Don Jr makes surprise appearance at Tyler Robinson hearing as Erika Kirk breaks down in tears at first sight of her husband’s killer: Live updates

Tyler Robinson is seen for the first time in court in a beige shirt and is paying attention to Bagley’s testimony as he describes the layout of the Utah Valley University campus.

He appears to write something down with a red pen.

Charlie Kirk’s parents are sat in the courtroom gallery with Erika Kirk sat a few rows behind them.

She is watching intently as the proceedings unfold, and is seen wiping away tears with a handkerchief as she leans on Kirk’s mother’s shoulder.

Prosecutors have called Spanish Fork Police Officer Chris Bagley to the stand.

Bagley was an officer at Utah Valley University at the time Charlie Kirk was shot in September 2025.

Donald Trump Jr is present at Tyler Robinson’s Utah hearing today.

The president’s son once said Charlie Kirk was ‘like a brother to me,’ and spoke at the conservative activist’s funeral.

In December 2025, Kirk’s wife Erika and Trump Jr. shared the stage as key speakers at the Turning Point USA Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

The court is set to view gruesome new images from the September 2025 murder of Charlie Kirk.

Jurors will be shown Exhibits 7, 8 and 9, which prosecutors indicated contain graphic photographic evidence related to the horrific shooting.

Screens will be positioned to prevent courtroom cameras from broadcasting the images to the public.

Kirk’s family will be warned before the images are shown.

Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer Tyler Robinson is in court for day one of his preliminary hearing.

Robinson, 23, has been charged with:

• Aggravated murder, a capital first-degree felony.
• Felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, a first-degree felony.
• Two counts of obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony.
• Two counts of tampering with a witness, a third-degree felony.
• Committing a violent offense in the presence of a child, a Class A misdemeanor.

Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson texted his transgender partner explaining his motive for the shooting, prosecutors allege.

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder, an ugly specter emerged: people, perversely, celebrating his death.

In fact, more than 600 Americans were fired from their jobs over their negative reactions to Kirk’s murder, according to a November 2025 Reuters investigation.

Many of those terminations subsequently sparked a flurry of lawsuits, which all claimed their firings were in violation of their First Amendment rights.

A number of the legal filings, including one by a biologist and former cop, have resulted in eye-watering payouts and even seen some people getting their jobs reinstated.

Accused assassin Tyler Robinson was allegedly brought to court this morning in an armored vehicle, Fox News reported.

There is a heavy security presence around the courthouse, as protesters and supporters gather for the weeklong hearing.

Charlie Kirk’s parents, Robert and Kathryn Kirk, made a rare public appearance to attend this week’s crucial court hearing for their son’s accused killer.

The couple arrived arm in arm at the Fourth District Courthouse on Monday.

It is the first time that Kirk’s family will be in the courtroom with Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing him.

Before Kirk became one of the best-known conservatives in America and a key ally to Donald Trump, he was raised by his moderate parents in Illinois.

Kirk’s mother, Kathryn, was reportedly a mental health counselor, and his father, Robert, worked in the construction business and owned his own architecture firm.

His resume included work as a project architect manager on Trump Tower in Manhattan, reports PrimeTimer.

After his death, Senator Marsha Blackburn posted a photo with Kirk’s parents when Trump honored Charlie with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom in October.

A protester outside of a Turning Point USA conference in Texas last month was seen in shocking footage dressed as Charlie Kirk and re-enacting his death while crowds were chanting ‘he deserved to die.’

The Turning Point USA Women’s Leadership Summit, hosted by Kirk’s widow Erika, saw large amounts of opposition.

Among the protesters rallying outside of the event’s doors, one was seen in what appeared to be a paper-mache head covering made to resemble Kirk, who was assassinated in September last year.

The protester was captured falling to the floor, seemingly to mock Kirk’s death, in footage circulating online as they allegedly chanted that the podcaster ‘deserved to die.’