‚My friend’s in a box right now. And it wasn’t an accident. We’re facing asymmetric civil warfare‘
Was the assassination of Charlie Kirk planned by more than one perpetrator?
The FBI is reportedly looking into that possibility as Americans continue to mourn the Christian martyr and civil-rights leader who was gunned down Wednesday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
Journalist Benny Johnson posted on X: “Just spoke with top FBI official who made it very clear that they have NOT ruled out co-conspirators in Charlie Kirk’s assassination: ‘That assumption is premature. This investigation is just beginning. An enormous amount of evidence has been seized both digital and physical.’”
“FBI sources assure me the public will ‘know everything’ about the dark internet history, chats and affiliations of Kirk’s left-wing political assassin,” Johnson continued. “The source then alluded to some online groups attempting to delete or destroy evidence.”
“We have everything. We are focused on the radicalization element. The truth will not be hidden, or buried or classified. The public will know,” according to the source.
Journalist Nick Sortor confirmed the bureau is actively digging through chat logs, dark web history, and affiliations of Tyler Robinson, the suspect in custody, noting: “Another FBI source independently verified to me Benny’s reporting here is accurate.”
“NO STONE should be left unturned. We must know exactly WHO radicalized this degenerate, and lock their asses up.”
Johnson also highlighted concern among neighbors of Kirk’s alleged assassin.
“In the weeks before Charlie Kirk’s assassination, multiple cars with out-of-state plates were seen coming and going from the killer’s townhouse, according to neighbors.”
“They did not give off a good vibe,” one neighbor said.
In the weeks before Charlie Kirk’s assassination, multiple cars with out-of-state plates were seen coming and going from the killer’s townhouse, according to neighbors.
“They did not give off a good vibe,” one neighbor said. pic.twitter.com/eGg8qW2M5F
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 14, 2025
BREAKING: A family member of Lance Twiggs, who was the transgender “boyfriend” of Charlie Kirk’s assassin, Tyler Robinson says family cut ties with Twiggs due to his “hostility toward anyone supporting conservative or Christian values” and confirm Robinson lived with him. pic.twitter.com/29prAG2LS0
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 14, 2025
Conservative commentator Matt Walsh reposted a message he broadcast two weeks ago in which he indicated “now is precisely the moment in which trans militants are the MOST dangerous. They’ve lost. The game is over. Now they’re more desperate than ever. More full of hatred and anger than ever. They’re going down but they’ll take as many sane, normal people with them as they can. It’s going to get worse from here. Be on your guard.”
On Sunday, he added: “Two weeks after I tweeted this, Charlie Kirk was murdered by a deranged LGBT extremist with a trans boyfriend. When I say that these people are very dangerous, it’s not fear mongering. It’s the truth. Now I say again: it will get worse. We must take this threat seriously.”
Two weeks after I tweeted this, Charlie Kirk was murdered by a deranged LGBT extremist with a trans boyfriend. When I say that these people are very dangerous, it’s not fear mongering. It’s the truth. Now I say again: it will get worse. We must take this threat seriously. pic.twitter.com/vbYgv9jqIG
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 13, 2025
Elon Musk blasted left-wing violence and the assassination of Kirk, saying The left is the party of murder and celebrating murder.”
“See how much violence there is on the left, with our friend Charlie Kirk getting murdered in cold blood this week and people on the left celebrating it openly. The left is the party of murder and celebrating murder. Let that sink in for a minute. That’s who we’re dealing with here.”
Elon Musk calls out Left-Wing Violence and the Assassination of Charlie Kirk:
“See how much violence there is on the left, with our friend Charlie Kirk getting murdered in cold blood this week and people on the left celebrating it openly, the left is the party of murder and… pic.twitter.com/Xz3MyJdhPo
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 13, 2025
Jack Posobiec, a friend and colleague of Kirk at Turning Point USA, appeared on CNN where he was asked if he thought America was “at war” right now.
“My friend’s in a box right now. And it wasn’t an accident,” said Posobiec.
“There’s no question we’re clearly facing asymmetric civil warfare. One of the key aspects of that is political assassinations. That being said, the idea that we’re going to a a classic civil-war scenario, I hope and I pray that doesn’t happen.”
CNN asked me on, and I agreed so I could talk about Charlie
We need to speak plainly about what happened here
This wasn’t some tragic accident, it was a deliberate and willful act of evilpic.twitter.com/XCcfVQNC7J
— Jack Poso (@JackPosobiec) September 14, 2025
Meanwhile on Sunday, a man identified as 19-year-old Ryder Corral allegedly vandalized the memorial for Kirk outside the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix.
The suspect is seen sporting a shirt similar to the one worn by the suspected assassin Robinson.
INFURIATING: The man who was just arrested for VANDALIZING Charlie Kirk’s memorial at TPUSA, 19y/o Ryder Corral, was wearing the SAME SHIRT Kirk’s assassin wore
FBI should be tracking EACH AND EVERY person who has bought this shirt!
Clearly many of them are vioIent. pic.twitter.com/kIQlUvVPaR
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 14, 2025
Charlie’s widow Erika Kirk shared images of herself mourning over her husband’s dead body.
Chilling: Charlie Kirk’s widow bids her husband a final farewell
Erika Kirk shares footage on social media, showing her saying a final goodbye to her husband Charlie as he lies in his open coffin. pic.twitter.com/L2D0bdX8k1
— Breaking News (@TheNewsTrending) September 13, 2025
The impact of Kirk’s killing continues to spread across the globe, as South Koreans joined forces in public to chant, “We are Charlie Kirk!”
South Koreans chanting “we are Charlie Kirk”.
This is wild. pic.twitter.com/e2ofFhVFIc
— American AF (@iAnonPatriot) September 13, 2025
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The casing of the bullet that killed Charlie Kirk featured a meme that references transgenders as well as the furry subculture, as further attempts are made to pin down suspect Tyler Robinson’s motivations.
The high-powered rifle round that killed Charlie Kirk featured a meme that is widely used in both pro-transgender sex and furry subcultures of the internet — the latest clue about the motives of alleged assassin Tyler Robinson.
“Notices bulge OwO what’s this?” was engraved on the side of the spent casing from Wednesday’s fatal shot, recovered from a wooded area near the Utah Valley University campus where the conservative influencer was speaking at the time.
The phrase comes from an old “copypasta” meme which — for those not chronically online — is a block of text meant to be copied and spread.
It first appeared on Jan. 6, 2013, on DeviantArt according to KnowYourMeme.com.
In June 2015, an image of two men roleplaying a sex scene online using the phrase was uploaded to sites Imgur and Tumblr.
The men appear to be part of the “furry” subculture — which centers on a sexual interest in anthropomorphic animal characters.
The percentage of self-described furries who identify as trans is 25 times higher than in the general US adult population, according to a recent survey by Furscience.
A further 22% of furries identify as either non-binary, genderqueer or genderfluid, the same survey found.
“OwO” is an emoticon of a cute face with the Os as the eyes and the w as a mouth or nose.
It can be used as a way of flirting, or in a sardonic way to troll others.
The spent cartridge was found in a .30-06-caliber bolt-action hunting rifle recovered near the scene at Utah Valley University following Kirk’s murder on Wednesday night.
The rifle, which features a telescopic sight and a German Mauser action that must be manually cycled in between each shot, is similar to those that have been used to hunt deer and other big game in Utah and all over the US for generations.
The rifle had three other rounds in the magazine — each also engraved with extremely niche references to internet memes.
The other messages were: “Oh bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao,” referencing a popular Italian anti-fascist song; “Hey fascist! Catch!” along with a reference to the game Helldivers 2; and “If you read this, you are gay LMAO.”
Kirk was killed by a single shot from the high-powerful round, which was fired from an elevated sniper position about 200 yards away.
Authorities haven’t said whether transgender rights motivated Robinson’s alleged decision to kill Kirk.
However, Robinson’s live-in boyfriend Lance Twiggs is transgender — transitioning from male to female — and has been seen in social media pics wearing fur ears and other furry-adjacent garb.
Additionally, Kirk was answering a question about transgender mass shooters — an issue Kirk had become very vocal about — at the moment he was shot through the neck.
“Notices bulge” is a reference to male sex organs — and it is widely used in both furry and trans circles, according to a scan of recent usage.
In the wake of Wednesday’s tragedy, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has said Kirk’s alleged killer could face the death penalty and also decried social media as “worse than cancer” in its effect on poisoning the national discourse.
“I can’t emphasize enough the damage that social media and the internet is doing to all of us,” he told NBC News’ “Meet The Press” on Sunday.
“Those dopamine hits. These companies, trillion-dollar market caps, the most powerful companies in the history of the world, have figured out how to hack our brains, get us addicted to outrage, which is the same type of dopamine, the same type of chemical you get from taking fentanyl, get us addicted to outrage and get us to hate each other.”
He went on,” I believe that social media has played a direct role in every single assassination and assassination attempt that we have seen over the last 5-6 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.
It comes as Utah’s gov. revealed that Robinson, who was reportedly living with his trans partner at the time of the shooting, is refusing to cooperate with authorities.
“He [Robinson] has not confessed to authorities. He is not cooperating, but all the people around him are cooperating. And I think that’s very important,” Cox ’ “This Week” on Sunday.
Gov. Cox also claimed that Robinson was “deeply indoctrinated in leftist ideology.”
“That information comes from the people around him — his family members and friends,” Cox told CNN’s “State of the Union.”