Utah charging / probable-cause statement
Evidence Corroborated Circumstantial Official copy documentary
16 Sep 2025 Information: seven counts plus victim-targeting enhancements. Death penalty noticed. County PDF is the state's theory in legal form, not a finding.
Seven counts as filed:
- Aggravated murder, capital, Utah Code §76-5-202(iii) – great risk of death to another besides Kirk and the defendant.
- Felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury.
- Obstruction: concealed or removed the rifle.
- Obstruction: destroyed, concealed, or removed shooting clothes.
- Tampering: tell the roommate to delete texts.
- Tampering: tell the roommate to stay silent / ask for a lawyer.
- Violent offense in the presence of a child under 14.
Victim-targeting enhancement on counts 1, 2, and 7: selected Kirk because of political expression. Affiant: Brian Davis, Utah SBI. Caption counsel includes Gray, Grunander, McBride, Hunt, Sturgill, Ballard.
Hashed Fox-hosted Information scan: SHA-256 2159c6c73a8e9ef6ae7ab0a5670f745e1b86c1374d8a57730b5a9f8f5278041d. Redacted affidavit: SHA-256 ed0689db1b3ae50b74df3c2a43ff112a074da5d1268e32eb1e3ac8e1f3b9ce8c. County HTML/PDF at atty.utahcounty.gov is the same charging paper. This file does not copy the defendant’s street address from the caption onto any bio.