Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson was raised a devout Mormon — yet fired his fatal shot at Kirk just moments after the conservative influencer had glowingly praised the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“I love how Mormons send missionaries around the world, I love how polite they are. … Half my team is Mormon,” Kirk, 31, said to huge cheers from the crowd at Utah Valley University moments before he was allegedly killed by the 22-year-old trade-school student.
“Mormons are great people. Let me just say, I’m an evangelical Christian, but I’m not one of those guys that hates on Mormons,” Kirk said.
Footage from Kirk’s final event at Utah Valley on Wednesday — posted on Instagram — shows him even bantering with a member of the Mormon faith in the crowd, referencing how he had “the white shirt and tie put on right there,” before going on to speak of his love for the church.
Kirk’s words came just minutes before he was shot and killed — allegedly by Robinson.
The accused killer “went to our church when he was younger,” neighbor Kristin Schwiermann, who knew Tyler and his parents, Matt and Amber, told The Post.
“I was a head custodian for 18 years in at Riverside Elementary he went to Pine View High School,” she said, adding that she knew Amber Robinson through the church and the school and was stunned by the news.
“I just know that [Tyler] carried himself nicely. He was very nice. He was smart. I hear he had a full-ride scholarship [to college]. … I was shocked that this was even him.”
On Friday, after Robinson was identified, the top leaders of the LDS Church said they condemn “horrific acts of violence worldwide, including the recent assassination in Utah. We affirm our repeated calls to seek peace and unity despite our differences.”
The leaders said “We urge all to reject violence and instead build understanding. Recognizing that we are all children of God, we must treat one another with more dignity, compassion and respect.”
