{"id":2585903,"date":"2026-03-31T22:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-respond-to-claims-that-the-bullet-that-killed-charlie-kirk-did-not-match-the-rifle-allegedly-used-by-tyler-robinson\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T22:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:36:56","slug":"experts-respond-to-claims-that-the-bullet-that-killed-charlie-kirk-did-not-match-the-rifle-allegedly-used-by-tyler-robinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-respond-to-claims-that-the-bullet-that-killed-charlie-kirk-did-not-match-the-rifle-allegedly-used-by-tyler-robinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts Respond to Claims That the Bullet That Killed Charlie Kirk &#8216;Did Not Match the Rifle&#8217; Allegedly Used by Tyler Robinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexperts-respond-to-claims-that-the-bullet-that-killed-charlie-kirk-did-not-match-the-rifle-allegedly-used-by-tyler-robinson%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2585903&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent report sparked renewed debate<\/a> about the investigation into the death of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. The Daily Mail claimed that the bullet used in the killing did not match the rifle allegedly linked to suspect Tyler Robinson,and Robinson\u2019s defense asked the ATF to testify,potentially delaying the preliminary hearing by six months. The defense argued the bullet could not be conclusively tied to the rifle.<\/p>\n<p>Experts contacted by Fox News urged caution, noting that \u201cunable to identify\u201d does not equate to \u201cruled out,\u201d and that inconclusive testing is not the same as exoneration. They emphasized that prosecutors may still have other corroborating evidence. A former ATF agent explained that ballistic ties can be tough to establish when a bullet fragments after passing through a body, though shell casing DNA found at the crime scene reportedly connected to the suspect\u2019s weapon, wich prosecutors view as strong evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Additional laboratory testing in the case was still pending at the time. Social media reaction to the report was heated and skeptical, with commentators arguing not to overinterpret preliminary findings. the piece portrays a contentious narrative with competing interpretations of ballistic evidence and ongoing forensic work shaping the case.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The saga of the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk took a major turn this week following a bombshell report.<\/p>\n<p>But just how much of a &ldquo;bomb&rdquo; was this report? Experts don&rsquo;t seem so sure it&rsquo;s the smoking gun, no pun intended, that many cynics &mdash; who aren&rsquo;t buying the official federal narrative on Kirk&rsquo;s death &mdash; have been clamoring for.<\/p>\n<p>Late Monday, the U.K. Daily Mail published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15692625\/Tyler-Robinson-bullet-rifle-match-Charlie-Kirk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> with this rather alarming headline: &ldquo;Bullet used to kill Charlie Kirk did NOT match rifle allegedly used by suspect Tyler Robinson, new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-legal-team-looking-to-subpoena-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden&#039;s Legal Team Looking to Subpoena Donald Trump\">court filing claims<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Robinson&rsquo;s team brought this allegation to court in an obvious bid to defend their client, but also to call upon the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to testify about this potential inconsistency. This would push back the preliminary hearing in Robinson&rsquo;s case by six months.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail reported that Robinson&rsquo;s defense attorneys &ldquo;now argue that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives &lsquo;was unable to identify the bullet recovered at autopsy to the rifle allegedly tied to Mr Robinson.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Understandably, social media &mdash; especially the cynical corners &mdash; had a field day with this report. Just look at some of the comments under the Daily Mail&rsquo;s X post, which had already garnered over 83,000 likes as of Tuesday evening:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bullet used to kill Charlie Kirk did NOT match rifle allegedly used by suspect Tyler Robinson, new court filing claims <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l70QXvGBrb\">https:\/\/t.co\/l70QXvGBrb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daily Mail (@DailyMail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyMail\/status\/2038750061274734986?\">March 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/experts-debunk-tyler-robinson-ballistics-claim-unable-identify-not-same-ruled-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> published a follow-up report featuring interviews with a variety of experts.<\/p>\n<p>And those experts want to pump the brakes on all the newfound excitement surrounding this case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;Unable to identify&rsquo; is not the same as &lsquo;ruled out,&#8217;&rdquo; a retired FBI supervisor agent told Fox News. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s a finding of inconclusiveness, not exoneration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The experts all generally agreed that inconclusive testing does not equate to ruling something out.<\/p>\n<p>They added that even if the bullet is thrown out as evidence, prosecutors have compiled other evidence in the case.<\/p>\n<p>A former ATF special agent explained to Fox News that while Robinson&rsquo;s team appears to believe that the prosecution can&rsquo;t link the bullet to the gun, there could be a very salient explanation for that.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not uncommon for a round that went through a human body, especially if it traveled through tissue, to say conclusively that it&rsquo;s tied to a specific firearm, because by nature the projectile is supposed to transfer all of its kinetic energy, and it often disintegrates into fragments and whatnot,&rdquo; the retired ATF agent told Fox. &ldquo;The fact that it went through several bone structures &mdash; there was going to be very little left.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the experts agreed that it would be unfair to definitively say that the bullet wasn&rsquo;t fired out of the suspect&rsquo;s rifle, even if there isn&rsquo;t enough evidence to definitively say it was.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News further reported that testing at the scene of the alleged crime &ldquo;did positively confirm that the spent shell casing found at the scene matched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-links-tyler-robinson-to-kirk-shooting-through-dna-and-recovered-note\/\" title=\"FBI links Tyler Robinson to Kirk shooting through DNA and recovered note\">suspected murder weapon<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former ATF agent explained why that matters so much: &ldquo;To me that&rsquo;s not problematic, but obviously the defense is gonna make big hay out of that, because they want to have the firearm removed from the case. If the shell casing has his DNA on it, [prosecutors] are solid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former FBI agent, meanwhile, bluntly explained what the shell casing DNA means, regardless of the Daily Mail&rsquo;s report: &ldquo;That&rsquo;s a pretty significant piece of evidence for the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And pretty damning for the defense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Additional lab testing in the case is pending.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The Daily Mail ran a story headlined that the bullet that killed Kirk did not match the rifle linked to suspect Tyler Robinson, and Robinson\u2019s lawyers asked the ATF to testify about the potential discrepancy, which could push the preliminary hearing back by six months. The defense claimed the ATF couldn\u2019t connect the autopsy bullet to the rifle alleged to be tied to Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>Social media reacted with extensive commentary and skepticism, with the Daily Mail\u2019s X post drawing tens of thousands of likes.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News published a follow-up featuring experts who urged caution about celebrating a possible breakthrough. They stressed that \u201cunable to identify\u201d does not equal \u201cruled out,\u201d and inconclusive testing isn\u2019t the same as exoneration. Even if the bullet isn\u2019t admitted as evidence, prosecutors still have other evidence. A former ATF agent explained that bullets that pass through a person can be hard to link conclusively to a specific firearm because they fragment and lose essential material, especially after traversing bone. Despite this, experts noted it would be improper to definitively say the bullet wasn\u2019t fired from the suspect\u2019s rifle when the evidence is not conclusive.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News also reported that scene testing did confirm the spent shell casing matched the suspected murder weapon, which matters. A former ATF agent said that if the shell casing contains the suspect\u2019s DNA, prosecutors become solid, while a former FBI agent added that shell casing DNA is a significant piece of evidence for the prosecution and damning for the defense. 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