Salt Lake City, Sept. 14 -- Tyler Robinson, the suspect accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk earlier this week, had left-leaning political views, Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) said, according to a report by The Hill.

"It's very clear to us and to the investigators that this was a person who was deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology," Cox told The Wall Street Journal in remarks cited by The Hill on Saturday.

Earlier at a press conference on Friday, Cox said that Robinson's family member had informed investigators that he "had become more political in recent years." The family member also mentioned that Robinson recently brought up Kirk's scheduled speech at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

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