The FBI released photos of the suspect in the assassination of Turning Point USA president Charlie Kirk on Thursday.
“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 agency said.
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.
1-800-CALL-FBI
Digital media tips: https://t.co/K7maX81TjJ pic.twitter.com/ALuVkTXuDc— FBI Salt Lake City (@FBISaltLakeCity) September 11, 2025
Law enforcement officials had released further details earlier in the day about the murder of Kirk, who was speaking at a Turning Point USA event on the campus on Wednesday afternoon, when a shot of what sounded like a high-powered rifle rang out, killing him.
“We were able to make a few breakthroughs,” Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said Thursday morning in a video posted to X.
“Starting at 11:52 a.m. the subject arrived on campus, shortly away from campus. We’ve tracked his movements onto the campus, through the stairwells, up to the roof, across the roof to the shooting location,” he said.
????WATCH: Utah DPS Commissioner Beau Mason shares “breakthroughs” in the investigation into the assassination of Charlie Kirk. pic.twitter.com/kKNlMdoVnG
— Off The Press (@OffThePress1) September 11, 2025
“After the shooting, we were able to track his movements as he moved to the others die of the building, jumped off the building, and fled off of the campus and into a neighborhood,” Mason said.
He added that authorities have contacted residents to collect video from their security cameras.
“We do have good video footage of this individual,” the official said.
Mason had indicated the footage would not be released to the public “at this time” unless police efforts to identify the shooter using law enforcement technology prove unsuccessful.
FBI special-agent-in-charge Robert Bohls noted in a video on X that a gun police believe was used to kill Kirk has been found.
He said a “high-powered, bolt-action rifle” was found.
“That rifle was recovered in a wooded area where the shooter had fled,” he said.
BREAKING: Authorities say a high-powered rifle has been found in a wooded area after the Charlie Kirk assassination. pic.twitter.com/f2Fcfxm8RU
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 11, 2025
Some former law enforcement officials have been speculating that the assassination of Kirk looked like a professional hit.
????BREAKING: Former FBI Agent Stuart Kaplan says Charlie Kirk’s Assassination was a “PROFESSIONAL HIT” ????
“This was a very well-planned, very well-orchestrated plot that was put in motion days before. This individual had a plan of escape… this assassination is indicative of a… pic.twitter.com/cEDIbFZHne
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) September 11, 2025
Former FBI Agent Stuart Kaplan told Fox News host Jesse Watters Wednesday night, “This was a very well-planned, very well-orchestrated plot that was put in motion days before. This individual had a plan of escape… this assassination is indicative of a professional hit.”
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