{"id":4087,"date":"2026-07-09T19:11:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4087"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:11:40","slug":"lance-twiggs-recalled-tearful-moment-tyler-robinson-allegedly-said-he-wishes-he-hadnt-done-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4087","title":{"rendered":"Lance Twiggs recalled tearful moment Tyler Robinson allegedly said he &#8216;wishes he hadn&#8217;t done it&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Tyler Robinson\u2019s trans lover, Lance Twiggs, revealed the moment his partner allegedly said he \u201cwishes he hadn\u2019t done it\u201d the day after Charlie Kirk\u2019s killing in never-before-seen footage.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4085\">Chilling text from Tyler Robinson to trans lover boasts about gun doing \u2018just fine\u2019 after he allegedly killed Charlie Kirk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A video \u2014 played in court during a preliminary hearing \u2014 showed prosecutor Ryan McBride interviewing Robinson\u2019s partner, who described Robinson\u2019s alleged regret when they spoke in person on Sept. 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad he talked about what he had done?\u201d McBride asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDidn\u2019t go into detail\u2026 I just asked him in person if what he said was true the night before, and he said it was\u2026 started crying a little bit, and said he wishes he hadn\u2019t done it,\u201d Twiggs said during the recorded interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEventually he said he would talk to his parents or turn himself over,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The tearful exchange allegedly came the day after the pair had texted about Robinson returning to Utah Valley University campus to try to recover his grandfather\u2019s rifle, which he joked was \u201cjust fine\u201d for the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Twiggs \u2014 who is not accused of any wrongdoing \u2014 was granted limited immunity for his testimony by the US Attorney\u2019s Office and the Utah County Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>He was Robinson\u2019s roommate and lover in the town of St. George \u2014 located about three hours from Utah Valley University. Twiggs also confirmed in the video that he has gone by the name Luna.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson rarely spoke about LGBTQ+ issues and was more interested in Trump and his policies, Twiggs said near the end of his video testimony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI personally had never heard him talk about Charlie Kirk before specifically,\u201d Twiggs said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Twiggs also revealed that \u2014 around one month before Kirk\u2019s death, at most \u2014 Robinson asked if they had a Dremel.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4083\">NY mom\u2019s tragic last post with migrant boyfriend revealed as he is ID\u2019d as suspect in her Ireland murder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember exactly when, but he had said he was planning to go hunting with his family and he asked me\u2026 if we had a Dremel, because he said he wanted to engrave messages on bullets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Twiggs was shown personal texts, Discord messages, and a handwritten note allegedly from Robinson, said Brian Davis of the Utah State Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Twiggs said that he read a note left under Robinson\u2019s computer keyboard in his bedroom at around 11 p.m. on the night of Kirk\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>A state investigator claimed Twiggs\u2019 testimony matched an early police interview conducted on September 12, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk, 31, was fatally shot in the neck during an event on the campus of Utah Valley University.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Robinson\u2019s defense had pushed to keep media from broadcasting the video and text messages out of court, arguing that they would violate their client\u2019s rights and prejudice the jury pool.<br \/><strong><br \/><\/strong>Kirk\u2019s widow, Erika Kirk, joined prosecutors in urging the court to let the exhibits be shown in full.<br \/><strong><br \/><\/strong>\u201cThe Kirk family has waited 10 months for this hearing. \u2026 They have a right to see and feel what\u2019s going on in this courtroom,\u201d attorney Jeffrey Neiman said to the judge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be here and not to see the evidence \u2014 what\u2019s the point of being here?\u201d<br \/><strong><br \/><\/strong>Prosecutors also showed videos Tuesday allegedly tracing Robinson\u2019s exact movements at Utah Valley University on the day of the shooting \u2014 plus an FBI analysis they claim links Robinson with DNA on a towel used to hide the rifle.<\/p>\n<p>DNA likely matching both him and Twiggs was also found on a screwdriver left where Robinson allegedly positioned himself for the fatal shot, witnesses testified in the hearing set to end on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4081\">CNN falls for fake GOP lawmaker who claimed Mitch McConnell won \u2018staring contest\u2019 from hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robinson, now 23, faces the death penalty if convicted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video \u2014 played in court during a preliminary hearing \u2014 showed prosecutor Ryan McBride interviewing Robinson\u2019s partner, who described Robinson\u2019s alleged regret.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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