Gun Recovered In Charlie Kirk Assassination Revealed

A rifle recovered in the hunt for conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassin contained ammo engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideology,” according to preliminary reports from law enforcement sources. The weapon — an imported .30-06-caliber Mauser bolt-action rifle — was discovered wrapped in a towel by investigators in a wooded area following the killing of the conservative leading light, who was shot once... A source familiar noted that the Justice Department is investigating the descriptions alleged in the ATF memo, but that the agency was unable to confirm that the description matched the evidence recovered at the... Kirk, 31, was struck in the neck by a single shot fired from a distance of around 200 yards while answering an audience member’s question about mass shootings committed by transgender people. Follow The Post’s live coverage of the Charlie Kirk shooting for the latest news and updates OREM, UT — Behind Utah Valley University's Losee building, FBI forensics agents were still gathering evidence Sept.

11 in the wooded area where the bureau said agents recovered the "high-powered" rifle a shooter used to kill political influencer Charlie Kirk. The Wall Street Journal and New York Times, citing law-enforcement sources, reported it was an older model Mauser .30-06 caliber bolt action rifle. An ATF spokesperson declined to comment to USA TODAY, citing the active investigation. Evidence markers on a small hill behind the building appeared to mark the trail the shooter took, scrambling through some trees towards a nearby construction site. Charlie Kirk shooting live updates: New person of interest sought by FBI, rifle found At the site, Dylan Hope, an electrician, told USA TODAY that his colleague, who was operating an excavator Wednesday, Sept.

10, when the shooting took place, believes he spoke with the gunman. Hope said his colleague spoke with a young man who appeared on the site and asked if he could walk through it. Fox News Digital sees police officers taping off the crime scene where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Utah Valley University's campus. The gun recovered by authorities in the assassination of Charlie Kirk was a bolt-action rifle — a common hunting weapon valued for its reliability but limited to a single shot before reloading. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who described Kirk's assassination as a "watershed moment," said during a Friday press conference that inscriptions were detected on bullet casings found with the rifle.

Inscriptions on a fired casing read: "notices, bulges, OwO, what's this?" Other unused casings read, "Hey fascist! Catch!" and "If you read this you are gay lmao," Cox said. Unlike a semiautomatic, the shooter must manually operate the bolt handle to cycle the weapon: lifting and pulling it back moves the spent cartridge, while pushing it forward chambers a new round from the... Lowering the bolt locks the round and seals the chamber, making the rifle ready to fire again — a simple, durable design that has kept it popular among hunters and target shooters. "This process limits the rate of fire, you can only take one shot at a time," explained retired Marine Lt. Col.

Hal Kempfer in an interview with Fox News Digital. Authorities investigating the shocking murder of Charlie Kirk recovered a weapon that could prove key to solving the case. FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Bohls confirmed that investigators found a “high-powered bolt-action rifle” hidden in a wooded area near where Kirk was killed. Officials said the FBI sent the firearm to a laboratory for detailed analysis. The discovery comes after days of intense searching by federal and local investigators. Bohls told reporters that detectives also uncovered footwear impressions and a palm print in the vicinity of the crime scene, which could provide crucial leads.

The public flooded the FBI with information, submitting more than 130 tips since Kirk’s death shocked the community. “Every piece of information helps us build a clearer picture of what happened,” Bohls said. He stressed that investigators carefully review each lead, no matter how small, to ensure they don’t miss anything. Residents in the area expressed both relief and lingering anxiety following news of the weapon’s recovery. Some praised the FBI for their thorough approach, while others worried that the suspect could still be at large. Social media lit up with community members sharing updates, theories, and concerns about safety, revealing just how deeply Kirk’s death has affected the public.

Experts note that the rifle’s recovery could significantly advance the investigation. Forensic analysis can link weapons to their owners through ballistics, serial numbers, and other trace evidence. Meanwhile, the footwear impressions and palm print may help pinpoint the suspect’s movements and potentially place them at the scene of the murder. Eric Tucker, Associated Press Eric Tucker, Associated Press Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/ Report for America Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/ Report for America

LIVE UPDATES: Authorities search for Charlie Kirk’s shooter OREM, Utah (AP) — The shooter who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off a roof and into the woods remained at large more than 24 hours later Thursday as federal investigators... Investigators in Utah have recovered the weapon that was used to kill conservative activist Charlie Kirk, FBI official Robert Bohls said on Thursday, describing it as a high-powered rifle that was found in a... Bohls made the comments during a press conference. Meanwhile, police and US federal agents mounted an intense manhunt on Thursday for the sniper who killed the influential conservative activist as he was fielding questions about gun violence during a university appearance in... Kirk, a 31-year-old podcast-radio commentator and a close ally of US President Donald Trump, is credited with helping build the Republican Party’s support among younger voters.

He was killed on Wednesday by a single gunshot in what Utah Governor Spencer Cox called a political assassination. The killing, captured in graphic detail in videos that rapidly spread around the internet, occurred during a midday event attended by 3,000 people at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, about 65 km south... In the frantic hours after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, investigators discovered a gun in a wooded area near the scene in northern Utah. The federal agents seeking to trace the weapon faced a daunting task. It was a decades-old, German-made rifle built for use by the military in both World Wars, according to multiple law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation. So old that it may have been brought into the U.S.

before laws were enacted in the 1960s requiring guns to be affixed with serial numbers or other marks to enable tracing. There are believed to be millions of such weapons in homes across America. Fortunately for investigators, the alleged shooter was identified through other means — his family — who convinced him to surrender to police. But the alleged use of such a vintage weapon has raised fears among some former federal agents of the potential for other would-be assassins to seek out these powerful, accurate and hard-to-trace firearms. “Short of the security afforded to the president, there’s no way to defend against the threat posed by this,” said Scott Sweetow, a retired official with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Whether you agree or disagree with our analysis, these conversations matter for democracy.

We don't take money from political groups - even a $5 donation helps us keep it that way. Reporting assembled from the supplied itemized analyses shows no primary source in the set explicitly states that the fatal bullet recovered from the crime scene. Multiple articles describe physical evidence found in connection with the alleged shooter — a rifle located in a wooded area with a spent round and three unspent rounds, DNA recovered from the discarded rifle,... Medical commentary cited in the dataset describes an absence of an exit wound, with a surgeon and a member of Kirk’s team attributing bullet stoppage to high bone density [4] [5]. Other pieces raise investigative concerns about scene handling and possible evidence disturbance as construction proceeds, suggesting that if a bullet were present it might be lost or not publicly accounted for [6]. Court-reporting materials focus on procedural developments: a suspect’s court appearances, evidence described generally as DNA and a family rifle, and defense requests for more time to review discovery — none provide a chain-of-custody statement...

In short, the available texts collectively describe related physical evidence and medical observations, but they do not contain a clear, documented claim that the fatal bullet was recovered and forensically linked to the weapon... 2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints Key contextual gaps in the assembled analyses include the absence of explicit forensic-chain details, public laboratory reports, or law-enforcement press releases confirming recovery and ballistic matching of a fatal projectile. The dataset references a spent round found with the rifle and DNA evidence, but does not include confirmation whether a bullet was extracted from the victim, cataloged, or ballistically matched to the rifle [1]... Medical commentary about no exit wound explains why an internal bullet could exist, but the records here lack mention of autopsy, radiology (X-ray/CT) documentation, or prosecutorial affidavits stating that an internal projectile was recovered...

Alternative viewpoints not present in the supplied material would include direct statements from the coroner, the investigating agency (local police, county or federal), or forensic laboratory chain-of-custody logs; these would either confirm recovery and... Additionally, the critical timelines of scene processing and whether construction or site clearance occurred prior to full forensic documentation are asserted by one item as a concern but lack corroborating official incident logs or... These omissions matter because they determine whether the physical link between weapon and wound is demonstrable or remains circumstantial in available public reporting [3] [8]. 3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

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