A judge authorized the release of explosive video testimony showing Tyler Robinson’s roommate and romantic partner, Lance Twiggs, describing the moment Robinson allegedly admitted to murdering Charlie Kirk—and said he regretted it.
Judge Tony Graf overruled defense objections on day four of Robinson’s preliminary hearing, releasing 23 minutes of redacted footage from prosecutor Ryan McBride’s interview with Twiggs.
Full redacted TWIGGS interview allowed to be viewed by news media.@FDRLST
via KSL News Utah pic.twitter.com/HhVIii1Uu3
— Breccan F. Thies (@BreccanFThies) July 9, 2026
In the footage, Twiggs identifies Robinson on camera at Utah Valley University and gives a detailed account of Robinson’s behavior before and after Kirk’s death.
Twiggs and Robinson met in person and became roommates in 2023. They started dating “two or three months after [Robinson] moved in,” Twiggs said.
The night of Sept. 10, Robinson left early, claiming he had “a long drive to work that day.” Twiggs didn’t hear from him again until 11 p.m., when Robinson texted: “Drop what you are doing, look under my keyboard.”
Twiggs found a note under Robinson’s computer keyboard. According to BBC reporting, the note stated: “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it.”
Robinson didn’t return to their shared apartment until Sept. 11.
“[He] didn’t go into detail. … I just asked him in person if what he said was true the night before. He said it was. Started crying a little bit and said he wishes he hadn’t done it.”
Twiggs said Robinson “kept going around [the apartment] and just doing stuff, I think, to keep himself busy or distracted.” Robinson said he would “eventually” talk to his parents or turn himself in.
Twiggs left Robinson pacing and went to his parents’ house. “I didn’t really want to be at our apartment while any of that was happening, regardless of what went down,” Twiggs said.
Text messages between TWIGGS and ROBINSON.
Some messages were not filmed by news media, but were read aloud (punctuation unclear). These are about ROBINSON going back to find the gun he left in the woods:
TWIGGS: “Are you okay still?”
ROBINSON: “Yes. Checking spot again now.… pic.twitter.com/Y85cRqZjUx
— Breccan F. Thies (@BreccanFThies) July 9, 2026
McBride showed Twiggs FBI snapshots of surveillance footage from Utah Valley University depicting a man in sunglasses, a baseball cap, a black shirt, and jeans going up a stairwell to the roof.
Twiggs said the images “definitely do look like him.”
About a month before Sept. 10, Robinson asked Twiggs about a Dremel tool to engrave bullets. “He had said he was planning to go hunting with his family, and he asked me … if we had a like a Dremel … to create messages on bullets,” Twiggs said.
Gun and etched bullets with messages found hidden in the woods outside the UVU campus.
Some engravings:
“notice this bulge”
“owo what”
“this?”
“hey fascist, catch”
“o bella ciao”
“ciao ciao”
“if you read this, you are gay lmao”@FDRLSTpic.twitter.com/D1nxhyiYeM— Breccan F. Thies (@BreccanFThies) July 9, 2026
Authorities recovered the gun and engraved bullets hidden in the woods outside the UVU campus. Some engravings included: “notice this bulge,” “owo what,” “hey fascist, catch,” and “if you read this, you are gay lmao.”
Other parts of the released interview only played audio, specifically when McBride showed Twiggs messages from Robinson’s Dungeons & Dragons Discord server. Both were avid gamers, and Twiggs said Robinson played Dungeons & Dragons every week.
Twiggs said Robinson talked about politics “more than me,” adding, “I didn’t really … keep up with politics very much.”
Until Sept. 10, Twiggs said he “personally had never heard him [Robinson] talk about Charlie Kirk before specifically.”
The charges remain allegations. The case has not been proven in court.
