In A Tense Courtroom Moment Utah County Attorney Jeff Grey Read

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Nov 18, 2025, 8:16 PM

in a tense courtroom moment utah county attorney jeff grey read

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university, was charged on Tuesday with aggravated murder. The charge means Robinson could face the death penalty if convicted of killing Kirk last week at Utah Valley University in Orem, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City. “The murder of Charlie Kirk is an American tragedy,” Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray said in announcing the charges. He said Robinson's DNA was found on the trigger of the gun used to kill Kirk. Kirk was gunned down on Sept. 10 as he spoke with students and died soon after.

Prosecutors allege Robinson shot Kirk in the neck with a bolt-action rifle from the roof of a nearby campus building. A Utah Valley University police officer was watching the crowd from an “elevated position” and identified the roof of the Losee Center as a potential position for a shooter, Gray said. The officer found evidence on the roof immediately, he said, and spurred officers to direct their attention to surveillance video leading to the roof. The County Attorney, as the County Legal Officer, oversees the Attorney's Office, representing the County in all court cases and performing legal duties. Jeff Gray, Utah County Attorney since January 2023, has significantly strengthened law enforcement collaboration, expanded victim support services, and created the Major Crimes Division, including the Special Victims Unit. Copyright © 2025 Utah County Government - All rights reserved

THE SHOCK THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING IN THE COURTROOM: “I DIDN’T PULL THE TRIGGER — BUT I KNOW WHO DID!” PROVO, UTAH — What began as a tense morning inside the Utah County Courthouse ended in chaos, disbelief, and a single phrase that may change the course of one of America’s most closely watched... Before a packed gallery and a row of national media cameras, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, finally broke his silence — and in doing so, shattered the... His voice shaking but defiant, Robinson leaned into the microphone and said the words that froze the courtroom: Gasps echoed across the gallery. The judge immediately called for order, but the moment had already landed — a thunderclap that shifted the tone of a trial many had considered nearly decided.

Editor’s note: This is the second part in a series examining sexual assaults in Utah County. The first story highlighted what the Provo Police Department is doing to investigate sexual crimes. When Jeffrey Gray ran for Utah County Attorney in 2022, he said a priority of his was to reinstate the special victims unit, or SVU, to prosecute sexual crimes. In the two-and-a-half years since he took office, Gray has lobbied for an expanded budget to hire more SVU attorneys and seeks to prosecute these crimes at a higher rate. At the beginning of this year, the county attorney’s SVU doubled from five attorneys to 10, while the number of case filings have grown annually. Gray said the amount of SVU cases filed in 2022 was around 200 cases.

It increased to 299 in 2023, then 313 in 2024 and is on pace for 406 by the end of 2025.

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It Increased To 299 In 2023, Then 313 In 2024

It increased to 299 in 2023, then 313 in 2024 and is on pace for 406 by the end of 2025.