Charlie Kirk killing: Neighbour says 3 things may have turned Tyler Robinson from a church-going kid into an assassin

With the arrest of Tyler Robinson, the killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the community in his home town of Washington, Utah, are still reeling under shock.

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Tyler acted alone in the shooting, according to the officials. His home is 400 km from the Utah Valley University, where the shooting took place.

Neighbour suggests 'three factors'

"I knew his mom (Amber Robinson, you know, just by church and school," New York Post quoted Kristin Scheiermann, a local resident, as saying. "He was smart. I hear he aced his ACTs [pre-college exam]. I hear he had a full-ride scholarship to college."

Scheiermann believes that three things may have transformed Tyler the Mormon kid into a killer.

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“There’s three factors: bad friends, influence from social media, social media and mental health. And I think all three of those factors are part of our problem in this world, and I think that was it,” she said.

Earlier, a family member who spoke to investigators revealed that Tyler had recently become more political and spoke in a disparaging manner about Charlie Kirk.

Tyler's roommate showed the investigators the comments he had made on Discord, discussing the engravings on the bullets and where he went after the shooting.

He also disclosed to his friend that he has to retrieve a bolt-action rifle from a drop point. In the message, Robinson said he wrapped the rifle in a towel and stashed it in a bush. He also revealed that he used a scope to shoot Charlie Kirk and changed his clothes after the shooting.