The man charged with killing US conservative podcaster and activist Charlie Kirk had embraced left-wing and pro-LGBTQ ideology, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray has said. 

Gray said he will seek the death penalty for Tyler Robinson, who was charged with aggravated murder on Tuesday. 

Kirk was killed by a sniper on September 10 while speaking to students on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Robinson was apprehended after a 33-hour manhunt.

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