The Forensic Debate Over Bullet Trajectory in Charlie Kirk's Assassination

Showing 14 Bullet Trajectory videos from Charlie Kirk's video collection.

Competing analyses of the bullet trajectory in Charlie Kirk's assassination, and the forensic conclusions investigators and independent experts reached, make up the bulk of coverage here. Forensic death investigator Joseph Scott Morgan, a former senior investigator at the Atlanta medical examiner's office, explained that trajectory analysis and laser measurement and rifling marks on the recovered casing would be used to match the fatal round to the recovered rifle. He directly rejected online claims of an exploding microphone or a second shooter as unsupported by the available evidence, while noting a .30-06 round can behave unpredictably depending on the specific weapon and ammunition.

A separate forensic analysis disputed claims that the bullet had severed Kirk's spinal cord outright, arguing the trajectory angle made a direct hit unlikely and that the documented neurological effects were more consistent with shock wave impact from a nearby round. Independent commentators have proposed alternative reconstructions, including theories involving a second shooter, an object worn around Kirk's neck, or an alternate building location, using ballistic gel and skull models to test these scenarios; those specific alternative theories remain unverified and are not detailed further here. Additional videos cover the recovered bolt-action rifle and spent casing and palm print evidence collected at the scene.