Students at Utah Valley University are returning to campus on Wednesday, one week after conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was killed while holding an outdoor event at the university.Hope Ledkins, a first-year student at Utah Valley University, told ABC News returning to class is a "very sad, very somber feeling.""This doesn't happen in Orem, Utah," Ledkins said."To have something like this happen, people just feel really mixed up about it."People gaze down at the site where Charlie Kirk was shot, above which hangs an American flag, at Utah Valley University, Sept.
15, 2025, in Orem, Utah.Jesse Bedayn/APAs students return to campus, law enforcement continues to investigate Tyler Robinson, 22, who is accused of assassinating Kirk at the university on Sept.10.Robinson was formally charged with aggravated murder on Tuesday, with prosecutors announcing the intent to seek the death penalty.
He was also charged with felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, obstruction of justice, two counts of witness tampering and commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray announced.Robinson made a short first court appearance on Tuesday.Alleged Charlie Kirk shooter Tyler Robinson make his first court appearance in Utah.State of Utah/District CourtTyler Robinson named suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting: What to know about him and how he was apprehendedProsecutors on Tuesday offered more insight into the killing and Robinson's alleged discussions with family and his roommate in the wake of the shooting.After his father recognized Robinson in photographs released by authorities, the suspect met with his parents and "implied that he was the shooter and stated that he couldn't go to jail and just wanted to end it," the charging documents said.His parents then asked their son why he committed this crime, to which he said "there is too much evil and the guy [Charlie Kirk] spreads too much hate," according to the charging doc...