| Day 1 can be seen here. Day 2 articles here, here, here, and here. Today we have here, here, here and here. ..and finally here —a separate post on the arrest. |
[FoxNews] The FBI has released new photos of the person of interest in the assassination of conservative speaker Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon at Utah Valley University during a public speaking event.| Photos can be seen at the link. |
Authorities said a short while later that the FBI was offering a $100,000 bounty for information that helps crack the case.
Investigators said Thursday morning that they had traced the sniper's escape route and recovered a "high-powered, bolt-action rifle," according to FBI Salt Lake City Special Agent in Charge Robert Bohls. He said they also had obtained foot, palm and forearm imprints linked to the crime.
The news came after two separate announcements from authorities about having someone in custody — and later releasing those individuals.
A single gunshot rang out around 12:20 p.m. local time, a school spokeswoman said, about 20 minutes into a speech from Kirk on campus at Utah Valley University.
Dispatchers audio includes a suspect description.
"He’s going to be wearing all black, black long gun, black tactical helmet, a black mask, possibly wearing a tactical vest and jeans," a female dispatcher said over the radio, according to recordings.
Authorities said the killer arrived around 11:52 a.m. and climbed to a rooftop through a campus building's stairwell. The 31-year-old Kirk's event began at noon. After the shooting, the suspected assassin jumped down the other side of the building and fled into a neighborhood, where police were canvassing for video evidence.
Kirk, a father of two and the founder of Turning Point USA, died of his injuries.
Graphic video shows him struck and slumping over, before panic ripples through the large crowd in attendance, with people screaming and running for cover. Other videos appear to show someone moving on the rooftop of a building across from where Kirk was speaking in the center of a green space.
The school has more than 40,000 students. An event organizer told Fox News Digital that 1,400 people RSVP'd to the event. The organizer said that many people had come from out of state to see Kirk speak.
The Utah Department of Public Safety later said about 3,000 people attended the event.
"We had a speaker, Charlie Kirk, who was invited by a student group, Turning Point USA, who was speaking on campus today at noon," Ellen Treanor, the associate vice president of strategic and communication management at Utah Valley University, said in a statement.
"At about 12:20 shots were fired from a building about 200 yards from the speaker. To the best of our knowledge, the individual was hit and was taken away immediately by his security personnel."
| The Times of Israel adds: |
| I imagine the FBI is contact tracing those signatures… |
| Courtesy of badanov: |
EXCLUSIVE: This morning my team received an e-mail from officer at ATF.
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) September 11, 2025
The email included a screen shot from what appears to be an internal message describing a weapon and cartridges located by an ATF and other law enforcement near the scene of the Charlie Kirk shooting at… pic.twitter.com/UKtOUPY5DC
…the Charlie Kirk shooting at Utah Valley State University.
"On September 10, 2025, at approximately 12:24PM, Conservative political influencer Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at the Utah Valley University in Orem, UT. Mr. Kirk was speaking at the University as part of the American Comeback Tour. Multiple SLC I and III agents responded immediately. The suspect fired one shot from an elevated position on a rooftop in an adjacent building on the campus and surveillance video shows the suspect, jumping off and fleeing the area on foot. ATF and other law-enforcement located an older model imported Mauser .30-06 caliber bolt action rifle wrapped in a towel in a wooded area near the campus. The location of the firearm appears to match the suspects route of travel. The spent cartridge was still chambered in addition to three unspent rounds at the top fed magazine. All cartridges have engraved wording on them, expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology. An emergency trace has been submitted an ATF SLC is working leads generated by the trace. The firearm and ammunition have been taken by the FBI for DNA analysis and fingerprint impressions. Upon completion of forensics, the firearm will be disassembled for additional importer information. Multiple people of interest having contacted or detained because of eyewitness testimony and review of video footage. The primary suspect is yet to be identified. ATF is assisting the investigation with multiple other federal, state, and local partners and the case is co-led by the FBI and Utah SBI.""
Charlie Kirk was murdered for speaking truth and defending freedom. A lion-hearted friend of Israel, he fought the lies and stood tall for Judeo-Christian civilization. I spoke to him only two weeks ago and invited him to Israel. Sadly, that visit will not take place.
— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) September 10, 2025
We lost an…
… We lost an incredible human being. His boundless pride in America and his valiant belief in free speech will
leave a lasting impact.
Rest in peace, Charlie Kirk
More from X:
4chan sez they crowdsourced a suspect:
Could be this Skye Valadez who wrote a song Charlie will die at 31.. and has a friend Omar who posted Charlie should be evaporated and something big will happen tomorrow at his college.
— CrabHunter 🍁 (@DolanBrady1010) September 12, 2025
Im sure its coincidence pic.twitter.com/KOC8MW3JBs
| Update at 10:50 a.m, EDT, courtesy of Grom in comments, below: |
[Ynet] Tyler Robinson, arrested for the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, had become more political and disparaging of Kirk, with investigators linking him to the rifle used in the shooting.
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