Gravings on Shooter’s ammunition exposes Charlie Kirk’s assassination
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The rifle which, according to federal investigators, was used in the shooting which killed the conservative activist Charlie Kirk contained ammunition registered in anti -fascist messaging, highlighting the reason for the suspect.
Utah governor Spencer Cox confirmed the message at a press conference on Friday, saying that investigators had discovered inscriptions on shields found with a lock rifle near the University of Utah Valley campus, where Kirk was killed at an event.
One of the used boxes and three unused envelopes contained the writings, said Cox.
The news of the ammunition registrations was shared for the first time on social networks Thursday morning in a preliminary bulletin attributed to the alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives.
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Charlie Kirk appeared at the University of Utah Valley in Orem, Utah, on September 10, 2025, shortly before the shooting. (Tess Crowley / The Deseret News via AP)
According to the bulletin, broadcast on X by the political commentator Steven Crowder, federal officials have recovered a Mauser of caliber .30-06 in the woods which contained “engravings”, including messaging expressing the anti-fascist ideology and other messages.
Fox News Digital confirmed the veracity of the ATF bulletin by speaking to several sources, but the sources stressed Thursday that the information was preliminary.
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The mourning people hold candles during a SEATTLE vigil for the founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, killed during a speech at the University of Utah Valley. (David Ryder / Getty Images)
Information on the firearm has surfaced almost 24 hours after Kirk, 31, was shot in a speech commitment in Utah. His graphic death and the few public information revealed in the early hours of the investigation into his murder left the nation in shock and relaunched a heated debate on political violence in the United States
The law enforcement officials worked frantically in the aftermath of Kirk’s death to find and stop the shooter, whom they announced on Friday was Tyler Robinson, a 22 -year -old Utah man.
On Friday, Cox described the shooting a “political assassination”.
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Charlie Kirk speaks at the University of Utah Valley in Orem, Utah, on September 10, 2025, during his “American tour”, shortly before his death (Trent Nelson / The Salt Lake Tribune / Getty Images)
“It is certainly the tragic death, the assassination, the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, but it is also much more important than an attack on an individual,” said Cox. “It is an attack on us all. It is an attack on the American experience.”
FBI director Kash Patel Throwing the survey calendar on Friday, saying that it had taken 33 hours at the FBI and Utah. Patel said that the authorities had made “historical progress” in such a short time.
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The FBI FBI field office Salt Lake City released An image Thursday of a man they had said was a “person of interest” in Kirk’s death and asked the public to identify him. The office also announced that it offered a reward of $ 100,000 for information leading to its capture. Cox said that a friend of a friend of Robinson’s family has led to his arrest.
