Photos reveal Charlie Kirk’s killer’s clear line of sight
Photos reveal Charlie Kirk’s killer’s clear line of sight
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Photos show the exact point of view from where a sniper was watching Charlie Kirk before pulling the trigger, as the FBI releases more information.
Images have shown the chilling point of view from where the assassin was suspected to be watching Charlie Kirk before he was assassinated.
The conservative activist was fatally gunned down in front of thousands of attendees at Utah Valley University during the first stop of his “American Comeback Tour” while answering a question on mass shootings in the United States.
The killer was able to flee the campus quickly among the chaos, with authorities releasing overnight CCTV footage of the person of interest.
According to CBS, citing a police source and two officials, federal investigators have a name of the most wanted man in the US. That detail has not been released yet.
Seconds after Kirk was shot in the neck, social media video showed a dark figure running on the roof of a nearby school, later identified as the Losee Centre.
Photos from the top of the building have revealed the clear line of sight the shooter had to the father-of-two seated underneath a portable gazebo at the main school courtyard.
The reported rooftop is covered in gravel and police have turned it into a crime scene with orange markers pointing to what appeared to be indentations made by the killer.
The distance from the top of the campus to where Kirk was seated is about 180 metres, according to one report.
There are suggestions that an assassination only involving one bullet was likely carried out by someone with firearm experience.
The killer was able to flee the university while police mistakenly arrested an older man who had his arms around his ankles and another man nearby.
Both were quickly deemed as non suspects due to not matching the description of the assassin.
A retired FBI supervising agent James Gagliano said the assassin had chosen a spot that would allow him to get away from the university as far away as quickly possible.
Mr Gagliano also flagged the nearest airport was only 45 minutes from the campus, suggesting the shooter could have easily boarded a plane and fled anywhere in the US.
He also argued the assassin did not have to be a trained professional with guns, saying a scope can make the shot “very easy” from 180 metres.
Authorities have released CCTV vision of a “person of interest”.
He was dressed in a dark top emblazoned with the American flag and eagle, and text that read “land of the free, home of the brave”.
The man also wore a cap and sunglasses to conceal his identity.
A reward of $100,000 is on offer for information leading to his identification and arrest.
Multiple agencies, including the FBI, are involved in the search but have not yet led to any results.
“We are asking for the public’s help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University,” the FBI wrote to X.
Police located a .30-06-calibre bolt action rifle wrapped in a towel and found in the wooded area near the campus in the town of Orem in Utah.
Federal investigators suspect it was the murder weapon.
Police sources say the weapon contained cartridges engraved with “pro transgender and anti-fascist ideology” but that has not been confirmed, The New York Post reported.
Minutes after the shooting, police mistakenly arrested an older man who had his legs around his ankles and a young man.
Both were quickly identified as not being the shooter given they were not matching the description.
Kirk was a key supporter of President Trump and had risen in popularity among young conservatives by merging multi-platform media and in-person speaking events.
He is known for visiting liberal-leaning high schools, colleges and university campuses to debate students and was a huge figure in the MAGA movement.
The 31-year-old is survived by his wife Erika Frantzve, 36, a former Miss Arizona beauty queen, and his two young daughters.
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