Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, on Dec. 11, 2025. (Rick Egan\/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)<\/small><\/p>\n
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PROVO, Utah (AP) \u2014 Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk<\/a><\/span> plan to call a final witness on Friday as they try to raise doubts about the prosecution\u2019s case before it can go to trial.<\/p>\n A Utah judge is deciding whether prosecutors have enough evidence to put Tyler Robinson on trial on a charge of aggravated murder. Kirk, 31, was killed as he spoke to a crowd of thousands at Utah Valley University<\/a><\/span> on Sept. 10.<\/p>\n One of Robinson\u2019s attorneys, Michael Burt, tried to inject uncertainty into the case Thursday by challenging the reliability of ballistics tests on a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk\u2019s body. Authorities sought to tie the fragment to the suspected murder weapon, but the results were inconclusive.<\/p>\n \u201cSaying anything but inconclusive was inappropriate,\u201d said Samantha Karner with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives.<\/p>\n Burt earlier in the week questioned the reliability of DNA evidence that investigators said linked Robinson to the scene. Experts say the science behind DNA testing is sound.<\/p>\n