{"id":70474,"date":"2026-03-31T08:56:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/charlie-kirk-bullet-analysis-finds-no-conclusive-link-to-rifle-found-near-scene\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:56:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:56:29","slug":"charlie-kirk-bullet-analysis-finds-no-conclusive-link-to-rifle-found-near-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/charlie-kirk-bullet-analysis-finds-no-conclusive-link-to-rifle-found-near-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk bullet analysis finds no conclusive link to rifle found near scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Robinson\u2019s defense team may try to use analysis to clear him of blame, as prosecutors aim to show there\u2019s enough evidence to proceed with trial<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An analysis from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) could not conclusively connect a bullet fragment recovered during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/charlie-kirk-shooting\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>\u2019s autopsy to the rifle found near the scene of the rightwing political activist\u2019s killing \u2013 and the FBI is running additional tests, lawyers for Kirk\u2019s accused murderer said in recent court filings.<\/p>\n<p>In the court filings, Tyler Robinson\u2019s defense team also asked for a delay to a preliminary hearing scheduled in May, saying they need time to review the bullet analysis as well as an enormous amount of other material that could contribute to the suspect\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/31\/charlie-kirk-bullet-rifle\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Robinson\u2019s defense team may try to use analysis to clear him of blame, as prosecutors aim to show there\u2019s enough evidence to proceed with trial Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox An analysis from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) could &#8230; <a title=\"Charlie Kirk bullet analysis finds no conclusive link to rifle found near scene\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/charlie-kirk-bullet-analysis-finds-no-conclusive-link-to-rifle-found-near-scene\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Charlie Kirk bullet analysis finds no conclusive link to rifle found near scene\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}