Multiple videos of the scene show graphic details about the murder of Charlie Kirk, a conservative commentator and political organizer at a university in Utah on Wednesday.
Authorities are currently staring at the video as part of an investigation into Kirk’s murder. They still tie the two of them down and then after releasing them, they are still searching for gunmen.
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Kirk attracted a large crowd to an event at Utah Valley University. He was shot at 12:20pm while talking about mass shooting.
“Do you know how many mass shooters have been in America over the past decade?” the audience asks.
“Are you counting or not counting gang violence?” Kirk replies.
Soon, Kirk is shot in the neck. One video shows blood pouring from the wound as he collapses. When the crowd realizes what happened, people can hear them scream and run away.
“The incident occurred with a large crowd. One shot, one casualty,” Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said Wednesday afternoon. “Subjects are common, but I believe this is a target attack on one individual.”
The shooter is believed to have fired from the roof of Kirk’s building, according to the Public Safety Agency.
A source familiar with the investigation told the Times that the bullet hit Kirk’s carotid artery.
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University police chief Jeffrey Long said six officers from the squad, including Plain officials embedded in the crowd, are working with members of Kirk’s personal security team to manage safety at the event.
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Mason of the Utah Department of Public Safety said the agency is analyzing campus security videos showing suspects in dark clothing who may have shot Kirk from the roof.
The gunman is believed to have killed Kirk from at least 200 yards away using some sort of sniper rifle, a law enforcement source told The Times.
Some experts who watched the video believe that the perpetrator has probably had firearms experience given the accuracy of a single shot being fired from a considerable distance.
We witnessed the gunshots being so loud that they echoed through the pavilion where Kirk was talking.
Brynlee Holms told The Tribune that the shot was “super loud,” which added to the panic of the crowd.
“I just heard a clear shot, ‘Boom!” And that was it,” he replied.
Police detained George Jin and Zakaria Kureshi as suspects and later released them after determining that they had no connection to the shooting, according to the Ministry of Public Safety. The archer’s manhunt continues.
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There was no video showing the gunman firing shots or running away into the scene.
Mason said authorities are reviewing television video for the closed circuit. “We’re analyzing it, but it’s security camera footage so you can guess what the quality is,” Mason said. “We know we wear all the dark clothes.
Utah Governor Stephen Cox called the attack a “political assassination” and called Wednesday a “dark day for our nation” and a “tragic day for our nation.”
Law enforcement agencies worked “multiple active crime scenes,” including the area where Kirk was shot and the location where the suspects and victims traveled, according to the Public Safety Department. They did not provide further information about the suspect.
The FBI was created to gather information that could lead to the arrest of the shooter.
