PROVO, Utah >> Utah prosecutors said today they will seek the death penalty for the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, hours before he was due in court via video feed from jail in his first public appearance since the shooting.

Tyler Robinson, 22, is accused of firing the single rifle shot from a rooftop sniper’s nest that pierced Kirk’s neck Wednesday on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City.

Utah County District Attorney Jeffrey Gray said at a news conference that his office had filed seven counts against Robinson today, including aggravated murder, obstruction of justice for disposing of evidence and witness tampering for asking his roommate to delete texts implicating him.

Gray said he had made the decision t

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