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The lover of Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin 'hated' his family and had been kicked out of his parents' home for addiction and substance abuse, according to new claims. A relative of Lance Twiggs said that he was living with murder suspect Tyler Robinson after his relationship with family deteriorated and he became 'detached [and] radicalized'. The relative, speaking anonymously, said Twiggs had been struggling with gender identity, substance abuse problems, and was addicted to video games. '[His father] thought he wasn’t being respectful and was problematic, so they kicked him out,' Twiggs' relative revealed in an interview with Fox News....

The father of Charlie Kirk's alleged killer realized his son was the shooter after recognizing an unusual rifle shown in media reports of the hunt for the assassin, according to officials. Matt Robinson allegedly told authorities that he and his wife became alarmed the day after Kirk was murdered in Utah, when they saw images of the suspect and the weapon he used on the news. The shocked father recognized his own dad's gun in the images released by police, as Tyler Robinson's grandfather had given him the rifle as a gift before he used it to murder Kirk, officials...

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A slew of deranged users on Bluesky sent a barrage of threats to prominent Republicans and outspoken media personalities immediately after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated Wednesday. Posters called for Tesla tycoon Elon Musk, conservative podcasters Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh and Michael Knowles, as well as “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling, to be “next” in the hours after Kirk, 31, was pronounced dead, according to screenshots shared by one user. Some brazen accounts called for outright violence, including one who wrote, “I hope they shoot Ben Shapiro next,” while another compared the violence to a “game of whack a...