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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk assassination: FBI announce recovery of weapon, release image of suspect, offer $10,000 reward for information

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0b8c6dda95c5931582db2cdba6cb8cee wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1c0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>FBI on Thursday announced that agents investigating the murder of Charlie Kirk have recovered a high-powered rifle in a wooded area&comma; but Wednesday&&num;8217&semi;s gunman is still at large<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9d3e63f05bd9be3298ed22afdb361ebb wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1c0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed by a sniper Wednesday at a campus event <strong>at Utah Valley University in Orem<&sol;strong> on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9b80fc4256be1609cb96e511665725fd wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1c0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Kirk&comma; the co-founder of Turning Point USA and dad of two&comma; had just answered a question from an audience member about mass shootings committed by transgender people at the outdoor event <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a1219dc18b8b93e8cb5c1f6de3ef2488 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1c0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Offering a &dollar;10&comma;000 reward&comma; feds<strong> released images of a man in a stairwell wearing a black shirt&comma; a baseball cap and dark sunglasses&comma; they are seeking in the shooting <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Charlie-Kirk-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-485549"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday Sept&period; 10<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The FBI on Thursday announced that agents investigating the murder of Charlie Kirk have recovered a high-powered rifle in a wooded area&comma; but Wednesday&&num;8217&semi;s gunman is still at large&period; A &&num;8216&semi;high-powered bolt action rifle&&num;8217&semi; was recovered in a wooded area after the murder&comma; the FBI announced&period;<br>Conservative activist Charlie Kirk&comma; 31&comma; was shot and killed by a sniper during a campus event at at Utah Valley University in Orem&period; <br>The single burst of gunfire that sent thousands of panicked event attendees scampering for safety&period; The father of two was hit and police officers in attendance immediately rushed to his aid&period;<br>Kirk&comma; the co-founder of Turning Point USA had just answered a question from an audience member about mass shootings committed by transgender people at the outdoor event when the shooting happened&period;<br>The Turning Point USA founder was rushed to a nearby hospital for emergency surgery&comma; but Kirk died at from a single bullet wound in the neck&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Charlie-Kirk-assassination-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-485554" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Moments before the shooting&comma; Kirk&comma; the co-founder of Turning Point USA had just answered a question from an audience member about mass shootings committed by transgender people at the outdoor event at Utah Valley University in Orem&comma; when the shot rang out&period; The speaker jerked back and appeared to grab at his neck <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Crowd-reacts-in-panic-after-Charlie-Kirk-was-shot-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-485567"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>As the gunshot rang out during a pop-up question and answer event on Sept&period; 10&comma; at Utah Valley University campus in Orem&comma; Utah&comma; causing people in attendance to run for safety&period; The single shot hit Charlie Kirk in the neck&period; Kirk the featured speaker at the event<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The manhunt for Kirk&&num;8217&semi;s assassin entered its second day on Thursday after the conservative firebrand was gunned down mid-speech the previous afternoon&period; FBI believe the recovered firearm is the same weapon used in the shooting&period;<br>Authorities have said several phrases relating to cultural issues were found scrawled on the recovered rifle&comma; along with ammunition&comma; close to where Kirk was killed&period; <br>Police have not disclosed exactly what the phrases were&comma; as they ask the public for help locating the shooter&period;  <br>Two men were briefly taken into custody after the shooting&comma; but investigators later confirmed they were not suspects and released them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Surveillance-footage-of-Charlie-Kirks-assassin-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-485571" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Surveillance footage captured the image of Kirk&&num;8217&semi;s assassin&comma; perched on a rooftop&period; FBI said they have &&num;8216&semi;good video footage&&num;8217&semi; of the suspect&comma; described as a male of college age <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Suspect-in-Charlie-Kirk-shooting-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-485578" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>FBI released these grainy images of a man in a stairwell wearing a black shirt&comma; a baseball cap and dark sunglasses&comma; they are seeking in the shooting of Kirk <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Kirk was killed by a single gunshot fired from an elevated position as he spoke to a large crowd at an outdoor space on Wednesday&period; FBI said that investigators have &&num;8216&semi;good video footage&&num;8217&semi; of the suspect&period; <br>The assassin&comma; described as a male of college age&comma; fled to the wooded area after the shooting&period;<br>Investigators said the gunman managed to blend in with students on the college campus&comma; having just arrived shortly before noon&period;<br>The FBI released two images of a person they are seeking indicating that they had not been able to identify him through facial recognition or other technology and needed the public’s help&period;<br>The grainy images show a man in a stairwell wearing a black shirt&comma; a baseball cap and dark sunglasses&period; The authorities have described him as a person of interest&period;<br>In one of the photographs&comma; the person appears to be walking up a stairwell&period; The police said earlier that they had video of a person they were seeking who had walked up a stairwell to a rooftop from where the gunshot was fired&period;<br>Kirk was killed by a single gunshot fired from an elevated position as he spoke to a large crowd at an outdoor space on Wednesday&comma; the police said&period;<br>After making the fatal shot&comma; authorities say he jumped from the roof of the building&comma; before fleeing the campus into a neighborhood&period;<br>Feds who have reported finding palm and footwear prints on the scene&comma; sent the alleged weapon to the lab for further analysis&period;<br>The F&period;B&period;I&period; is offering a reward of up to &dollar;100&comma;000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the person who shot and killed the conservative activist Charlie Kirk&comma; with more than 130 tips called in since the shooting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Charlie-Kirk-with-wife-Erika-Frantzve-and-one-of-their-two-children-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-485557" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Charlie Kirk &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; was married to former Miss Utah&comma; Erika Lane Frantzve&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; with whom he shares two young children&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Kirk was conducting a Q&amp&semi;A session from a pop-up tent on campus when a gunman fired a shot from the university’s Losee Center with a long gun around 200 yards away from where he was speaking&period; The conservative influencer jerked back and appeared to recoil in pain and grab at his neck as the crack of a single gunshot rang out from the crowd&comma; sending thousands of spectators into a panic&comma; dramatic video from the scene showed&period;<br>In 2012&comma; at the age of 18&comma; he founded Turning Point USA&comma; which developed into one of the most influential conservative political action groups in the nation&period; He has been featured as a guest speaker at the Republican National Convention&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is a dark day for our state&comma; it’s a tragic day for our nation&comma;” said Utah Gov&period; Spencer Cox&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I want to be very clear that this is a political assassination&comma;” he added&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty in the state of Utah&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Donald-Trump-and-Charlie-Kirk-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-485561"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Charlie Kirk a staunch supporter of Donald Trump is seen shaking hands with president at a conservative event <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Kirk was a prolific author&comma; penning several books including &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Time for a Turning Point&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Campus Battlefield&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The MAGA Doctrine&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The College Scam&comma;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Right Wing Revolution&period;”<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He was loved and admired by ALL&comma; especially me&comma; and now&comma; he is no longer with us&period; Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika&comma; and family&period; Charlie&comma; we love you&excl;” &comma; President Donal Trump wrote&comma; after receiving news of Kirk&&num;8217&semi;s death&period; The president later ordered American flags nationwide to fly at half-staff until Sunday at 6 p&period;m&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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