Charlie Kirk's Killer Used 'High-Action, Bolt Action Rifle', Says FBI

Last Updated:September 11, 2025, 19:17 IST

Charlie Kirk Assassination: The Federal Bureau Of Investigation in a press conference held in Utah said every agency and asset has been deployed to find the killer of Charlie Kirk.

FBI’s Salt Lake City field officer Robert Bohls addresses a press conference on the manhunt to nab the killer of Charlie Kirk. (IMAGE: X)

The Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday said they have recovered the weapon used to assassinate conservative, right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk.

Robert Bohls, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Salt Lake City field office, told reporters that the weapon is a “high-powered, bolt action rifle" recovered from the “wooded area where the shooter had fled".

Earlier, Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason who first spoke to the reporters at the press conference, said that the investigation has made “a few breakthroughs", including being able to track the shooter’s movements, according to broadcasters BBC and CNN.

Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason further added that the suspect “blended in well in the university setting and appears to be of college age". The FBI official said that investigators believe the suspect is male.

“We will not stand for what happened yesterday," Mason said. “We are exhausting every lead, we have every officer invested in this, every investigator, every local agency."

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