Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson was a quiet, but easygoing teen who gave no hint of violence during his high school years, former teachers told The Post.
Robinson, 22, got his hands dirty with his fellow classmates as a member of the auto mechanics club, Pine View High School yearbook photographs from the accused killer’s junior year show.
Robinson smiled in his portrait, flashing his teeth at the camera and appearing kempt in a plain blue T-shirt.
“He was an extremely smart individual and a very good student,” teacher Rich Hentosh said Saturday, adding Robinson “always made up his work and was very effective at his time management.”
Robinson elected to take the semester-long Basic Auto Class, an introductory-level technical class that taught students how to repair broken vehicles.
He was an average kid, said Hentosh, who emphasized the alleged future killer never showed any violent tendencies.
The class typically involved two students pairing up for each project, and Hentosh couldn’t recall Robinson ever struggling with other classmates.
“He kept to himself. Very pleasant, very respectful.”
The educator was “absolutely” shocked to learn Robinson was a suspect in Kirk’s murder.
“It’s very difficult, we all like to believe that we have an impact on these kids,” he said, adding, “I think we’re all stunned here in Utah.”
“It doesn’t make a lot of sense. Kids change,” he said, “and you gotta wonder how that happened.”
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Former classmates described Robinson as a regular student who had made friends and mainly hung out with kids in the school band.
Robinson appeared to be well-adjusted at the time — he scored in the top percentile on his college entrance exam and committed to Utah State University in Logan after winning a four-year scholarship.
When he walked across the Pine View High School graduation stage in 2021, a roar of cheers could be heard as he accepted his diploma.
When he walked across the Pine View High School graduation stage in 2021, a roar of cheers can be heard as he accepted his diploma, Reuters reported.
But Robinson only stuck to Utah State for one semester before he dropped out and enrolled in Dixie Technical College, part of Utah’s public university system, as part of the electrical apprenticeship program.
He was in his third year when prosecutors say he climbed onto the roof of a Utah Valley University building this week and fired a fatal shot at Charlie Kirk from about 200 yards away.
Robinson was on the loose for more than a day before his father, with the help of a local pastor, turned him in to the police.
Investigators have not released a clear motive for the slaughter, but Robinson’s social media indicates he harbored vitriol toward the conservative pundit, often accusing him of being “full of hate.”
Bullets recovered from the assassination had etchings on them, including, “If you read this, you are gay LMAO” — and “Hey fascist! Catch!” aimed at the conservative debater.
Robinson had even allegedly mentioned Kirk’s scheduled appearance at Utah Valley University to family members before the assassination, according to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.
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