When conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a public event at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, investigators quickly focused on what they described as a politically motivated attack carried out by a lone gunman. Authorities later charged 22-year-old Tyler James Robinson with aggravated murder and several related offenses. Prosecutors say DNA evidence, digital messages, witness accounts, and forensic findings tie him to the killing. Yet nearly ten months later, the case remains at the center of a different debate because of commentator Candace Owens, who continues to question the official version of events and has helped revive the controversial “exploding microphone” theory.
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