Gamers Claim Writing on Bullet Casings in Charlie Kirk Shooting Are From Helldivers 2 Video Game [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

Sep 12th, 2025, 12:46 pm


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.”

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