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   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   The FBI has released images of a person of interest sought in connection   
   with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, the founder of the conservative   
   youth activist organization Turning Point USA, during an event at Utah   
   Valley University on Wednesday.   
      
   "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's Salt Lake City office said on X while sharing two   
   images of the individual.   
      
   The manhunt for the suspect, who is believed to be college-aged,   
   continues, with officials working "around the clock" to locate the   
   individual, officials said during a press conference on Thursday.   
      
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   The FBI also said Thursday it has recovered what is believed to be the   
   weapon used in the deadly shooting. A "high-powered bolt action rifle,”   
   which officials believe was the weapon used in the shooting, was recovered   
   in a wooded area near where the shooting took place, according to Salt   
   Lake City FBI Special Agent Robert Bohls.   
      
   Officials said they have been able to track the movements of the shooter   
   and have "good" video footage of the individual, Utah Department of Public   
   Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said on Thursday. The video footage will   
   not be released to the public at this time, Mason said.   
      
   At 11:52 a.m. on Wednesday, the suspect arrived on the Orem campus and   
   then proceeded to travel through the stairwells up to the roof of a   
   building near the where the outdoors event was taking place, before the   
   suspect fired down at Kirk, Mason said.   
      
   Kirk was hit by a single shot at approximately 12:20 p.m. and taken to a   
   hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.   
      
   After the shooting, the suspect traveled to the other side of building,   
   jumped off and fled off-campus into a neighborhood, Mason said. Officials   
   are working through nearby neighborhoods, contacting people with doorbell   
   cameras and speaking to witnesses to identify any leads, Mason said.   
      
   Along with recovering the weapon, Bohls said investigators have also   
   collected a footwear impression, palm print and forearm imprints for   
   analysis.   
      
   Officials emphasized the shooting was a "targeted" attack and they are   
   "exhausting every lead."   
      
   "We will not stand for what happened yesterday," Mason said. "We are   
   investing everything we have into this and we will catch this individual."   
      
   The FBI asked for tips from the public as the manhunt for the perpetrator   
   continues, urging anyone with information, photos or video from the   
   incident to share it with investigators.   
      
   Trump blames political rhetoric   
   As the search for the suspect continued, President Donald Trump and   
   prominent MAGA personalities sought to tie the killing to Democratic   
   political rhetoric.   
      
   In a video posted to social media on Wednesday, Trump said, "It's a long   
   past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that   
   violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with   
   whom you disagree."   
      
   "For years, those on the radical Left have compared wonderful Americans   
   like Charlie to Nazis and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals,"   
   he added. "This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism   
   that we're seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now."   
      
   Trump's son Eric, meanwhile, told Fox News' Sean Hannity he was "sick and   
   tired of seeing the bullets -- they are only going one way."   
      
   Utah Gov. Spencer Cox got emotional Wednesday as he delivered a message   
   mentioning recent attacks on both Democrats and Republicans.   
      
   "Our nation is broken," Cox said. "We've had political assassinations   
   recently in Minnesota. We had an attempted assassination on the governor   
   of Pennsylvania. And we had an attempted assassination on a presidential   
   candidate and former president of the United States -- and now current   
   president of the United States. Nothing I say can unite us as a country.   
   Nothing I can say right now can fix what is broken. Nothing I can say can   
   bring back Charlie Kirk. Our hearts are broken."   
      
   Controversial campus visit   
   Kirk -- a 31-year-old father of two -- was considered a confidant of Trump   
   and highly influential in the conservative youth movement.   
      
   He founded the conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA in 2012 at   
   the age of 18, and in the 2024 elections was credited with building   
   significant support for Trump among young voters.   
      
   The Utah event was expected to include a "prove me wrong" table, according   
   to the tour's website.   
      
   Ahead of the conservative political activist's visit to Utah Valley   
   University, some students started an online petition asking university   
   administrators to stop him from coming.   
      
   Though Kirk's visit was controversial on campus, police were tracking no   
   specific or credible threats before the fatal shooting, Utah law   
   enforcement sources told ABC News.   
      
   More than 3,000 people were estimated to be at the event, according to the   
   university's police chief, Jeff Long. There were six police officers,   
   along with Kirk's private security, according to Long.   
      
   UVU will be closed until Sept. 14, according to a notice posted on the   
   university’s website.   
      
   One suspect sought   
      
   There is no evidence that anyone else was involved, according to   
   authorities.   
      
   The Utah Department of Public of Safety said in an update Wednesday night   
   that two people were initially taken into custody after the shooting but   
   later released.   
      
   The first was released and later charged with obstruction by university   
   police. The second person was taken into custody and released after an   
   "interrogation" by law enforcement, the department said.   
      
   Utah authorities said "there are no current ties to the shooting with   
   either of these individuals."   
      
   Tributes from both parties   
   Trump was among those who paid tribute to Kirk.   
      
   "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead," Trump said on   
   social media. "No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the   
   United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by   
   ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my   
   Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we   
   love you!"   
      
   "It's horrific. It's one of the most horrible things I've ever seen,"   
   Trump told ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl.   
      
   "He was a great guy," Trump said. "He was a good man. He was an incredible   
   guy. Nobody like him."   
      
   Trump ordered all American flags throughout the country to be lowered to   
   half-staff through Sunday evening in Kirk's honor. On Thursday, he also   
      
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