What we know โ and donโt โ about the suspect in Charlie Kirkโs killing as the manhunt enters day 3
From CNN staff
Utah authorities have released new video of the suspect in Charlie Kirkโs killing and renewed pleas for the publicโs help in bringing the shooter to justice.
The video shows a person lying โproneโ on the corner of a campus buildingโs roof before getting up, running across the roof and dropping down onto the lawn, all while carrying a backpack.
โThe suspect, after dropping off the building, moved around across this grass area around the parking lot,โ said Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason, who narrated the video on a large screen during a news conference.
New video shows suspect jumping from rooftop to leave scene after Charlie Kirk shooting02:53
Despite the attention to detail, authorities did not identify the suspect seen in the video or offer details about the person, other than the physical description shown in the video and photos they had released.
We also donโt know where the suspect is. Authorities have โno ideaโ whether the suspect is still in Utah or across state lines, Mason told NBC News.
Hereโs where the investigation stands:
- โDistinctiveโ appearance: The released images show the suspect wearing a โvery distinctiveโ black t-shirt featuring an American flag and what appears to be an eagle. The suspect also wears sunglasses, a hat with a triangle on it, jeans, Converse sneakers and a black backpack. Earlier in the day, authorities said the shooter โappears to be of college ageโ and blended in well on campus.
- Palm impressions and shoe prints: The suspectโs hands left impressions as they climbed off the roof, authorities said, and investigators areย looking to collect potential DNAย from smudges left there. A shoe imprint also suggests the suspect was wearing Converse shoes, Mason said.
- Another new video:ย Footage obtained by CNN shows a personย matching the suspectโs descriptionย walking in a residential area near the Utah Valley University campus before the shooting.
- Rifle recovered: Authorities used the video they released yesterday to track the suspectโs path to a wooded area where they recovered the firearm believed to have been used to kill Kirk.ย The rifleย recovered was a Mauser bolt-action .30-06 caliber rifle equipped with a long-distance scope, according to a senior law enforcement official. Audio captured near the podium where Kirk was speaking suggests he was killed by aย single supersonic gunshot, according to an audio forensics expert.
- Markings on ammunition: Investigators are analyzingย engravingsย found on a spent shell casing and three chambered rounds found inside the rifle, sources said. Agents preliminarily interpreted the markings as โexpressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology,โ but that informationย remains unverifiedย and is still being investigated. Authorities have not yet determined a motive in the killing.
- Student saw man on roof:ย A Utah Valley student told CNN they saw a manย walking on or near the roofย of the Losee Center twice in two weeks. The student called the manโs behavior โweirdโ and said a professor who was also there called out to ask if the man was okay.
- Death penalty to be pursued:ย Officials will pursue the death penalty once the suspect is found, the governor said.
- Reward for info: The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for any information that leads to the identification and arrest of the shooter. Authorities received more than 7,000 โleads and tips,โ Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said, adding that investigators have conducted nearly 200 interviews.
1 hr 31 min ago Watch: Person matching suspect’s description walking through neighborhood near crime scene
CNN’s Martin Goillandeau, Taylor Galgano and Jillian Sykes
Charlie Kirk shooting suspect captured on residential camera00:51
Footage obtained by CNN shows a person matching the description and images of the suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk walking on a residential street before the shooting.
CNN has geolocated the video to a neighborhood near Utah Valley University campus.
The person in the video appears to pause at a tree before turning and walking toward the university.
The hour shown in the video timecode was not set to match local time, according to the owner of the footage. Authorities said the suspect arrived on campus at 11:52 a.m.
2 hr 9 min ago Suspect in Kirk’s killing seen in newly released video
New videoย released by the Utah Department of Public Safetyย shows the suspect in Charlie Kirkโs murder running across the roof of a school building, and eventually going into the wooded area where officials found the gun.
