A Utah pre-trial hearing has heard that Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk, made contact with several members of Kirk's organisation, Turning Point USA, in the hours before the shooting. The hearing this week will determine whether prosecutors have gathered sufficient evidence to send Robinson to trial over the killing at Utah Valley University in September 2025, making the testimony an important step in the case.

Utah State Bureau of Investigation agent David Hull testified that Robinson visited the amphitheatre where Kirk was preparing to speak and interacted with Turning Point USA members before leaving, though the agent did not say what was discussed. Hull added that Robinson bought food from a campus Chick-fil-A roughly two hours beforehand. He also said Robinson returned to the campus the day after the shooting during the manhunt, where a police officer acting on "cop intuition" noted his licence plate number — evidence that later helped place him at the scene.