He had a 4.0 GPA in middle school and won a scholarship to Utah State University. Appears to have had a normal and happy childhood.

Mother is a social worker and father appears to have worked at a flooring and countertop company.

Clearly loved by his mother. Parents took family on vacations to Mexico and St. Thomas. Has two younger brothers. Mother repeatedly says he is smart. Pictures of normal middle class life in America.

Calm down folks. I’m reporting not opining. Not posting a photo of a suspected sniper with a machine gun would be journalistic malpractice.

A lot of people are speculating about his parents’ politics. I see no evidence they were politically active at all from their social media. Not a single political post over 13 year period. A lot of photos of the family smiling and having a good time on vacation.

The mother appears to have taken each of her sons to dinner, separately, at the start of every school year. Lots of evidence these were loving parents raising their children in an intact family.

I get everybody’s upset but this is standard journalistic practice. I said “suspected.” I deleted the mother’s name and cropped out his brothers. Elsewhere on X she has been named. I suspect the media will name both parents. And yes, to stress, he is innocent until proven guilty.

Utah governor says there is evidence Robinson had become more political in recent years

"While many have assumed that low education breeds radicalization, studies have found that terrorist offenders in the West often have some degree of post‐secondary education, or were even current students at the time of their attacks (Carlton, 1979; Gambetta & Hertog, 2017;

@shellenberger So the photo opp here is a 14 year old Tyler Robinson grinning behind a literal machine gun at some Utah family fun event, and conservatives are shocked he grew up to pull a trigger? This isn’t mystery, it’s pipeline. You raise kids on AR-15 photo shoots, let them cosplay war in

@shellenberger No obvious warning signs make this even scarier. This means that almost any young person is susceptible to today’s “strains” of brainwashing and radicalization.

@shellenberger And? Who filled him with hate? Radicalized him?

@shellenberger I really hope we get a full understanding of how and why he did this.

@shellenberger I always say that kids are like bowling balls to amateur bowlers, you throw them in the right direction and hope they stay out of the gutter, you can’t steer them once you let them go. And often trying to hard to steer them only makes it worse. All you can do is your best to

@shellenberger Isn't it a bit early to destroy this person's life? If he did - go to it, destroy away, he would deserve it! But are we there yet? PS, saying "alleged" or "suspected" is meaningless with this amount of coverage; it gets tuned out.

@shellenberger Was just a kid. How did he become a murderer

@shellenberger If someone with this kind of normal, seemingly healthy upbringing can grow up to be a lethal assassin, we have to ask how many more like him are out there who are and were more susceptible to being radicalized by the Left?

@shellenberger Absolutely insane how seemingly “normal” kids are being brainwashed to kill

@shellenberger What SSRI’s was he on?

@shellenberger Based on multiple news reports from sources like The Telegraph, New York Post, and Reuters, Tyler Robinson, 22, has been identified as the alleged suspect in Charlie Kirk's shooting. He is reportedly in custody.

@shellenberger Are you making a scrapbook for him? Who the fuck cares? What is wrong with you?

@shellenberger My heart breaks, how did this 22 year old get so radicalized? Charlie Kirks family is changed forever, Tyler Robinson family is changed forever. America is changed forever... ALL FOR WHAT...

@shellenberger Leading with a photo of him posing with a gun is, indeed, standard journalistic practice. You don’t SAY anything about the gun, you INFER it. Since the majority of your thread was about his happy family life, why not lead with those photos and include the gun later in the thread?

@shellenberger A psycho who’s experienced with guns. “Great” combo 👀

@shellenberger This just adds more confusion to the situation. What were his motives? Get famous ? Really hated Charlie that much ? Patsy? MK Ultra ? Father in intelligence? Many questions

@shellenberger Tell us what medications he was on.

@shellenberger Nothing sinister about the photo, but not every 14-year-old who saw the gun would capitalize on the photo opportunity. He obviously liked the idea of posing with the gun. Nothing more, nothing else. But relevant.

@shellenberger Charlie Kirk was the solution to the problem and that’s why the left killed him.

@shellenberger So he’s a main stream democrat.

@shellenberger People believe what they want to believe. Everything is a Psyop now.

@shellenberger the dad was in law enforcement

@shellenberger Aaayy...hold on now. If that meant anything almost all dudes and 50% of gals in rural USA would be running wild all over the country right now.

@shellenberger So? The kid liked guns. Millions of Americans like guns. The guns aren’t the problem. The indoctrination and radicalization of our population, particularly our children, is the problem.

@shellenberger Wot? This is irrelevant and silly. How about some real investigative reporting into who radicalized him?