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[^1]\n\nProsecutors have accused former electrical apprentice Tyler Robinson of firing the single shot that killed Charlie Kirk, 31, during a debate with students at Utah Valley University in Orem on September 10, 2025. [^2]\n\nTyler Robinson is charged with aggravated murder for allegedly endangering the lives of others at the event, a charge that carries the death penalty in Utah. [^3]\n\nA Utah judge will decide on Tuesday if there is enough evidence to put Tyler Robinson on trial for aggravated murder, which would make him eligible for the death penalty. [^4]\n\nDefense lawyers have said there is no evidence Robinson disagreed with Kirk's political views. [^5]\n\nProsecutors argued that numerous people were within a 'zone of danger' around Kirk when he was shot from a rooftop more than 122 metres away. [^6]\n\nProsecutors in July spent five days presenting what they said was 'overwhelming' evidence that Tyler Robinson killed Charlie Kirk while he was speaking at an open-air event on a college campus. [^7]\n\nThe 23-year-old defendant turned himself in a day after the shooting at Utah Valley University last September and has not yet entered a plea. [^8]\n\nRobinson's lawyers questioned the prosecution's DNA testing and stated that police failed to investigate evidence suggesting someone else might have carried out the killing. 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