Charlie Killer’s accused killer made contact with cops investigating the death of the conservative activist in the immediate aftermath of his murder, it has been revealed. Tyler Robinson, 22, is accused of murdering Kirk with a single bullet that hit the father-of-two as he spoke to a crowd at a university in Utah on September 10.

After Robinson is said to have made a quick escape and dumped the Mauser rifle he is alleged to have used in the shooting, he returned to recover the weapon. Two law enforcement sources told Fox News that Robinson appeared at a wooded area where the gun was found and ‘made contact’ with officers guarding the area.

That brief encounter appears to have thwarted an attempt by the main suspect to collect the firearm used to kill Kirk. No further details of the ‘contact’ were shared and it’s unclear if the officers saw Robinson, or realized how close they were to the suspect.

Robinson has since been revealed as being a college dropout that had shifted his political views to the radical left in the last year. Prosecutors say that after gunning down Kirk he confessed to the killing in a message to his transgender partner.

He is alleged to have got in contact with them via text message, saying that he killed Kirk because he ‘had enough of his hatred.’ Robinson fled the scene and traveled some 250 miles south to his home in St. George, Utah, eluding capture for nearly two full days.

He was ultimately caught after being handed in by his father and a local minister, rather than through direct police intervention. Unbeknownst to investigators, Robinson’s parents Matthew and Amber, from Washington, Utah, were both convinced that their son was involved.

Charging documents say that his mother had seen the photo shared by authorities and immediately thought they looked like her son. After calling Robinson, he is said to have told her he was at home and unwell, and had been the day when Kirk was gunned down. Still, the documents say this did nothing to quell her suspicions, and she raised her concerns with his father who agreed with her.

His father then got in touch and asked him to send him a picture of it, but Robinson never responded, the documents say. After a phone call between the two eventually happened, Robinson laid out plans to commit suicide, his parents said they were able to convince him to meet them. During that discussion, Robinson is said to have implied he was the shooter and said he didn’t want to go to jail so wished instead to take his own life.

He appeared in court in an anti-[self-murder] vest and is facing seven counts, including a capital murder charge, over the killing of Kirk. Kirk was remembered by his loyal supporters at a memorial service in Arizona on Sunday, in which tens of thousands attended. His widow Erika took the stage and delivered a powerful speech in which she said she had forgiven his killer.

‘I forgive him,’ Erika said as the crowd erupted in applause. ‘I forgive him because it’s what Christ did. The answer to hate is not hate.’ President Donald Trump led mourners at the service, addressing all of those who packed inside State Farm Stadium in Glendale.

Trump was the final speaker, telling the packed out crowd of 65,000: ‘He’s a martyr now for American freedom. ‘I know I speak for everyone here today when I say that none of us will ever forget Charlie. And neither now will history.’