Crime

President Trump has made it clear he wants Tyler Robinson executed for allegedly assassinating Charlie Kirk ... and if Trump gets his way, Kirk's alleged killer faces a torturous fate.

The case will play out in Utah, where capital punishment is still a thing ... and where folks on death row are executed one of two ways ... firing squad or lethal injection.

Ronnie Lee Gardner was the last death row inmate in Utah killed by firing squad ... in June 2010 at Utah State Prison for a 1985 murder ... and a journalist who was there to watch the execution go down is recalling what it was like.

Travis Kelce's pregame warmup shirt paying homage to the suspended Rashee Rice has drawn the ire of many ... including an attorney who's representing one of the people injured in the receiver's infamous 2024 crash.

Marc Lenahan, Kathryn Kuykendall's lawyer, told TMZ Sports on Monday he's livid with Kelce for sporting the "Free 4" tee ... considering Rice is serving a six-game ban for causing that huge March '24 pileup in Dallas.

The attorney also took aim at Kelce's teammate, Tyquan Thornton, who sported the shirt just prior to Kansas City's game against the Eagles on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium as well.

The man accused of killing Charlie Kirk looks like he confessed to the murder in an online chat ... telling folks "It was me" before surrendering to police.

Tyler Robinson sent a message from his Discord account Thursday, stating ... "Hey guys, I have bad news for you all. It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this" ... according to The Washington Post.

Law enforcement arrested Robinson about two hours after the alleged message was sent.

One moviegoer took being in Surprise, Arizona, a little too literally ... as he allegedly whipped out his member and relieved himself in the middle of a movie -- surprising several fellow patrons.

A spokesperson for the Surprise Police Department tells TMZ ... officers responded to a disturbance call at the local AMC Theater Friday evening, after a male patron allegedly urinated inside a theater during a showing of "Demon Slayer."

Witnesses told the responding officers that others in the theater confronted the alleged culprit ... with footage of the apparent faceoff now making the rounds online.

Simon Leviev -- the infamous "Tinder Swindler" convicted of scamming women out of millions on the dating app -- has been arrested again ... according to his attorney and officials in the case.

Leviev was detained Sunday morning at the Batumi International Airport, according to multiple reports, located near the Black Sea in the country of Georgia near Russia.

The Georgian Interior Ministry has confirmed Leviev was nabbed at the airport following the issuance of a Red Notice -- AKA an international alert -- from the intergovernmental law-enforcement organization Interpol.

The man who allegedly shot Charlie Kirk has been identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson.

Robinson was partly turned in by a youth pastor. Tyler had allegedly confessed to the murder to his father, who urged his son to turn himself in. Our sources say Tyler initially refused, saying he'd rather commit suicide, but then changed his mind. We're told the father then contacted the youth pastor -- who also works with the U.S. Marshals -- for assistance. Our sources say the pastor then called the Marshals and the FBI.

Robinson lives in Utah and has been on the run since Kirk's assassination Wednesday.

Authorities have shared new video of the suspected gunman who murdered Charlie Kirk Wednesday fleeing from the roof of a 1-story building at Utah Valley University.

Check out the footage -- the gunman, who Utah Governor Spencer Cox described as an "evil human being," sprints across the roof before leaping down onto the grass. He then casually walks off and crosses the street, eventually moving to a wooded area where his high-powered rifle was later recovered by investigators.

Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason also revealed an enhanced version of an image released earlier in the day, making sure to note the shooter's all-black outfit and shirt that features an American flag and an Eagle, plus his hat with a triangle on it.

The person of interest in the Charlie Kirk assassination walked by several neighborhood cameras -- as the FBI said -- and TMZ has video that appears to show him walking toward the Utah campus where Kirk was shot ... while concealing his weapon.

TMZ obtained chilling video that shows a man dressed in all black matching the description of the FBI's person of interest hobbling down a residential street Wednesday in Orem, Utah at 11:49 AM ... heading toward the Utah Valley University campus just a couple of blocks away.

Remember, the FBI has said the individual arrived on campus at 11:52 AM.

After the shooting -- at 12:29 PM, just 6 minutes after Charlie was shot and as campus is being cleared -- you see students walking in the opposite direction, and in the background, in an unpaved area behind some homes, there's someone dressed in black running through a backyard.

Everyone else in the video is calmly walking down the paved road away from the scene.

Charlie Kirk's alleged shooter scrawled political messages on the equipment brought to the murder scene ... expressing support for the transgender community while making antifascist remarks.

A bulletin -- posted online by conservative commentator Steven Crowder -- was sent around to agents in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. We've confirmed the authenticity of the bulletin with our federal law enforcement sources.

In the message, the ATF claims "All cartridges have engraved wording on them, expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology." It does not get more specific as to what the messages say.

5:33 PM PT -- The Utah Department of Public Safety just released additional photos of the person of interest.

The new angles show clearer images of his clothing, face, features and accessories.

9:50 AM PT -- The FBI has come out and said they are offering a reward up to $100,000 for information that could lead to the identification or arrest of the suspected shooter.

The feds just released an image of a person of interest in the Charlie Kirk shooting.

The FBI says ... "We are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University."

FBI Salt Lake City released two still images Thursday showing a white man in a black long-sleeved shirt and jeans. He's also wearing a hat and dark sunglasses.

Marselles Brown appeared to instruct one of his family members to call his NBA star son, Jaylen Brown, just after he was placed into custody for allegedly stabbing a man during a parking lot dispute in Nevada last month.

Marselles' apparent request was captured on Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department video TMZ Sports has just obtained.

In the footage, right after Marselles had been told he was about to be hauled off to jail over allegations he tried to kill a youth football coach during a spat over a door ding -- the elder Brown seemingly told someone nearby to notify his son of what was happening.

The New York Yankees honored Charlie Kirk just before their game Wednesday ... remembering his life with a jumbotron message and a moment of silence.

The Yankee Stadium homage came just hours after Kirk was shot and killed while he was speaking with students and others on the Utah Valley University campus about political issues.

New York officials put up his picture on the team's centerfield scoreboard ... and added the words, "Remembering Charlie Kirk."

TMZ has uncovered the chilling dispatch audio from the shooting of Charlie Kirk Wednesday.

Take a listen to the audio -- you can hear responders briefing their counterparts over the radio ... alerting that an individual had been shot at Utah Valley University and the location of the shooter is unknown.

It sounds like another person was injured during the chaos that ensued after shots rang out at the political activist's "American Comeback" Tour with Turning Point USA, and responders confirm officers are following the victim -- Charlie -- to the hospital.

The Utah Valley University men's soccer game scheduled for later Wednesday has been canceled ... after Charlie Kirk was shot on campus.

The school just announced the move ... explaining in a statement its tilt with UC Davis will not go forward "due to the active police situation" at the university.

The game "will not be made up," UVU officials announced.

A cruise ship passenger took a pretty major gamble ... intentionally going overboard, allegedly to dodge the massive debt he'd run up while onboard!

Federal officers have arrested Jey Gonzalez-Diaz after they say he jumped from a cruise ship into the ocean during a U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspection at the end of a week-long cruise around the Caribbean.

Gonzalez-Diaz was then brought to shore by someone riding a Jet Ski, according to CBS News, and what appears to be surveillance video shows the moment he was pulled out of the water. Quite the getaway!

As if the Bryan Kohberger mass murder case couldn't get any more demented ... well, now there are new photos of the twisted killer — and one featuring his totally deranged face!

NewsNation's Banfield obtained selfie pics of Kohberger, some naked from the waist up, showing off his slim but muscular build.

In one of the snaps, you can see an injury on his ring finger, purportedly from the victims' fighting back during his savage 2022 attack that left 4 University of Idaho students dead.