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Neighbors of Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer, Tyler Robinson, speak out
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WASHINGTON, Utah – Washington County neighbors who knew Tyler Robinson, the suspected assassin of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, told Fox News Digital that he was a «sweet,» smart, nice kid.
Ray Hardy, a resident of the 22-year-old suspect’s hometown who said his kids went to high school with Robinson, described him as «normal.»
«This is not who we are,» Hardy said. «This is not our society. It’s not our community. It is not who we grew up with. I don’t think this is the kid who grew up with us either. Something changed and affected him, almost infected him.»
Robinson’s charging documents, which are expected Tuesday, could shed more light on the suspect’s motive. Attorney General Derek Brown told Fox News Digital on Friday that Robinson could face a combination of state and federal charges.
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Washington County residents prayed for conservative influencer Charlie Kirk and his suspected assassin’s family during a vigil on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Tyler Robinson’s hometown. (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)
Gov. Spencer Cox, R-Utah, confirmed on Sunday that Kirk’s suspected assassin has a «leftist ideology,» despite his conservative upbringing.
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Robinson has lived in Washington County, Utah, for most of his life, a deep red county where 75% of residents voted to send President Donald Trump back to the White House last year.
Robinson’s parents are registered Republicans, but Utah Voter Registration records reveal that Robinson is unaffiliated with a political party and that he did not vote in the past two general elections.
A neighbor who lives across the street from the Robinson family said he was always polite and neighborly in their brief interactions.
Another Washington County local told Fox News Digital that her brother was friends with him in high school, and he would occasionally come over to her family’s house. She said her brother lost touch with him over the past few years as he started working full-time and Robinson spent more time online.
As the community tries to make sense of Robinson’s attack, the Utah governor said Robinson’s digital footprint could have the answers.
Neighbors and friends gathered in Washington, Utah, on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, to pray for peace following Charlie Kirk’s assassination. (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)
«It seemed to happen kind of after that, after he had moved back to the southern part of Utah,» Cox said of Robinson’s shifting ideology. «Clearly, there was a lot of gaming going on. Friends have confirmed that there was kind of that deep, dark internet, the Reddit culture and these other dark places of the internet where this person was going deep. And you saw that on the casings.»
Robinson was a third-year student in the electrical apprenticeship program at Dixie Technical College in St. George, Utah Board of Higher Education confirmed in a statement. He attended Utah State University for less than one semester in 2021, according to Cox, despite receiving a four-year merit scholarship.
Cox told reporters on Friday that investigators interviewed a family member who said Robinson «had become more political in recent years.»
«The family member referenced a recent incident in which Robinson came to dinner prior to Sept. 10, and in that conversation with another family member, Robinson mentioned Charlie Kirk was coming to UVU. They talked about why they didn’t like him and the viewpoints that he had. The family member also stated Kirk was full of hate and spreading hate,» Cox said.
Cox said authorities had discovered ammunition inscribed with anti-fascist messages and video game memes. The governor called social media a «cancer» on Friday while announcing Robinson had been arrested.
«I believe that social media has played a direct role in every single assassination and assassination attempt that we have seen over the last five, six years. There is no question in my mind that cancer probably isn’t a strong enough word. What we have done, especially to our kids, it took us a decade to realize how evil these algorithms are,» he said on Sunday.
The exterior of Tyler Robinson’s family home in Washington, Utah, on Sept. 12, 2025. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
The New York Times reported on Saturday that Robinson messaged in a Discord chat in the hours following Kirk’s assassination, joking that his «doppelgänger» was trying to «get me in trouble.»
«He does come from a conservative family, but his ideology was very different than his family,» Cox said on NBC’s «Meet the Press» on Sunday, confirming Fox News Digital reporting that Cox’s roommate in St. George is a «boyfriend who is transitioning from male to female.»
Cox said Robinson’s roommate has been cooperating with authorities and had no prior knowledge of the attack. One of Robinson’s relatives told Fox News Digital that his transgender roommate «hates conservatives and Christians.»
The Utah governor told ABC’s «This Week» on Sunday that Robinson is not cooperating and has not confessed to assassinating Kirk.
Robinson’s neighbors told Fox News Digital that they never would have expected someone from Washington County to kill Kirk.
«Not in a million years,» Diana, a Washington County local, said during a vigil on Sunday night. «It’s like our governor said, he was hoping it was from someone from a different country or some terrorist or something, and I just feel like a 22-year-old kid doesn’t really know. He’s just been brainwashed. He’s listened to lies from different people, and it’s easy to get mixed up.»
Community members in Tyler Robinson’s hometown of Washington, Utah, organized prayer baskets for the Robinson family and Charlie Kirk’s family. Robinson is in custody for the suspected assassination of Kirk. (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)
Diana, who organized prayer boxes for the Robinson and Kirk families during Sunday’s vigil, said it has been a huge shock and loss for the community but that her neighbors have come together to show their support for the Robinson and Kirk families.
«This family is an amazing family,» one neighbor said when Fox News Digital asked why she was leaving flowers on the front steps of Robinson’s family home on Saturday.
The neighbor, who requested to remain anonymous, said she has known the family for almost a decade and visited the home a few months ago, adding that she only knew Tyler as a child.
«It’s unfortunate what happened, but the family needs our support,» the neighbor said.
Melissa Tate, a neighbor who spoke to Fox News on Friday, said she was thankful the family made the «unbelievable decision» to help the authorities arrest their son.
Neighbors gathered in Washington, Utah, on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, to pray for peace following Charlie Kirk’s assassination. (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)
«I’m very grateful that they did that, and I have utmost sympathy for his family. I can’t even imagine what they’re going through right now,» Tate said.
Holly Wilkinson, a resident of St. George, who wore a «Freedom» shirt to Sunday’s vigil in Washington’s Veterans Park, said the news was «shocking» but she’s witnessed her community come together, even for the Robinson family.
«To hear that the perpetrator of such terrible political violence was raised in our beautiful community is profoundly shocking. Washington County, like Charlie Kirk himself, stands for the values of faith, freedom, the pursuit of happiness, and justice,» Washington County said in a statement on Facebook.
There are American flags for sale just blocks from Robinson’s technical school. Washington County is less than a one-hour drive to Zion National Park, and the city of St. George is filled with mom-and-pop shops, churches and neighborhood parks.
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Utah Valley University, where Kirk was shot on Wednesday, is about a four-hour drive from Washington County.
Fox News Digital’s Adam Sabes and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
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The Trump administration has ordered the deployment of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group in the Western Hemisphere as the U.S. continues to target suspected drug smuggling vessels in the Caribbean.
«In support of the President’s directive to dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) and counter narco-terrorism in defense of the Homeland, the Secretary of War has directed the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and embarked carrier air wing to the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR),» chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement Friday.
«The enhanced U.S. force presence in the USSOUTHCOM AOR will bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere,» he added. «These forces will enhance and augment existing capabilities to disrupt narcotics trafficking and degrade and dismantle TCOs.»
The Trump administration has ordered a number of strikes in the Caribbean aimed at dismatling and disrupting drug cartels in the region.
Most recently, War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday that a strike on a vessel allegedly operated by members of Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO), killed six alleged narco-terrorists.
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La neurociencia ha demostrado que los hábitos, esos comportamientos automáticos que moldean la rutina diaria y repercuten en la salud mental, surgen de la interacción entre dos sistemas cerebrales: uno responsable de responder a estímulos y otro orientado por metas y creencias.
Esta perspectiva, presentada mediante un estudio publicado en enero de 2025 por investigadores del Trinity College Dublin, está transformando la comprensión sobre la formación y modificación de los hábitos, con efectos directos en la vida cotidiana y en el tratamiento de trastornos compulsivos.
Eike Buabang y su equipo destacan el denominado marco de doble sistema. Este concepto, respaldado por la neurociencia cognitiva, sostiene que los hábitos resultan del equilibrio entre un sistema de control dirigido por objetivos —basado en la evaluación consciente de acciones y resultados— y un sistema estímulo-respuesta, que automatiza conductas frente a señales familiares.
Cuando el sistema estímulo-respuesta domina, las personas tienden a repetir acciones sin analizar su relación con metas actuales, lo que puede derivar en errores, impulsividad o conductas compulsivas. Como señalan Buabang y sus colegas: “Los hábitos pueden entenderse como un balance entre un sistema impulsado por estímulos, basado en asociaciones estímulo-respuesta, y un sistema dirigido por objetivos, basado en expectativas acción-resultado y metas valoradas”.
La formación de hábitos responde a varios mecanismos clave. Destaca la repetición, ya que cada vez que una conducta se repite en un contexto similar, las conexiones neuronales entre estímulo y respuesta se refuerzan, facilitando su automatización. No obstante, el estudio muestra que la evidencia es dispar sobre cuántas repeticiones se requieren: algunos trabajos sitúan el rango entre 18 y 254 días, según el tipo de hábito y características de la persona.
El refuerzo —la obtención de consecuencias positivas tras la acción— fortalece los hábitos, gracias en parte a la dopamina en regiones cerebrales como el putamen posterior. Además, cuando se desactivan los procesos dirigidos por objetivos, por presión de tiempo, estrés o distracción, el sistema estímulo-respuesta asume el control. La estabilidad del contexto favorece la consolidación de los hábitos, ya que la repetición en entornos previsibles disminuye la necesidad de supervisión consciente y permite que las acciones se encadenen de modo automático.
Existen diferencias individuales y neurobiológicas que influyen en la facilidad para formar o interrumpir hábitos. La estructura y actividad de circuitos como el putamen y la corteza prefrontal dorsolateral varían entre personas, lo que explica por qué algunos adquieren hábitos con rapidez mientras que otros precisan más tiempo o repeticiones. Además, la intensidad de las señales contextuales, la frecuencia de repetición y la motivación —tanto intrínseca como extrínseca— modulan este proceso. Según la investigación: “La duración necesaria para formar un hábito varía considerablemente entre individuos”, lo que resalta la importancia de personalizar las estrategias de intervención.
Romper hábitos arraigados requiere debilitar las asociaciones estímulo-respuesta, evitar los estímulos desencadenantes, potenciar la inhibición dirigida por objetivos y, en muchos casos, crear hábitos alternativos que compitan con los anteriores. La extinción de un hábito no elimina las conexiones previas, sino que genera una nueva asociación entre el contexto y la ausencia de respuesta, lo que explica la propensión a recaer frente a los estímulos originales.
Estrategias como la evitación de contextos problemáticos, el entrenamiento en inhibición y la formación de intenciones de implementación (“si ocurre X, haré Y”) presentan eficacia tanto en entornos experimentales como en la vida cotidiana. Estas técnicas operan en terapias conductuales y farmacológicas, y pueden potenciarse mediante intervenciones como la estimulación cerebral no invasiva, que refuerza el control ejecutivo.
Las aplicaciones clínicas de estos avances resultan especialmente relevantes en trastornos compulsivos, como el trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo (TOC), las adicciones y los trastornos alimentarios. En estos casos, se identifica un déficit en el control dirigido por objetivos, lo que favorece la aparición de hábitos patológicos. Como advierte la investigación: “El trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo, el trastorno por consumo de sustancias y los trastornos alimentarios están vinculados a déficits en el control dirigido por objetivos, posiblemente explicados por una dimensión transdiagnóstica de compulsividad”.
Las terapias más eficaces combinan la exposición a los estímulos desencadenantes, la prevención de la respuesta habitual y el refuerzo de conductas alternativas, lo que permite abordar tanto mecanismos automáticos como procesos conscientes.
A pesar de estos avances, la investigación actual enfrenta desafíos metodológicos y conceptuales. Persisten dificultades para replicar hallazgos clave en humanos y continúa el debate sobre la suficiencia del modelo de doble sistema. Buabang y sus colegas proponen modelos más complejos, integrando la interacción dinámica entre hábitos de pensamiento, creencias automáticas y conductas. La transferencia de hábitos entre contextos y la resistencia al cambio figuran como áreas de estudio aún en desarrollo.
Hacia el futuro, la investigación subraya la importancia de profundizar en los mecanismos subyacentes a la formación y alteración de hábitos, así como adaptar las intervenciones a las distintas características individuales y contextuales. Solo mediante una comprensión más precisa de estos procesos será posible diseñar estrategias realmente eficaces para promover cambios conductuales duraderos y mejorar el abordaje de trastornos relacionados con la compulsividad.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James was arraigned at a federal court in Norfolk, Virginia, Friday, where she pleaded not guilty to two felony charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.
The charges against James stem from her 2020 purchase of a home in Norfolk, Virginia. Prosecutors allege that James misled a bank about the nature of the residence in order to obtain more favorable loan conditions.
The indictment states that James misrepresented the financial institution in claiming it would be her secondary residence, and instead rented it out to a family.
According to the indictment, the lower interest rate would allow James to save nearly $19,000 over the course of the 30-year loan.
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James entered the not guilty plea herself to U.S. District Judge Jamar K. Walker.
She is being represented in the case by defense attorney Abbe Lowell, and by Andrew Bosse, a former assistant U.S. attorney based in Norfolk who formerly headed up the office’s criminal division.
James’ arraignment is the latest in a string of prosecutions brought against the president’s perceived political foes, despite objections from career prosecutors — some of whom have since been fired or resigned.
James, a Democrat, has long-drawn Trump’s ire after she campaigned for attorney general in 2016 largely on vows to investigate Trump’s actions and businesses.
She also successfully secured a $450 million civil fraud case against him last year, though an appeals court later tossed the financial penalty portion of the case.
«This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system,» James said in a statement after she was indicted.
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«These charges are baseless, and the president’s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost,» she added.
Her indictment, like the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, was presented to a grand jury by former White House aide Lindsey Halligan, whom President Donald Trump installed as the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia last month.
Trump, in September, said he would install Halligan as the top prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia, replacing interim attorney Erik Siebert, who resigned under pressure to indict both Comey and James.
«No one is above the law. The charges as alleged in this case represent intentional, criminal acts and tremendous breaches of the public’s trust,» Halligan said in a statement. «The facts and the law in this case are clear, and we will continue following them to ensure that justice is served.»
After the arraignment, it is likely that she will file a motion to dismiss her case for vindictive and selective prosecution, following similar steps taken by Comey’s legal team in Alexandria earlier this week.
She will also file a motion to dismiss her case based on what her lawyers will argue was the unlawful appointment of Halligan in securing her indictment.
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Lowell, her attorney, has described the case against her as «improper political retribution,» and vowed they would «fight these charges in every process allowed in the law.»
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to Fox News’s request for comment on the case, or whether Halligan or Keller would be joined by any other federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Speaking to reporters outside the court on Friday, James said the Justice Department is being used as a tool of «revenge,» and a «vehicle of retribution.»
«But my faith is strong,» she told the group that had massed outside the courthouse in Norfolk, Virginia, hours earlier. «I have a belief in the justice system.»
«Never cow down or break or bend. So there is no fear today,» she said. «I will not be deterred.»
Judge Walker set a trial date for Jan. 26, 2026, and ordered parties to appear back in court for motions hearings in early December.
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