I Stared at the Photo… and Was Sick to My Stomach. My Son… My Son Did This?” — Tyler Robinson’s Father Reveals the Shocking Moment He Faced an Unthinkable Truth and Realized the Son He Raised Had Become a Ki.l.l.er

I Never Imagined It Could Be Him”: The Shocking Account of Tyler Robinson’s Father After Learning His Son Assassinated Charlie Kirk

When the call came, it was like the air had been ripped out of him. Tyler Robinson’s father, a quiet, reserved man, had always known his son as strange, solitary, and increasingly obsessive—but never violent. “He was always in his own world,” he recalls, his voice trembling. “Games, late-night online chats, weird little obsessions… I knew he was different, but I never imagined this.”

According to the father, Tyler had been withdrawn for years, his room a maze of notebooks, maps, and sketches of places he planned to visit. He had hobbies that seemed harmless enough: collecting rare coins, reading history obsessively, and spending hours tinkering with rifles in the garage. But increasingly, he would mutter about “the world being corrupt” or “people like him needing to be stopped.” His parents had worried but never thought it would escalate to murder.

The moment his father saw the FBI-released photos of the suspect, he felt the world collapse. “I couldn’t breathe,” he says. “I stared at the photo… and my stomach just fell. My son… my son did this? How could he?” He sat down, shaking, unable to speak, as memories of his child flashed through his mind—birthday parties, first days of school, quiet evenings together. All of it seemed surreal, shattered by the realization that Tyler had become a killer.

In the hours that followed, he wrestled with fear, disbelief, and a desperate need to act. He recalls calling his wife, barely able to get words out: “It’s him… Tyler… it’s Tyler. I don’t know what to do.” They debated, cried, and prayed, knowing time was critical. He then took the bold step of confronting his son at home, hoping to reason with him, fearing what might happen if law enforcement arrived first.