Rifle found in search for sniper who killed Kirk: FBI
Police and US federal agents say they found a bolt action rifle that they believe to be used to kill Conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a university appearance in Utah, but they still hunt the shooter.
Kirk, a close ally of 31-year-old Podcast-Radio commentator and US President Donald Trump, is crediting by helping to create the support of the Republican party among young voters.
On Wednesday, Utah Governor Spencer Cox was killed by a single weapon called political assassination.
Killer caught with graphic details in the rapidly spread videos on the internet, Kirk, Salt Lake City, about 65km south of the Utah Valley University in Utah in front of approximately 3000 people in front of an open air event called on the stage.
The killer arrived on campus a few minutes before the start of the event, and according to FBI and government officials, it can be seen in the increasing stair cavities in the security camera video to enter a nearby roof before making a single shot.
He jumped from the grass and fled to a adjacent neighborhood, and the responsible FBI special agent Robert Bohls told reporters.
The inspectors found a “high -power, bolt action” rifle in a nearby forested area and examined with palm prints and footprints for clues.
Utah Public Security Commissioner Beau Mason told journalists, the shooter seems to be “well blended” in the university age and campus.
Kirk, the founding partner and president of the conservative student group Turn Point USA, was pronounced dead in a local hospital after hours.
According to Salt Lake Tribune, one of the two prisoners was familiar to the locals as a political “gadfly” to the locals.
Authorities, accused of being blocked by the university police and released, he said.
Kirk, the father of married and two young children, had just returned to the United States from a overseas tour in South Korea and Japan.
The appearance on Wednesday was part of the planned 15 -event “American Return Tours” planned by the US college campuses.
Vice President JD Vance canceled his trip to New York to commemorate his attacks on September 11, 2001, and instead, a person familiar with the situation, said he would go to Utah to visit Kirk’s family.
Kirk, known for his frequent provocative discourse on race, gender, migration and weapons arrangement, used such activities to invite members of the crowd to live a live discussion.
“This enemy would go to the crowd and answer his questions,” Vance wrote.
“If there was a friendly crowd and asked Jeers from a progressive audience, he would encourage his fans to calm down and allow everyone to speak.”
His killing immediately confused the anger expressions of political violence from Republicans, Democrats and foreign governments.
Cox said that Kirk’s incidents on the college campuses are part of a tradition of open political debate, which constitutes the basis of our country’s formation, the basis of our most basic constitutional rights “.
“When someone gets the life of a person because of his ideas or ideals, then this constitution is threatened.” He said.
Kirk started his career as a young man in conservative politics.
A little longer than ten years, after a while, some friends he made along the way remember that he is in more than one group chat with Vance Kirk at the highest levels of the US government and the media.
“Most of our success in this management is directly followed by Charlie’s ability to organize and gather.”
He continued: “He did not only help us win in 2024, the staff helped us.”
