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BREAKING: FBI and Utah Officials Reveal Charlie Kirk Assassin Is College-Aged — Rifle Found in Woods– conservativeroof.com
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FBI and Utah Department of Public Safety officials held a news conference in Orem after the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University.

Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday while speaking to students at Utah Valley University.

Officials provide new details on the suspect search and investigation.

According to a local investigator, officials tracked the killer from an hour before the shooting until he jumped off the campus building and fled into a nearby neighborhood.

According to Utah official Beau Mason:

Through all that work last night, we were able to make a few breakthroughs. We were able to track the movements of the shooter.

Starting at 11: 52 AM, the subject arrived on campus, shortly away from campus. We have tracked his movements onto the campus, through the stairwells, up to the roof, across the roof to a shooting location.

After the shooting, we were able to track his movements as he moved to the other side of the building, jumped off of the building and fled off of the campus and into a neighborhood. Our investigators have worked through those neighborhoods, contacting anybody they can with doorbell cameras, witnesses, and have thoroughly worked through those communities, trying to identify any leads.

We do have good video footage of this individual. We are not going to release that at this time. We are working through some technologies and some ways to identify this individual. If we are unsuccessful, we will reach out to you as the media and we will push that publicly to help us identify them.

But we are confident in our abilities right now, and we would like to move forward in a manner that keeps everyone safe and moves this process appropriately.

FBI official Robert Bohls then spoke, saying they have good footage of the killer and that they also found his rifle in the woods.

The killer appears to be college-aged.

The Democrat Party Is A Domestic Terrorist Organization– thefederalist.com
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After a long history of condoning, advocating, and participating in political violence, it is time to designate the Democrat Party a domestic terrorist organization.

Decades of extreme language, calling conservatives “Nazis,” claiming existential threats are around the corner in order to feed an assassination culture, and justifying the aftermath has brought a level of violence that is only one-sided: The left tries to murder or maim their political enemies.

On Wednesday afternoon, a shooter took the life of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, just as he was answering a question about left-wing violence in the United States.

Left-wing commentators at corporate media outlets — the mouthpieces of the Democrat Party — were quick to justify the violence, suggesting it was justified or that Kirk brought it on himself, even going as far as to suggest it was really a Trump supporter firing a gun in “celebration.”

Democrats have a long history of calling conservatives the most vile things our culture can think of, and their friends in the media spread the message to anyone who watches them.

Democrats have recently been saying they “cannot be the only party that plays by the rules anymore.”

Just yesterday, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said in an interview, “Our only opportunity, our only chance to save our democracy, is to fight fire with fire.”

Murphy brushed off “the fact that we’re blowing up norms,” adding that if you spend any more than “two seconds … being sorry for the fact that the old world doesn’t exist, then your democracy is gone.”

‘The Whole World Lost an Incredible Human Being’– www.breitbart.com
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Argentine President Javier Milei issued a statement on Wednesday honoring the life of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, killed on Wednesday afternoon by an unknown gunman during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University.

Milei, who met Kirk during a visit to Florida shortly after his election to the presidency, praised Kirk as a “formidable spreader of the ideas of liberty and staunch defender of the West.” He also emphasized the relationship between left-wing ideologies and rampant violence in his statement.

“He was the victim of an atrocious assassination in the middle of a wave of left-wing political violence in the entire region,” Milei wrote. “The left is always, at all times and in all places, a violent, hate-filled phenomenon. The whole world lost an incredible human being.”

Milei’s statement, accompanied by a photo of the Argentine president alongside Kirk and former Congressman Matt Gaetz, expressed condolences to the Kirk family “and to all the youth of the world who admired and listened to him.”

Milei’s reference to a “wave of left-wing political violence” appears to be contextualizing the public assassination of Kirk following several high-profile killings of popular conservatives in the Western Hemisphere. In June, a child gunman killed the frontrunner in the 2026 Colombian presidential election, Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, who remained alive in intensive care for two months before his death was announced in August. Prior to the Uribe assassination, another presidential frontrunner, former journalist Fernando Villavencio in Ecuador, was assassinated publicly during a campaign rally in 2023. Both candidates were aggressive opponents of communist terrorism, Marxist narco-terrorists, and gang violence. While these two cases are the most high-profile in recent memory, conservative political figures throughout South America have experienced direct political violence throughout the past year, most aggressively in Colombia under the presidency of socialist former guerrilla member Gustavo Petro.

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FBI Agent Lays Out Chilling Analysis Of Kirk Assassination: ‘Professional Hit’– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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Retired FBI agent Stuart Kaplan provided a chilling analysis of the assassination of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk in which he stated that the killing had the makings of a “professional hit.”

Kirk was shot around noon local time at Utah Valley University and was pronounced dead a little over an hour later. He was shot by a single bullet midway through the question-and-answer period and immediately transported to a local hospital, though he was unable to survive the massive loss of blood.

Investigators believe Kirk was shot from a nearby rooftop, though CNN has reported that investigators were unable to recover a weapon from the area. As of 1:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 11, the gunman is still at-large.

While speaking with Fox News’ Jesse Watters, Kaplan shared his analysis on the assassination and the ongoing manhunt to locate the shooter.

“I think this assassination, different than the assassinated attempt back in Butler, Pennsylvania, was a very well-planned, very well-orchestrated plot that was put in motion days before,” the retired FBI special agent speculated. “And this individual had a plan of escape to elude detection of being out up on a rooftop and also being able to evade and elude law enforcement after that shot was taken.”

Kaplan compared the Kirk assassination with the attempt on President Donald Trump’s life in Pennsylvania last month, specifically noting that the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was seen entering and later leaving the venue before taking the shot. Crooks’ presence was noted by Secret Service counter-snipers, who took a photo but later lost track of him.

BREAKING: President Trump issues heartfelt statement on the assassination of Charlie Kirk | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“Charlie inspired millions, and tonight, all who knew him and loved him are united in shock and horror.”

President Donald Trump issued a statement on the assassination of his friend Charlie Kirk. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump spoke from his heart and appeared to be holding back deep emotion. Trump ordered flags across the nation to fly at half mast.

“To my great fellow Americans,” Trump began, “I am filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah. Charlie inspired millions, and tonight, all who knew him and loved him are united in shock and horror.

“Charlie was a patriot who devoted his life to the cause of open debate and the country that he loved so much, the United States of America. He fought for liberty, democracy, justice and the American people. He’s a martyr for truth and freedom, and there’s never been anyone who was so respected by youth.

“Charlie was also a man of deep, deep faith, and we take comfort in the knowledge that he is now at peace with God in heaven. Our prayers are with his wife, Erika, the two young, beloved children and his entire family who he loved more than anything in the world, we ask God to watch over them in this terrible hour of heartache and pain, this is a dark moment for America.

“Charlie Kirk traveled the nation joyfully engaging with everyone interested in good faith debate. His mission was to bring young people into the political process, which he did better than anybody ever, to share his love of country and to spread the simple words of common sense on campuses nationwide.

Charlie Kirk in His Own Words: ‘I Want to be Remembered for the Courage of My Faith’ (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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Charlie Kirk once appeared on a podcast where the host asked him how he wished to be remembered.

Although he was initially surprised by the question, he eventually replied that he wanted to be remembered for the courage of his faith.

Question: “How would you wanna be remembered?”

Charlie: “I wanna be remembered for courage for my faith. That that would be the most important thing. The most important thing is my faith in my life.”

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Charlie Kirk on how he wanted to be remembered.

Question: “How would you wanna be remembered?”

Charlie: “I wanna be remembered for courage for my faith. That that would be the most important thing. The most important thing is my faith in my life.” pic.twitter.com/fwBV9UVefc

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 11, 2025

Pete Hegseth Leads Impromptu Lord’s Prayer After Charlie Kirk Assassination– wltreport.com
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This is so powerful…

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth just led troops in the Lord’s Prayer, in the wake of the heartbreaking assassination of Charlie Kirk.

He also delivered an incredibly moving speech to troops right on the spot.

Watch:

🚨 WOW! Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke to the troops about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. This is amazing. Charlie was an icon. 🇺🇸 🙏

“The only assurance I can take is that I know he is with his Lord and Savior right now.”

“He has heard the words ‘well done, good and… pic.twitter.com/whiuV6CVHo

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 11, 2025

🚨 WOW! Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke to the troops about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. This is amazing. Charlie was an icon. 🇺🇸 🙏

“The only assurance I can take is that I know he is with his Lord and Savior right now.”

“He has heard the words ‘well done, good and faithful servant…’ I didn’t quite know what to do after the news…but I knew what felt fitting was to come here and be with all of you.”

Backup here:

Amen, sir.

Assassination and the Watershed Radicalization of the American Right – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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If you’re looking for something poignant, I’m not your guy right now. My colleagues have done remarkable work eulogizing and paying tribute to Charlie Kirk; there is absolutely nothing that I can add to their heartfelt words. Words that I know weren’t easy to write.

In what is a huge departure for me, I had already mapped out what I was going to write here at the top of Thursday’s Briefing before noon my time on Wednesday. It was about 9/11, although probably not what you might expect. That will be turned into a column that I’ll publish later today.

As soon as the news that Charlie Kirk had been shot hit, the day immediately became a surreal blur of fast-moving information that felt like it was happening in a slow-motion nightmare. I didn’t know Charlie — he came to prominence just as my many years of activism were winding down. I have been aware for a long time of the great work that Turning Point USA does, however. I know a lot of younger people who have been politically energized by TPUSA and who had a lot of respect and affection for Kirk.

People I know who don’t pay a lot of attention to politics were devastated and glued to the news. My private messages, texts, and phone calls featured a lot of monosyllabic expletive-laden expressions of shock and outrage. Two friends offered variations on “this feels different.” That was echoed in other conversations. My good friend Kira Davis posted this on X:

If you ask me a year from now when I got radicalized – it’s today.

— Kira (@RealKiraDavis) September 10, 2025

FBI Recovers “High Powered BOLT ACTION RIFLE” of “College-Aged” Assassin– gellerreport.com
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The FBI has recovered a “high powered BOLT ACTION RIFLE” in a wooded area where the assassin fled after kiIIing Charlie Kirk

The suspect is believed to be “college-aged.”

“All cartridges have engraved wording on them, expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology.”

“Investigators have collected footwear impression, a palmprint and forearm imprints for analysis,” the FBI says

🚨 BREAKING: The FBI has recovered a “high powered BOLT ACTION RIFLE” in a wooded area where the assassin fled after kiIIing Charlie Kirk

The suspect is believed to be “college-aged”

“Investigators have collected footwear impression, a palmprint and forearm imprints for… pic.twitter.com/zodDSiY1xS

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 11, 2025

And this: https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1966118431511433267

“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.””

JD Vance Reveals the Major Role Charlie Kirk Played in His Political Career– www.westernjournal.com
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The man is gone, but the fire he lit still burns.

So wrote Vice President J.D. Vance in a post on X as he reached back into his years of friendship with conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was gunned down in Utah on Wednesday while trying to pass on the fire of conservatism to a new generation.

Vance initially offered a prayer when news of Kirk’s death broke, writing on X, “Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord.”

Later, he reflected on the long journey he made from the edges of politics to its core, walking with Kirk every step of the way.

“A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today,” Vance wrote.

“Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives,” he wrote.

FBI Seeks to Identify Person of Interest in Charlie Kirk Shooting– www.dailysignal.com
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation released a photo of a new person of interest in the Charlie Kirk assassination, asking the public for help identifying him.

FBI Salt Lake City posted on X 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.”

Its post features two images of a man in a dark sweatshirt and jeans, a baseball cap, and sunglasses.

That post follows investigators’ earlier statement that they had “good video footage” of a suspect that they weren’t publicizing for now.

Just hours prior, Robert Bohls, the FBI special agent in charge of the investigation, announced the discovery of a bolt-action rifle investigators believe was used in the shooting. The rifle was found in a “wooded area where the shooter had fled.”

According to reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the rifle was found with a magazine containing three unspent rounds engraved with “expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology.”

Melania Trump Posts Heartfelt Message Honoring The Life Of Charlie Kirk– wltreport.com
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First Lady Melania Trump has released her response to the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk.

In the post on X, Melania shared that Charlie’s life should be remembered as a lesson in valuing family, love, and country.

You can read it here:

Charlie’s children will be raised with stories instead of memories, photographs instead of laughter, and silence where their father’s voice should have echoed.

Charlie Kirk’s life should serve as a symbolic reminder that compassionate awareness elevates family, love, and…

— MELANIA TRUMP (@MELANIATRUMP) September 11, 2025

Law enforcement finds ‘transgender and anti-fascist ideology’ on Charlie Kirk assassin’s cartridges– www.lifesitenews.com
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Law enforcement have found a rifle near the campus where conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was shot, with cartridges all “engraved” with expressions of “transgender and anti-fascist ideology.”

Steven Crowder posted to X Thursday morning an exclusively obtained email from the American Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) sharing internal findings about the weapon used by Kirk’s yet-unidentified assassin.

EXCLUSIVE: This morning my team received an e-mail from officer at ATF.

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

— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) September 11, 2025

“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,” read the ATF message.

Docs Indicate Charlie Kirk Assassin Was Motivated By Transgender Ideology– thefederalist.com
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Ammunition found in a gun that law enforcement suspects could have been the weapon used to assassinate Charlie Kirk was engraved with anti-fascist ideology and transgender expressions, according to new reports.

Steven Crowder shared on X an email his team purportedly received from an officer at the ATF. The email states that “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.”

EXCLUSIVE: This morning my team received an e-mail from officer at ATF.

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

— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) September 11, 2025

 

“All cartridges have engraved wording on them, expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology,” the email reads.

The Wall Street Journal later reported similar details, citing an internal law-enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation.

FBI Releases Photos of Suspected Charlie Kirk Assassin– slaynews.com
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The FBI has released photos of a suspect identified as a new person of interest in the assassination of conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.

As Slay News reported, Kirk was shot and killed during a speech at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

The images show a thin male wearing jeans, a long-sleeved black shirt with an American flag graphic, black sunglasses, and a hat.

Rifle Recovered, Escape Route Tracked

FBI Salt Lake City Special Agent in Charge Robert Bohls said investigators have traced the sniper’s escape route and recovered a “high-powered, bolt-action rifle.”

Authorities also obtained foot, palm, and forearm imprints linked to the shooting.

The update follows confusion on Wednesday when law enforcement announced two separate detentions.

Kirk Shooter’s Ammo Engraved With Messages of ‘Transgender and Antifascist Ideology’ › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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Ammunition inside the rifle used to assassinate Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk was engraved with messages of “transgender and antifascist ideology,” the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing a law enforcement bulletin and a source familiar with the investigation.

Kirk, 31,  was fatally shot in the neck while speaking at an outdoor TPUSA event at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday.

Federal investigators recovered the high-powered, bolt-action rifle in a wooded area near the university.

The FBI on Thursday also released photos of a “person of interest” in the murder,  as the Bureau continued its manhunt for the killer, appealing to the public for information. According to Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner, Beau Mason, the suspect “blended in” with students on campus. The photos show a person wearing a hat, sunglasses and a black, long-sleeved t-shirt that appeared to have a photo of an American flag on it.

The Wall Street Journal’s reporting tracks with what conservative journalist Steven Crowder reported early Thursday.

“This morning my team received an e-mail from officer at ATF,” Crowder posted on X at 7:35 am. He said the email included a screenshot “an internal message describing a weapon and cartridges located by an ATF and other law enforcement near the scene” of the shooting.

Law Enforcement Announces ‘Breakthroughs’ in Charlie Kirk Investigation– www.westernjournal.com
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Law enforcement officials said Thursday they have made progress in their investigation into the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot to death Wednesday during a turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University.

“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.

“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,” he said.

He said authorities have contacted residents to collect video from their security cameras.

“We do have good video footage of this individual,” he said.

Mason said 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.

🚨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

Columbia Students Turn Assassination Into a Punchline– townhall.com
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Columbia University’s satirical newspaper, The Federalist, published an article making fun of Turning Point USA’s pro-Second Amendment position just hours after Charlie Kirk was assassinated at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

The headline read, “Turning Point USA Undergoes Unexpected Ideological Shift, States Second Amendment Actually Not That Important Anymore.”

A mock statement from TPUSA leadership, written by the satirical newspaper, read:

The Turning Point USA leadership team recently convened to discuss the role of the Second Amendment in our propaganda, I mean, education. We’ve decided to reconsider our stance on gun control and personal freedoms. This decision was made completely independently of recent events.

Guns kill people. That is a truth that we have only recently learned. It turns out, ignoring all of those public health experts and grieving parents and nationwide statistics wasn’t a good idea. Our bad!

“In typical conservative fashion, it seems, Turning Point USA only realizes how terrible their politics are when it f**ks with their own lives. Go figure,” the article concluded.