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by DYLAN NOLAN
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Political activist Charlie Kirk, founder of the conservative organization Turning Point USA and a prominent ally of U.S. president Donald Trump, was shot in the neck and killed yesterday afternoon (September 10, 2025) during a campus event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
Kirk, 31, is survived by his wife, Erika Kirk, and their two young children.
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Chaos ensured in the immediate aftermath of Kirk’s assassination, with authorities apprehending two individuals who would later be revealed to not have a connection to the shooing.
Federal and state authorities hosted a press conference hours after the shooting promising to apprehend Kirk’s killer, but declined to provide specific information abut the suspected shooter’s identity or whereabouts.
In a subsequent press update this morning (September 11, 2025) Utah department of public safety commissioner Beau Mason provided further information about the ongoing investigation into Kirk’s assassination.
“Yesterday during the investigative we located two persons of interest, we interviewed those individuals,” Mason noted that after investigators cleared the individuals of having a connection to the shooting “they faced threats.”
“We ask the public to be patient with the investigative process,” Mason implored.
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He went on to provide an update on the investigation, noting local and federal law enforcement officials worked throughout the night, and have assembled video tracking the shooters movements throughout the campus on surveillance footage before and after the shooting.
Mason confirmed early reports that the shooter was positioned on a roof across the amphitheater approximately 200 yards away from Kirk.
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After firing on kirk the shooter reportedly “moved to the other side of the building, jumped off of the building and fled off of the campus and into a neighborhood.”
Mason noted that investigators are in possession of “good video footage,” of the shooter, but that they do not intend to immediately release it to the public as they are “working through some technologies and some ways to identify this individual.”
Hours after Mason’s update, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials released images of the person of interest and asked for the public’s help in identifying them.
“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 bureau’s Salt Lake City office wrote in an X post.
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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.
— FBI Salt Lake City (@FBISaltLakeCity) September 11, 2025
1-800-CALL-FBI
Digital media tips: https://t.co/K7maX81TjJ pic.twitter.com/ALuVkTXuDc
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Earlier this morning, political commentator Steven Crowder released a purported federal law enforcement internal communication concerning the incident.
“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 report notes “the location of the firearm appears to match the suspects route of travel.”
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The internal communication goes on to document “the spent cartridge was still chambered in addition to three unspent rounds at the top fed magazine” and adds the rounds “have engraved wording on them, expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology.”
Hours after Crowder’s publication, the Wall Street Journal reported “an internal law-enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation,” confirm “investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.”
This is a developing story and will continue to be updated as additional information becomes available.
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Dylan Nolan is the director of special projects at FITSNews. He graduated from the Darla Moore school of business in 2021 with an accounting degree. Got a tip or story idea for Dylan? Email him here. You can also engage him socially @DNolan2000.
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9 comments
Does “engraved” mean actually engraved or written or scratched on to the cases?
The last question Charlie Kirk addressed concerned mass shootings by transgender persons. How ironic that ammo found had engraving of transgender ideology. Coincidence? Has the person who posed that question been questioned for possible knowledge of the crime?
Having watched a few of the videos, what is with the guy in the white cap up near the stage giving the baseball signs just as the transgender is answered… touching his cap, not adjusting it. He wasn’t even facing the stage he was facing the audience. I just hope they can get to the shooter before the shooter realizes he’s about to get caught and kills himself. I want to see this guy strapped to a chair.
I read that those were his security detail and his best friend, they could be hand gestures to the mic handler.
I think Trumps going to ask Kirks wife how she wants this guy to come in, so lets see. They must have a pretty good idea by now who it is.
Well actually im seeing weirder stuff like people having it in the headlines a day before. Its weird.
Huh, so the suspect is white but the Reich wingers are sending in threats to HBCUs. Go figure.
I think people are furious with the rail stabbing. That was diabolical.
Just reading about the threats to schools that’s not good either.
Watch the trigger warnings and remember that those other news sites are owned by Grey Media (look into that) and want to see chaos, most of us on here on fitsnews are neighbors and dont want to see each other hurt.
“Hours after Crowder’s publication, the Wall Street Journal reported “an internal law-enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation,” confirm “investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.””
And WSJ has since retracted that reporting. I’m sure Fizznews will be correcting this asap. Not.
Dylan, gonna do any reporting on the right wing fascist school shooting in CO? Or no because it doesn’t fit your anti-trans narrative?