Charlie Kirks family wasnt promised $1.15M reward from shooting suspects dad

News Source : Snopes.com
News Summary
- In September 2025, online users shared a rumor claiming the father of 22-year-old Tyler Robinson — the man investigators suspect killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk — vowed to donate $1.15 million to Kirk's family.
- CNN reported Robinson's parents and a family friend persuaded him to surrender to authorities the day after the killing.
- However, searches of Bing, DuckDuckGo, Google and Yahoo found no news media outlets reporting this rumor, or making the statements appearing in the meme.
- Instead, whoever authored the claim fabricated the entire story as one of at least hundreds of inspirational tales, with the partial or whole goal being to earn advertising revenue.
ClaimMatthew Robinson, the father of 22yearold Tyler Robinson who investigators suspect killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah Valley University event on Sept. 10, 2025 vowed to don [+5317 chars]