2026-07-10T16:03:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
查理·柯克的家属周五表示，他们认为检方已提交“压倒性证据”，证明嫌疑人泰勒·罗宾逊就是2025年9月在犹他谷大学向学生发表演讲时杀害这名保守派活动人士的枪手。
柯克家属发表上述声明前，为期一周的初步听证会刚刚结束。犹他州地区法官托尼·格拉夫接下来将裁定检方是否掌握足够证据，以谋杀罪名起诉罗宾逊。
“初步听证会的结束是为查理寻求正义进程中的重要一步，”柯克家属在声明中表示，并称此次庭审程序“超乎想象地痛苦且耗费情感”。柯克家属在听证会结束后并未发表讲话。
“尽管过去几天无比艰难，但得知全世界都见证了查理当日遭遇的压倒性证据，我们全家感到一丝慰藉，”声明中写道。“任何事情都无法挽回我们深爱的查理的离去。随着本案进入下一阶段，我们祈祷真相能通过公平、透明且基于事实的程序继续被揭晓。”
听证会结束后不久，柯克的遗孀埃丽卡向法院提交文件，请求格拉夫在9月1日前作出裁定。格拉夫已为该日期安排了四小时的后续口头辩论，并预计随后将作出裁决。
埃丽卡·柯克2026年4月17日在亚利桑那州凤凰城梦想城市教堂举行的“转折点美国”活动上发表讲话。吉姆·沃森 / 法新社/盖蒂图片社
罗宾逊尚未提出抗辩，也未在初步听证会上作证。枪击事件发生一天后，他向警方自首。柯克是特朗普总统的亲密盟友，曾助力共和党在2024年大选中动员年轻选民群体。
本周的初步听证会上，检方播放了对罗宾逊前室友兰斯·特维格斯的部分录音采访内容。检方称，枪击发生时，两人正处于恋爱关系中，罗宾逊曾在发给特维格斯的信息中承认自己实施了枪击。
在录音采访中，特维格斯告诉犹他州检察官，罗宾逊曾表示希望“自己没做过那件事”，指的就是这起枪击案。特维格斯还称，罗宾逊当时行为反常，并透露了自己自首的计划。
辩方对DNA证据提出质疑
罗宾逊的律师团队再次试图对检方声称将其与作案凶器关联起来的DNA证据提出质疑。
罗宾逊的辩护律师之一迈克尔·伯特在本周的初步听证会上，多次对检方援引的DNA检测结果的可靠性提出质疑。调查人员称，检测结果将罗宾逊与柯克遭枪击现场附近发现的步枪、弹药以及据称他用于在弹壳上刻字的工具等物证联系了起来。
伯特在周五援引一名政府DNA分析师的证词，强调了此类检测的局限性。他指出，政府政策不允许分析师称DNA证据“绝对可靠”或“零误差率”。他还表示，DNA有可能通过第三方进行转移，并强调在步枪上发现了多份DNA样本。
“如果你的手上沾了大量DNA，我们握了手，然后我去拿一件证物——一把枪——并触摸了扳机，那么你的DNA就有可能出现在扳机上，对吗？”伯特向美国烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局的法医生物学家凯特琳·奥利弗问道。
“这有可能，是的，”奥利弗回答道。
专家表示，DNA检测背后的科学原理是可靠的。
在奥利弗作证前，犹他县副检察官查德·格伦南德质疑传唤她作为证人的必要性。他表示，检方已经达到了将案件推进至审判阶段所需的举证标准。
“法官大人已经听取了四天的证词。证据确凿，极具说服力，”格伦南德说道。
周四，罗宾逊的团队对从柯克遗体上提取的一枚子弹碎片的弹道测试结果提出质疑。当局曾试图将该碎片与作案凶器联系起来，但测试结果并无定论。
“除了‘无定论’之外的任何表述都是不合适的，”烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局的萨曼莎·卡纳说道。
柯克家属对增强版视频作出情绪反应
应柯克家属的请求，格拉夫表示，将允许在法庭上播放经过剪辑的校园监控录像。检方称，这段录像显示罗宾逊在开枪前爬到屋顶的“狙击手位置”。
未经剪辑的版本此前已在庭审中播放。增强版录像包含了对检方所称的罗宾逊身影进行放大的画面，以及添加的红色标记。
查理·柯克的父母罗伯特和凯瑟琳2026年7月6日抵达犹他州普罗沃的法院。弗朗西斯科·乔尔斯斯- pooled / 盖蒂图片社
庭审直播摄像头并未转播这段视频，但哥伦比亚广播公司新闻记者卡特·埃文斯报道称，视频画面显示罗宾逊抵达犹他谷大学校园、勘察现场、攀爬建筑物，最终爬到开枪的屋顶边缘。埃丽卡·柯克和查理·柯克的母亲凯瑟琳在看到罗宾逊攀爬建筑物的画面时，都转过头去，流下了眼泪。
罗宾逊本人短暂观看了视频，随后移开了目光。在视频播放期间，他一直在转动手中的笔。
Charlie Kirk’s family cites “overwhelming evidence” against activist’s alleged killer as preliminary hearing ends
2026-07-10T16:03:00-0400 / CBS/AP
The family of Charlie Kirk said Friday that they believe the prosecution has presented “overwhelming evidence” to show alleged shooter Tyler Robinson killed the conservative activist as he addressed students at Utah Valley University in September 2025.
The family statement comes after a weeklong preliminary hearing. Utah State District Judge Tony Graf will now decide if prosecutors have enough evidence to put Robinson on trial on a charge of aggravated murder.
“The conclusion of the preliminary hearing marks an important step forward in the pursuit of justice for Charlie,” the Kirk family said in a statement, describing the proceedings as “unimaginably painful and emotionally demanding.” The Kirk family did not speak after the hearings ended.
“As difficult as these last few days have been, it brings our family comfort to know that the world has witnessed the overwhelming evidence of what occurred to Charlie that day,” the statement said. “Nothing will ever undo the loss of our beloved Charlie. As this case moves into its next phase, we pray that truth will continue to be heard through a process that is fair, transparent, and grounded in the facts.”
Shortly after the hearing ended, Kirk’s widow Erika submitted a court filing asking Graf to make a determination by Sept. 1. Graf has scheduled four hours of further oral arguments for that date and is expected to make his decision afterward.
Erika Kirk addresses a Turning Point USA event at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 17, 2026. Jim WATSON /AFP via Getty Images
Robinson has not entered a plea and did not testify during the preliminary hearing. He turned himself in a day after the fatal shooting of Kirk, a close ally of President Trump credited with helping galvanize young voters for Republicans in the 2024 election.
During the preliminary hearing Thursday, prosecutors aired portions of a recorded interview with Robinson’s former roommate, Lance Twiggs. The two were romantic partners at the time of the shooting, and Robinson allegedly confessed to the shooting in messages to Twiggs, prosecutors say.
In the recorded interview, Twiggs told a Utah prosecutor that Robinson allegedly said he wished “he hadn’t done it,” referring to the shooting. Robinson was also acting erratically, Twiggs said, and shared his plans to turn himself in.
Defense questions DNA evidence
Lawyers for Robinson redoubled their efforts to raise doubts about DNA evidence that authorities said links him to the suspected murder weapon.
One of Robinson’s attorneys, Michael Burt, has repeatedly questioned the reliability of DNA tests cited by prosecutors during this week’s preliminary hearing. Investigators said the tests linked Robinson to evidence including a rifle found near where Kirk was shot, ammunition and a tool he allegedly used to etch messages onto bullet cartridges.
Burt used testimony Friday from a government DNA analyst to highlight the limitations of such tests. He noted that government policies don’t allow analysts to say that DNA evidence is “infallible” or that it has a “zero error rate.” He also indicated it’s possible for DNA to be transported by a third party. He also emphasized that multiple samples of DNA were found on the rifle.
“If you had a lot of DNA on your hand, we shook hands and I went to pick up an exhibit, a gun, and I touched the trigger of it, your DNA could be on that trigger, right?” Burt asked Caitlin Oliver, a forensic biologist with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
“It is possible. Yes,” Oliver replied.
Experts say the science behind DNA testing is sound.
Before Oliver testified, Deputy Utah County Attorney Chad Grunander questioned the relevance of bringing her on as a witness. He suggested prosecutors already had met the burden of proof needed to advance the case to trial.
“Your honor’s heard four days of testimony now. The evidence is overwhelming. It’s devastating,” Grunander said.
On Thursday, Robinson’s team questioned ballistics tests on a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body. Authorities sought to tie the fragment to the suspected murder weapon, but the results were inconclusive.
“Saying anything but inconclusive was inappropriate,” said Samantha Karner with the ATF.
Kirk family has emotional response to enhanced video
At the request of Kirk’s family, Graf said he would allow an altered version of campus surveillance video that prosecutors said shows Robinson crawling out to a rooftop “sniper’s perch” before shooting Kirk to be shown inside the courtroom.
The unaltered video was previously shown. The altered version includes recorded material that zooms in on a figure that prosecutors said was Robinson and red marks that were added to the video.
Charlie Kirk’s parents, Robert and Kathryn, arrive at the Provo, Utah courthouse on July 6, 2026. Francisco Kjolseth-Pool / Getty Images
The video was not shown on the broadcast stream camera, but CBS News correspondent Carter Evans reported that the footage showed Robinson arriving on campus at UVU, assessing the scene, climbing up the building, and crawling to the edge of the roof where the shot that killed Kirk was fired from. Erika Kirk and Kathryn Kirk, the mother of Charlie Kirk, both looked away from the video and cried as the footage showed Robinson climbing the building.
Robinson himself would watch the video briefly, then look away. He twirled a pen as the footage was shown.
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