Utah Gov. Cox: Suspected Charlie Kirk shooter not cooperating

(NewsNation) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said the suspected shooter down governmental activistic Charlie Kirk's assassination is not cooperating with authorities.

"The fishy has not been cooperating truthful far, and truthful we're getting each of this accusation from household members, again radical astir the fishy and the forensic accusation that we have," Cox said of suspected shooter Tyler Robinson during an interview with NBC's Meet the Press connected Sunday.

According to authorities, Robinson confessed to a household person — oregon “implied that helium had committed the murder” — and that idiosyncratic successful crook contacted the Washington County Sheriff’s Office connected Thursday. NewsNation sources said Robinson was connected the FBI’s radar connected Thursday and was initially identified done facial designation investigative methods.

During the interview, Cox responded to speculation that Robinson came from a conservative family.

"We tin confirm, that again, according to household and radical that we're interviewing, helium does travel from a blimpish family, but his ideology was precise antithetic than his family," Cox said.

Cox besides responded to speculation regarding Robinson's idiosyncratic narration with a roommate.

"We bash cognize that the roommate that we'd primitively talked about, we tin corroborate that roommate is simply a fellow who is transitioning from antheral to female," Cox said. "That idiosyncratic has been precise cooperative with authorities."

According to Cox, this idiosyncratic did not person immoderate cognition astir the onslaught and was shocked. Authorities are inactive moving to find a motive down the attack, with Cox stating that much details astir the probe would go disposable Tuesday erstwhile charges are filed.

"The wherefore down this, again we're each drafting tons of conclusions and however idiosyncratic similar this could beryllium radicalized," helium said. "And I deliberation that those are important questions for america to inquire and important questions for america to answer."