Charlie Kirk shooter is of ‘college age,’ used since-recovered high-powered bolt-action rifle

Charlie Kirk’s assassin was of “college-age” and blended in with students before making his way to a roof and then “jumping off the building,” following the killing, authorities said Thursday morning, adding that law enforcement was desperate to bring justice to the person who left the conservative influencer’s wife “devastated.” 

The sniper arrived on campus at 11:52 a.m. on Wednesday, just under half an hour before firing the single shot that killed Kirk, 31, at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University, Beau Mason from the Utah Department of Public Safety said at an early morning press conference.

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Authorities have footage of the suspected gunman and are using technology to try to identify him, Mason said, adding that the video will not be made public yet.

“We are confident in our abilities right now, and we would like to move forward in a manner that keeps everyone safe and then moves this process appropriately,” Mason explained when asked why the video was not being released. 

A high-powered bolt-action rifle, believed to be the killer’s weapon, was recovered from a “in a wooded area where the shooter had fled” near campus, said the FBI’s Special Agent in Charge Robert Bohls, adding that the bureau had received more than 130 tips related to the shooting so far.

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A “footwear impression, a palm print, and forearm imprints” were also collected from the scene and have been sent to a forensics lab for analysis, Bohls said.

Anyone with video or images of the shootings is being urged to get in touch with authorities, Bohls said.