The FBI in Salt Lake City has put out photographs of a “person of interest” in the shooting of Charlie Kirk that happened on Wednesday.
Federal officials are asking for the public’s help to figure out who the person is. These are the first images police have released of a suspect in Kirk’s death.
The photo shows a person walking up a flight of stairs. They are wearing dark pants, a long-sleeved black shirt, a black hat, and black sunglasses. The article from the FBI office in Salt Lake City also has a link to a page with tips about using digital media.
You can see the photos below:
The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that the ammunition cartridges found with the bolt-action rifle used to kill conservative activist Charlie Kirk had transgender and anti-fascist sentiments written on them.
The rifle was found on Wednesday night in a wooded area where the FBI thinks the killer ran away after the attack.
It was covered in a towel and still had three empty bullet cartridges in the chamber. The Journal said that each of them had “expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology” carved into them, citing an internal law enforcement alert and a person who was familiar with the investigation.
Robert Bohls, the head of the FBI’s Salt Lake City office, told reporters this morning that officers found “a high-powered bolt action rifle” in “a wooded area where the shooter had fled.”
In a post on X, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said that the State Department will “take action” against “foreigners” in the U.S. who he said are “praising, rationalizing, or making light of” Kirk’s assassination on social media.
“In light of yesterday’s horrific assassination of a leading political figure, I want to underscore that foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country,” Landau wrote on X. “I have been disgusted to see some on social media praising, rationalizing, or making light of the event, and have directed our consular officials to undertake appropriate action. Please feel free to bring such comments by foreigners to my attention so that the @StateDept can protect the American people.”