Authorities are still searching for the shooter who killed Charlie Kirk at an event at Utah Valley University,but have recovered a rifle believed to have been used to fire the single fatal shot, the USA Today website reports today (Sept.11, 2025).
Authorities have not identified a suspect, but said that they recovered a high--powered rifle in the woods they believe was used in the shooting and learned new details about a suspect from video being analyzed. Photos of a new person of interest were also released by the FBI today.
Kirk, a 31--year--old conservative activist and close political ally of President Donald Trump, was speaking outside in a courtyard at the univerwsity yesterday afternoon. The shooting, captured in graphic detail in video clips that rapidly spread around the internet, sparked fear and panic among some of the 3,000 attendees, prompting the school
to evcacuate the campus and close down as authorities investigate. Some students fled while others barricaded themselves into classrooms,Utah Department of Public Safety
Commissioner Beau Mason said.
"We do have good video footage of this individual,"Mason said. He added that investigators are using technology to help identify the suspect from the video.
Trump, who ordered all U.S. flags flown at half--staff until sunset on Sunday, has vowed that his administration will "find each and evrey one of those who contributed to this atrocity."
Kirk, 31, was a husband of Erika Frantzve and father of two young children: a daughter, 3, and a son,1.
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