just look at the Losi center sign right

[04:23] here, that ladder directly above it,

[04:26] that's where the alleged shooter, Tyler

[04:28] Robinson, lay down with his rifle.

[04:30] >> Now, have a look at the red dot that Fox

[04:33] News uses for the sniper's nest. If you

[04:36] follow the black line trajectory, the

[04:39] trajectory actually cuts into the corner

[04:41] of a projecting building. Now, let's go

[04:44] back to what Taylor says. Can you see

[04:47] where that part of the building is

[04:49] jutting out

[04:50] >> above it? That's where the alleged

[04:52] shooter, Tyler Robinson, lay down with

[04:54] his rifle.

[04:55] >> Can you see it's directly above that

[04:56] little ladder? Well, one level above it

[04:59] and then also just misses that jutting

[05:02] edge of black roof. But the way that Fox

[05:05] depicts it, it's totally wrong. It

[05:07] actually shows it actually hitting into

[05:09] the roof. Clumsy effort. The New York

[05:11] Post doesn't do much better. They place

[05:13] a red descriptor flag right over that

[05:16] part of the trajectory where it would

[05:18] have actually hit the roof. This is the

[05:20] correct position from the other angle.

[05:23] You can see the sniper's position is

[05:25] just to the left of the jutting roof

[05:28] section where Taylor is standing. He's

[05:30] standing basically directly above that

[05:33] tent on that sort of horizontal balcony

[05:35] section where those trash cans are

[05:38] looking back towards the sniper

[05:39] position. And it's actually quite

[05:41] clever. The fact that he's just to the

[05:44] left of the jutting roof section means

[05:46] he can't be seen in line of sight by

[05:49] folks immediately to Kirk's right while

[05:52] his left. The tree also gives a limited

[05:55] degree of visual protection on the left.

[05:57] You can see this again when we see it

[06:00] from Taylor's perspective

[06:01] >> and fired the shot that ultimately took

[06:05] Charlie Kirk's life. Do you see the

[06:07] visual shielding from this angle from

[06:09] that tree on the right? It would be even

[06:12] more providing even more shielding if

[06:14] you were a level lower down. Right. Does

[06:16] anyone know the exact time that Charlie

[06:19] Kirk was shot? Let's put those numbers

[06:21] on screen. It's 1 2 2 3 30 seconds. And

[06:26] look at the time that Tyler Robinson

[06:29] arrived on the scene. 8:29.

[06:33] That's almost 4 hours earlier. who else

[06:36] was at the scene in this area for that

[06:39] length of time and change clothing. It's

[06:42] very suspicious behavior. It is a

[06:45] potential indicator of premeditation and

[06:48] planning. So for Fox News to fail to

[06:51] show this in a way, you know, distorts

[06:54] things in a way that's not really

[06:56] accurate. And that often happens when

[06:58] you either have an incomplete picture or

[07:00] you only deal with a fragment of the

[07:01] narrative. That's what happened. It

[07:03] distorts your perception. Now, someone

[07:06] from the TCRS community went to UVU

[07:09] campus, camera in hand, and investigated

[07:12] a lot of the perspectives we've been

[07:14] talking about firsthand. Let's hear it

[07:16] for Alan Cordaro.

[07:27] Thank you very much, Alan, for going to

[07:29] the effort to retrace the steps and to

[07:33] visit all of these locations with your

[07:35] camera and to really

[07:38] uh check. It's obviously something that

[07:41] is time consuming, expensive,

[07:44] and kind of difficult to do uh to to go

[07:47] there yourself and to actually take

[07:49] those photos. It takes quite a lot of

[07:51] time. Um it it's much easier just to

[07:53] sort of make something up or to assume.

[07:56] Anyway, Ellen writes the following. You

[07:58] imply in your map with the arrow labeled

[08:00] with five. It's actually the New York

[08:02] Times map that Robinson entered the

[08:04] parking lot area between the Losi Center

[08:07] and the Computer Science Building near

[08:09] to the LDS Institute. That's the

[08:11] Religious Studies Institute on his way

[08:13] to the Losi Center roof. I suspect Alan

[08:17] writes that he entered the Sorenson

[08:19] Student Center directly from the parking

[08:21] garage and then went through the

[08:23] Sorenson Student Center before entering

[08:26] the Losi Center to cross through it in

[08:28] order to reach the most direct outdoor

[08:31] staircase which ascends directly to the

[08:33] point where as you show he gained roof

[08:36] access. Now as far as I know from 0.5 to

[08:40] 6 he actually walked on the grass in

[08:42] front of the Loi building. If that's the

[08:45] case, then this approach would have been

[08:47] caught on camera too by the same camera.

[08:50] But this is a really interesting thing

[08:53] is you go there and and that's the route

[08:55] that you would have taken and that seems

[08:58] logical for you. But of course, if he

[09:00] did take that route, he would have

[09:01] encountered a lot of people that were

[09:04] there as well and they could potentially

[09:06] recognize him. So he doesn't want to be

[09:09] he wants to take a route where he's

[09:11] going to um the route that is going to

[09:14] be the least visible

[09:16] um in terms of you know other people and

[09:19] so that's why I think he walked on the

[09:21] lawn. If he did that'll be caught on

[09:23] camera. We know that he entered through

[09:25] the front door on the parking lot side

[09:28] of the Losi center as I think Taylor

[09:31] Hansen demonstrates

[09:34] the shooter's perch and exactly the

[09:37] route or as close to it as we can

[09:39] replicate that he actually went through.

[09:42] So you would walk through, you would cut

[09:44] through this building.

[09:46] We'll show you how easily accessible

[09:48] this actually was.

[09:50] >> And you can see the sign just above his

[09:52] head there. It says computer science to

[09:54] the left there. So, that's another area

[09:56] of uncertainty, but I could be wrong on

[09:58] this score. Time will tell. Anyway, Alan

[10:01] goes on to write, "Having timed it, I

[10:03] found that the walk from the parking

[10:04] garage tunnel to the low sea center roof

[10:07] takes 10 minutes. I've not seen any

[10:09] security footage which supports my

[10:11] proposed path, but it seems to be the

[10:14] most direct walking path, which does not

[10:16] require any difficult obstacles such as

[10:18] ladders, barriers, etc. So although it

[10:21] might be the most logical path, the

[10:24] question is are there other CCTV cameras

[10:27] there, uh you've got to think about it

[10:29] from that perspective as well. It's

[10:31] possible that he did walk that path and

[10:33] they've simply not released that

[10:35] footage. I think that's a little bit

[10:37] unlikely though, but I guess that

[10:39] remains to be seen. He Ellen goes on to

[10:42] write, "If you would like to see more

[10:44] photos to support this path, including a

[10:46] video which covers that same path,

[10:48] please feel free to reach out. But I

[10:50] think we do want to see that video. What

[10:51] do you guys say? He says, "I started to

[10:53] put all of my images together and then

[10:56] make a PDF, but I stopped working on

[10:58] this further shortly after we

[11:00] communicated by email. I did not send

[11:02] you my images because I have so many and

[11:05] did not know which ones to send." And

[11:07] then he I did request that he send

[11:09] additional images and that you're

[11:12] looking at some of them now on screen.

[11:15] Ellen also writes, "I believe that the

[11:16] suspect entered the woods directly

[11:18] across from the spot on the curb that he

[11:20] was standing when the security video of

[11:23] the rooftop ended. I went into those

[11:26] trees a couple of days ago after the

[11:28] suspect turned himself in and found a

[11:31] set of stairs in those woods which led

[11:32] directly to the neighborhood south of

[11:35] 800s. 800 South." Now, Taylor Hansen

[11:38] found that same staircase. Alan goes on

[11:41] to write, "He had been captured on video

[11:43] twice on that day." Did you guys know

[11:44] this? By two security cameras at 589

[11:48] West, 880 South. Uh, once heading toward

[11:52] campus in his shorts and red shirt at

[11:54] 0957 and then earlier heading away from

[11:57] campus in his Dodge Challenger. In other

[11:59] words, his vehicle was recorded. That

[12:02] was at 0823.

[12:04] Alan goes on to write, "Those captures

[12:06] led me to believe that he parked his

[12:07] Challenger on 800 South during the

[12:10] shooting and used that same route to

[12:12] return to his car after the shooting.

[12:15] There should be more video footage

[12:17] available from 589 West, 880 South,

[12:20] showing him escaping to his car after

[12:22] the shooting. The reason that I think he

[12:24] parked on 800 South is because there are

[12:26] signs in the neighborhood that require a

[12:28] parking sticker for the neighborhood

[12:30] from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. And I don't

[12:33] think he would have risk being ticketed

[12:35] or towed while he was on campus for his

[12:37] mission. Once again, you get real boots

[12:41] on the ground insight when you are boots

[12:43] on the ground. This is why we really

[12:45] appreciate Ellen going there and making

[12:47] sure and getting these details. And then

[12:50] goes on to write, "He also walked down

[12:52] 800s and was captured at 11:44 just

[12:55] before he turned left onto 800 West in

[12:57] his long pants with a backpack and the

[13:00] limp. Continuing down 800 West, he

[13:03] descended a staircase. This is what you

[13:06] are seeing on screen into into an

[13:08] outdoor parking lot before being

[13:10] captured entering the parking garage

[13:12] tunnel at 11:52. Now, notice the

[13:16] railing. It's got a very idiosyncratic

[13:18] shape. sort of a square shape and this

[13:21] is exactly where this was taken and you

[13:23] can also see the camera there and you

[13:25] can see that he knew the camera was

[13:27] there. You look you walk right towards

[13:29] that camera and that is why he lowers

[13:32] his head. Now, how many people lower

[13:34] their head when they're walking around

[13:36] even though they might know they're on

[13:38] camera? Well, if you're about to do

[13:40] something you shouldn't be doing, well,

[13:42] you're probably going to lower your

[13:43] head. After passing through the tunnel,

[13:46] he ascended parking garage staircase

[13:48] from P1 to P2, then walked across the

[13:51] parking garage to an entry into the

[13:53] Sorenson Student Center and from there

[13:56] to smooth sailing to the Losi center

[13:58] roof. Now, many of us have speculated

[14:00] that there's probably much more

[14:02] additional footage, and Alan confirms as

[14:06] he writes, quote, "There should be much

[14:08] more security footage released at trial,

[14:10] which shows his complete path. And I do

[14:13] believe that the computer science

[14:14] building security camera, which picked

[14:16] him up, escaping the scene, will have

[14:18] also captured him entering that roof,

[14:20] assembling his gun, going prone, and

[14:23] even taking the shot. Unfortunately,

[14:25] there are no other security cameras

[14:26] which I can identify which will have a

[14:29] better perspective of him in the prone

[14:31] position than the computer science

[14:32] building camera. Then he also goes on to

[14:36] say when rumors were posted that the

[14:38] Dairy Queen had been closed and emptied

[14:41] out, he said he went back to the Dairy

[14:43] Queen again and purchased another cone.

[14:47] I have pictures of that receipt, too.

[14:48] So, contrary to conspiracy theory rumor

[14:51] mill, that Dairy Queen is still open.

[14:54] So, one question I would have for Alan

[14:56] is, did you notice a Superman poster or

[14:58] any movie poster inside that Dairy

[15:00] Queen? After reviewing a lot of Alan's

[15:04] um photos and observations,

[15:07] I asked him, you know, what is your

[15:09] theory on what happened? And he wrote

[15:11] the following. I went to the campus and

[15:13] ORUM with an open mind with the intent

[15:15] of discovering whatever facts that I was

[15:17] able to observe with the hope of

[15:19] confirming or overturning as many crazy

[15:22] conspiracy theories as possible. Based

[15:25] upon what I've seen, I believe that the

[15:27] evidence provided to the public so far

[15:30] by the authorities is consistent with

[15:32] everything that I've examined. And that

[15:34] is the most credible explanation that

[15:36] I've seen by far. Now this is basically

[15:39] an independent person who reached out to

[15:41] me and said would you like me to go to

[15:44] Orum and and have a look and I said have

[15:48] at it and I certainly didn't offer him

[15:50] any guidance. I didn't ask him to think

[15:54] about it one way or another. This is his

[15:56] independent appraisal that it it seems

[15:59] to support the official narrative. Then

[16:01] he goes on to write, "I would not be

[16:03] surprised to ultimately see that others

[16:05] were involved, but the purported

[16:07] location of the suspect is the most

[16:09] viable explanation that I've seen after

[16:12] examining and re-examining to the best

[16:14] of my ability." Oh, he also writes,

[16:16] "I've confirmed that the timeline for

[16:18] his multiple sorties of the day of the

[16:19] event are all viable and consistent with

[16:22] the security cameras which I

[16:24] intentionally sought to lay my own eyes

[16:26] and camera on." And then he took this

[16:29] photo of an alleged additional sniper

[16:32] position. And you see just how

[16:34] ridiculous it is when you have these

[16:37] clear pictures of it. It really is one

[16:40] of the dumbest places to locate

[16:41] yourself. This whole shooting from the

[16:44] side location. And you can see just how

[16:47] easy it would be for someone standing

[16:49] where he's standing. You can see his

[16:51] hand pointing over there to see a sniper

[16:54] in a ghillie suit. it would just be so

[16:57] ridiculously easy to see him. Also, the

[17:00] access seems to be via a key card um

[17:04] activated doorway. So, thanks again,

[17:06] Alan, very much for going boots on the

[17:08] ground. If you guys have got any

[17:10] questions for him, you can email Alan.

[17:12] I'll put a link to that in the

[17:14] description, or you can just leave a

[17:16] comment. Taylor Hansen wrote the

[17:18] following. The grim reality just isn't

[17:20] as exciting as the internet wants it to

[17:23] be. And that is certainly true, isn't

[17:26] it? Well, I'm not going to take it

[17:27] further than that. Thank you for

[17:28] listening and I'll see you guys next

[17:30] time.

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