DNA evidence collected at the sniper’s perch where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was gunned down has been matched to the alleged shooter, FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday, providing the clearest forensic link yet to the suspect in custody.

Speaking on Fox & Friends, Patel said investigators recovered Robinson’s DNA on a towel used to conceal the firearm after the attack and on a screwdriver left in the rooftop hideout where the assassin staged the shooting.

“I can report today that the DNA hits from the towel that was wrapped around the firearm and the DNA from the screwdriver are positively processed for the suspect in custody,” Patel said, identifying the match as Tyler Robinson, 22.

Additional DNA samples lifted from the bolt-action hunting rifle believed to have been used in the September 10 attack are still being analyzed.

Investigators also uncovered a written note attributed to Robinson in which he allegedly declared that he had an “opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk” and intended to seize it. Patel said Robinson’s family told investigators he had embraced left-wing ideology in recent years, and agents are reviewing text messages exchanged between Robinson and another individual that could shed light on his motives.

“He claimed that he had an opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and he was going to do it because of his hatred for what Charlie stood for,” Patel said.

Robinson, who was arrested within 33 hours of the assassination at Utah Valley University, has not cooperated with investigators, Patel added. He praised the FBI’s swift response, contrasting the case with longer manhunts in past domestic terror investigations. “If you look at historical cases like [Luigi] Mangione and the Boston [Marathon] bombing, those two manhunts took five days,” Patel said. “We apprehended our suspect in 33 hours because we were transparent and open.”

Robinson is being held under special watch in a Utah jail as prosecutors prepare charges. The FBI continues to probe potential accomplices and outside influences, including the possibility that Robinson communicated with others in the lead-up to the attack.

Kirk, 31, founder of Turning Point USA and a close ally of President Donald Trump, was fatally shot during a public speaking event in Orem, Utah. His killing has drawn condemnation across the political spectrum and intensified debates over political violence in the United States.

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