Gamers Claim Writing on Bullet Casings in Charlie Kirk Shooting Are From Helldivers 2 Video Game
While little is known about Tyler Robinson, the lone suspect in the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, he appears to have been an avid gamer.
During a press conference announcing Robinson’s arrest Friday, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) clarified what had been written on the unused bullet casings found inside the bolt-action rifle recovered by authorities after Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. Said Cox:
Inscriptions on the three unfired casings read: “Hey fascist! Catch! Up arrow symbol, right arrow symbol, and three down arrow symbols.” A second unfired casing read: “Oh Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Ciao, Ciao.” And a third unfired case read: “If you read this, you are gay LMAO.”
Some gamers were quick to point out that “Hey fascist! Catch!” and the arrows are a code for the 500 kg bomb in Helldivers 2, a third-person shooting game that came out last year.
In it, “the elite forces of the Helldivers [are] battling to win an intergalactic struggle to rid the galaxy of the rising alien threats,” according to a description on the video game distribution site Steam. “Players use a variety of weapons (pistols, machine guns, flamethrowers) and stratagems (turrets, airstrikes, etc.) to shoot and kill the alien threats.”
Fans of the game have since taken to social media as they made the connection with the bullet casings revelation:
Watch above via Fox News.
