Up Next
Megyn Kelly Covers Tyler Robinson Court Appearance in Charlie Kirk Murder Case and Media Access Fight
15:17
Dr. Grande Analyzes the Assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in 2025
13:13
Andrew Kolvet and Blake Neff Break Down the Tyler Robinson Preliminary Hearing and Defense Tactics
15:28
Breaking: Law Enforcement Releases Facial Photo of Charlie Kirk's Assassin as Massive Manhunt Continues
Nancy Grace examines newly released surveillance photos of the suspect who murdered Charlie Kirk at age 31. Forensics expert Joe Scott Morgan analyzes critical evidence including the recovered bolt-action rifle, engraved ammunition, and biometric data from the crime scene. With over 150 tips already received, investigators trace the shooter's escape route through a residential neighborhood adjacent to the university campus where Kirk was killed by a single shot to the neck from approximately 200 yards away.
Critical Evidence Emerges in Charlie Kirk Assassination
Law enforcement has released crucial surveillance images of the suspect wanted for the assassination of Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed at just 31 years old. The images show a white male of college age, clean-shaven, wearing a black baseball cap, sunglasses, dark clothing, and jeans while ascending a stairwell. The distinctive t-shirt features an American flag with a gun design, providing investigators with a traceable lead.
The manhunt intensifies as the FBI offers a $100,000 reward for information leading to the suspect's capture. Over 150 tips have already been called in following the photo release. Investigators believe the shooter fled into a residential neighborhood and are requesting footage from all doorbell cameras and security systems in the surrounding area.
Forensic Analysis Reveals Calculated Attack
Forensics expert Joe Scott Morgan from Jacksonville State University provides detailed analysis of the evidence collected at the scene. The recovered weapon, believed to be a Mauser .30-06 bolt-action rifle, was found in a wooded area adjacent to the campus. The rifle contained three live rounds still in the magazine and one spent round that was never ejected from the chamber.
The ammunition recovered at the scene bears engravings expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology, similar to the Luigi Mangione case. The ATF is analyzing these markings for potential handwriting evidence. The rifle itself, dating back to approximately 1950, is easily traceable through serial numbers and any scope attachments purchased by the shooter.
Precision Shot From 200 Yards
The fatal shot struck Kirk in the neck, just to the left of the midline, causing instantaneous death. Morgan explains that at the cervical level where the round entered (likely C4 and above), damage to the spinal cord creates an unsurvivable injury. The victim would have faced both catastrophic blood loss and the severing of nerves controlling essential functions like diaphragm operation.
What makes this shooting particularly chilling is the level of precision required. The shooter fired from approximately 200 yards away, threading the bullet between the heads of people sitting in front of Kirk and the border of the tent structure. This single, accurate shot suggests extensive familiarity with both the weapon and the location.
Biometric and Physical Evidence
Despite wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap, the suspect left behind multiple forms of evidence. Investigators recovered what appears to be a forearm print, possibly from the suspect resting on the roof while taking the shot. While forearm prints are not stored in CODIS (Combined DNA Index System), they can yield touch DNA or more substantial biological evidence from sweat or skin oils.
A footprint impression was also recovered at the scene. The suspect's ungloved hands touching various surfaces throughout his approach and escape route provide additional opportunities for DNA collection. Lard's principle states that every contact leaves a trace, and investigators are systematically processing all potential touch points.
Campus Surveillance Saturation
The crime occurred on a university campus saturated with surveillance cameras. Morgan, who works at a university himself, notes that stepping outside any campus building immediately puts a person within view of multiple external cameras, not to mention interior ceiling-mounted systems. The suspect chose one of the worst possible locations to avoid detection.
Facial recognition technology failed to identify the suspect, likely due to the combination of the baseball cap and sunglasses obscuring key biometric markers. However, the quality of the recovered images far exceeds typical surveillance footage. The clear angular jaw, thin build, and distinctive clothing provide multiple identification points for anyone who knows the individual.
Premeditated Planning and Execution
Evidence suggests the shooter extensively planned the assassination. He knew how to access the roof, had established a static shooting position, and had pre-sighted the location. Kirk was positioned in an amphitheater-style setting, providing the shooter with the ideal firing position: shooting from above to below, straight on. The shooter had to account for bullet drop over the 200-yard distance, yet still achieved a precise neck shot.
The weapon platform chosen – a Mauser bolt-action rifle – requires manual operation between shots. The shooter would need to lift the bolt, pull it back to eject the spent casing, and push forward to chamber a new round. The fact that he never cycled the action after firing suggests either immediate flight or confidence in a single shot.
Escape Route and Current Investigation
Contrary to initial speculation about fleeing into mountainous terrain, investigators believe the suspect fled into a residential neighborhood. The wooded area where the rifle was found is described as adjacent to campus, possibly more park-like than rugged wilderness. This location choice suggests either an attempt to mislead investigators or indication of the suspect's actual escape route.
Within 10-12 minutes of the shooting location, the suspect could reach either the mountains (where Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph once evaded capture) or the airport. However, law enforcement's focus on residential doorbell cameras suggests they have evidence of the suspect moving through neighborhood streets, possibly on foot.
Profile of the Suspect
Based on the surveillance images and physical evidence, investigators describe the suspect as:
- White male, approximately 18-26 years old
- Slight, thin build
- Clean-shaven
- Angular jaw
- Wearing distinctive American flag with gun t-shirt
- Black baseball cap (possibly with emblem)
- Dark clothing and jeans
- Tennis shoes (possibly Converse brand)
- Visible outline of wallet in right front pocket
The suspect demonstrates comfort and familiarity with firearms, suggesting either military training, hunting experience, or extensive practice with the weapon platform used. The confidence displayed in both the approach and execution indicates this was not the suspect's first time handling this type of rifle.
Forensic Examination Underway
A complete autopsy is being performed to track the wound path, determine if the bullet exited the body, and recover any ballistic evidence. The Utah State Medical Examiner's Office, one of the original state ME offices in the country, is conducting the examination. Multiple forensic pathologists, along with representatives from local police and federal agencies, are present for the autopsy.
The examination will include extensive X-rays to locate any bullet fragments, external examination of clothing and the body, and detailed dissection of the neck structures and cervical vertebrae. Any recovered projectile or fragments will undergo ballistic examination to definitively link them to the recovered rifle.
Advancing the Investigation
Investigators are pursuing multiple evidence streams simultaneously. The distinctive t-shirt will be traced to its point of sale. The rifle's serial number and any scope attachments will be tracked through purchase records. The engraved ammunition may yield handwriting evidence if compared with suspect writing samples. Touch DNA from multiple surfaces will be processed and entered into databases.
Law enforcement is also examining whether the suspect had assistance. The possibility of a getaway driver or accomplice who helped with planning and logistics remains under investigation. The suspect's apparent familiarity with the campus layout, roof access, and optimal escape routes suggests either extensive reconnaissance or inside knowledge of the location.
The case continues to develop rapidly as tips pour in from across the country. Anyone with information is urged to contact the FBI immediately through multiple tip lines and online portals.
Video Transcript
Breaking news tonight. Charlie Kirk dead at just 31 years old. At this hour, a massive manhunt for the assassin who gunned down a loving father of two, a husband. This after two arrests, many call them botched. I don't. At this hour, law enforcement has released a facial photo of the shooter. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. [Music] In the last hours, law enforcement has released a facial shot of the perp. I want you to look at it. We can learn a lot. There he is walking. We've also got a shot more headon, but look, there you go. Much, much better. That is him going up the stairwell. He is wearing jeans, a baseball cap, black in color. He's wearing tennis shoes, and we know he is left behind a foot impression. By the time we see him, he looks as if he is clad all in black. But this is him making his way up the steps. What can we learn? We already knew that it was released. He was college age. Here he is. Clean shaven, college age man. Do you really think your sunglasses are going to trickle l the feds, the locals, the works? Good luck. And a couple of days they're going to know where you bought those sunglasses and what you signed on the credit card slip. What can we learn about this guy? white male, college age, slight inbuild. Joining me right now, forensics expert and professor of forensics, Jacksonville State University. Okay, Joe Scott, it looks like he drove away from mommy and daddy's house in the suburbs and he decided to shoot somebody dead. Does he actually have his wallet in his front right pocket? I see a mark on his jeans that tells me that's how he usually carries it. In a moment, I'm going to figure out what kind of tennis shoes he's wearing. But you see the American flag with a gun on it. I'm learning so much right now. Okay. What do you see, Joe Scott? >> Well, I see that he has unglloved hands, Nancy. And it looks like in the other shot, it looks like he may be making an effort to grab hold of that rail. Guess what? If you do that >> with his forearm, though, look look. >> Well, yeah, but how how do we know how do we know that he didn't touch any of those surfaces along the way? Lard's principle, every contact leaves a trace. You cannot be this perfect. All right. So up there, there is going to be information that will tie him back. I think biological information. We already have uh evidence that there may in fact have been a palm print left behind. You had mentioned a footprint. Uh and also if the reports are true and we're hearing about this weapon uh that may have been recovered, this is going to be a specific tieback to him. Nancy, just based upon the process of purchasing one, serial number that's on here, any kind of add-ons that may be found on this weapon. I'm thinking like scopes and oh boy, the ammunition we've got, from what they are saying, we have a spent round that's still chambered because this weapon is a bolt action. That means you have to actuate the bolt itself. Lift it up, pull it back, that ejects it. This is not a semi-automatic weapon. And then you force another round in. Nancy, he never ejected the round according to what FBI sources are saying. And there are still three other live rounds in the internal magazine of this weapon. And all of them are going to have little bits that are going to be offered up relative to connectivity back to this potent this person potentially. I got to circle back to you on all the ballistics because I've got a lot to ask you specifically about serial numbers on guns unless they've been scratched off like we saw in Sean Comb's case. A scope is an add-on that you have to buy. You can buy it online. You can buy it at a gun shop. Somebody like this guy, >> I bet he bought it at a gun shop. I bet he went into a gun store and browsed and browsed and browsed. I can't wait to see his smiling face on the surveillance video at a gun shop because, you know, it's just like a Vegas casino in a gun shop. It is saturated with surveillance. But I want to go back to this picture. What can I learn? Guys, for those of you just joining us, there is a $100,000 reward from the FBI tip line. 1 800 call FBI 1-800225-55224. You may think what you know is not significant. You may think it doesn't matter. It does. You can also go to tips.fbi.gov. Another number 801579-1400. Repeat 801579-1400. Toll-free 800. Call FBI 2255224. The manhunt is on for Charlie's killer. Now, before I get into ballistics, back to the photo. Read the photo. These photos just released this afternoon. What does that tell me? They couldn't get a facial recognition ID. What is facial recognition, Joe Scott Morgan? How is it used? >> Uh, well, it's it's part of biometrics. biometrics. So let's just say for instance you look into into the lens of a camera CCTV camera u it can actually capture your image they can feed it into a program that will put these specific points of identification on your face. You can come back with an actual identification of an individual. also perhaps an AI rendering that is going to more closely resemble anything that you might have with this kind of grainy image and you can project that out there. Biometrics are also used uh so that you can access secure locations. You know, people use the eyes, some people use facial recognition. Heck, Nancy, we use these on our phones if if it's uh you know, if it's set up like this. So, this is called biometrics. It's something that we use in forensics. Uh you're right you are because apparently they could not get a read on this guy relative to any kind of enhancement they could have done. But there this is still very early. >> Hold on. I was mocking him thinking he could fool us with a baseball cap and a pair of sunglasses from Dollar Tree. But it did stop facial recognition. What's facial recognition? Simply put, when you want to use your phone, you hold the phone up like that and it opens your phone. The phone knows it's you. It's not just 007, okay, or Jason Bourne. >> Now, law enforcement in many, many cases can see your face, put plug it into a computer, and they will give your do your name and your LKA, last known address. Yes, it's real facial recognition. Okay? If you don't like it, move to another country. But they couldn't get facial wreck from him. I think just because he wore a hat and the glasses that was enough to throw it off, Jay Scott. >> Yeah, it might skew it. Uh might skew the program's ability to pick up on those little nuances there. But Nancy, I got to tell you, these images, look, you and I have covered a lot of cases where we have blurred images. Sister, this is not blurred. Somebody's going to know this guy. Dollars to donuts. We're going to know who this guy is. He's got this kind of angular jaw, uh clean shaven. He's thin. He's not like a big robust person at all. Somebody's going to know who he is. Nancy, I got to tell you one more thing that's kind of intriguing me about this. If if what we're hearing is accurate, Nancy, he had scoped this area out. He he was familiar with how to get Look, I work at a university. All right? I can't get access to roofs, you know? I I don't know how to and trust me, I I wouldn't necessarily want to. This guy knew how to access a roof allegedly because they're talking about he had a static location. They're estimating maybe 200 yards away. And one more thing, if we could go back to that still that still image, >> if this is if this is him progressing up the staircase to get to what people would refer to as a sniper's nest, where's the weapon? Well, my question would be next, did he already find him or up there already? >> And did he have it up there already? Had he cited, this is chilling. Had he already pre-sighted? Because where Charlie was sitting, Nancy, is down in like an amphitheater. So, he's in a perfect shooting location, it's from above to below, and it's straight on. If we are to believe this, and it's um you have to account for something that's called bullet drop. Uh when you're firing at a distance, we're talking about 200 yards. So gravity, the natural pull of gravity relative to that round going down range. It's not going to drop a lot, but it still will. Nancy, he scored a shot in the neck uh at that distance, and it was instantaneous. I I think that that God rest his soul, I think Charlie was probably deceased by the time he hit the ground. Some of the things that I saw relative to the lifting of the hands, he was having a neuromuscular response in that instance. And of course, this copious amount of blood. >> Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait. >> Now, hold on. You're saying it was a neuromuscular response? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> And he took his right hand and put it up to his neck. >> Yeah. It's kind of raised like this where >> I thought he did that intentionally that he knew what had happened, but you're saying it was just a a muscular response. >> Let me Hey, let me give you let me give you a good example. If you ever watch football, which I watch a lot, if you ever see one of the players on the field, take a shot to the head or to the neck, you will see them kind of clinch their their thumbs like this and they'll lay down on the ground. And many times that's an indication that you've got, you know, you've had your bell rung. Well, if you think about this and you think about this round, think about where it went in, Nancy. It's to the left of the midline in the neck. If it's traversing like this, it's probably going to clip the spinal cord. And in that region, this is merely speculative on my part, but me in that region, in that region, C4 and above, C4, C3, C2, C1, Nancy, those are unservivable injuries if that cord is damaged right there. So, you're fighting two things. you're fighting blood loss and you're fighting uh clipping of of uh of you know probably the spinal cord itself that actually that level controls whether or not your your diaphragm is going to operate. Uh C5 uh I think Kendall Crowns made this point. Uh C5 below you're talking about maybe being a paraplegic. Uh but at that height where this round ended I I think that this was an unservivable wound. >> We are also learning at this hour LA law enforcement contacting people throughout the radius around the shooting site to determine if they have doorbell cams, any kind of cam. Now, interesting, Joe. Scott, you brought up that you work at a huge campus. >> Yeah. >> Don't you know that the red lights, they've got to have cams on them for student safety? That place is drenched with cams. Don't you know it? >> Oh, yeah. I know it. I can walk out the door. I'm here at the university right now. I can walk out the door onto campus and immediately I'm staring. I've got I'm being visualized by at least three external cameras. Not to mention anything that's indwelling in the ceiling. And it all comes back to student safety. This is probably uh just from the perspective of not if you're not wanting to get caught, this is the worst possible place you could go because out of every location around this area, I would imagine this thing is more intensely viewed than any other location in this little town. Um and there are camera angles all over the place. So that if he parked a vehicle, if he drove through, you know, any kind of lights, if he went past stores, if he went past churches, remember we remember we were going through this with Cobber Nancy. Remember the ring that they were trying to and that's very isolated out there where he was going. This is not this is this is actually happening on a campus right here. It's not off campus. >> Hey, real quick. Oh, go back to that picture. I want to show Joe Scott something. Um, I've been to this area and from where the shooting occurred in 10 minutes, 12 minutes max, you're in the mountains. >> I wonder if he's pulling an Eric Rudolph. Or is he just going to try to blend in and go back home like nothing happened? Try to establish an alibi. But look, seriously, 10 minutes, you're in the wild. And that Hey, here's an indicator. Joe Scott, the gun was found, the boltaction gun was found in the woods. Is that the trail he wants us to think he's taken? >> Yeah. And FBI has stated, at least in some of their release statements, they have stated that they believe that this was his his area of Xville where he is trying to leave the area. And so he drops the weapon right there which you know look if this weapon that he's carrying if it is the weapon I'm thinking it is uh is a mouser. It's a mouser 306 it's merely a 30 caliber. When you hear 306 means that this round was actually developed in 1906. It's actually the same round that we used in World War I and World War II. This is a lethal round meant to take out personnel with uh people hunt with it now. deer, elk, even bear. It's a robust round, Nancy. Um, and you know what would be the purpose of dropping the weapon behind? I think you make a good point here when you say, is this what he is wanting people to believe? One other thing here, Nancy. This guy appears very confident in what he is doing. I really wonder if he has help. I really wonder if there are other people that are kind of guiding him along. Uh, how did he >> I got a good idea. Yep. >> What about this, Joe Scott? >> If a dog can pick up a scent >> around that gun or in the sniper's nest, >> Yeah. >> Did the scent head back to say a parking lot >> or a roadside where someone could have picked him up? Let's think this through. Is he a lone wolf or did he have some like-minded buddies or buddy helping him, say, a getaway car? Right now, we already know as of tonight about 150 tips have been called in already. >> So, >> has anybody recognized him? This this photo has only been out a few hours, >> right? >> Yeah. And that shirt with whatever this >> What about the dog idea? >> Well, yeah. Going back to the dog idea, they would have had I think that they probably would have had to have hopped on this really quick because this is a highly trafficked area, uh, Nancy, around the campus itself. Now, off-campus a little bit different. >> What about the gun? What about around the gun? >> Yeah, around the gun you could. And again, we don't know exactly. They're just merely saying a an adjacent wooded area. Well, you know, I don't know how trafficked that area is. It would be very It would be wise on their part. I hope that they lock that whole area down if they could get a dog in there and pick up on a scent relative to this. And did he leave anything behind on that roof? you know, if he and again, we don't have video of him like leaving. That's going to be important because that would mean that the weapon would be in his hand as he's leaving. This mouser platform, if it's the one I'm thinking about, some of these you can pick up really cheap. It's got a wooden stock. They're not easy to break down. Uh, if we're talking one that's and a lot of these things are for sale out there, you can buy them pretty readily. Uh, and their serpent Nancy is like 1950. Just, you know, kind of wrap your mind around that. These and there's tons of these things out there and this old bolt boltaction platforms because a lot of guys, they're inexpensive and you can hunt big game with them. So, you can walk into a gun show. >> What about this Joe Scott? This will give you a window into this guy's mind. >> It's an echo of Luigi Manion's >> murder of the healthc care boss. Listen to this. Now, this is from the ATF. They are badass. Okay, technical legal term. >> They found the ammunition recovered with a rifle used to kill Charlie is engraved with statements expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology. Well, I don't know. Is that real? Or did the shooter do that to throw le law enforcement off off the track? I mean, this guy took the time to write on the ammo. >> Yeah, I'm glad that he did. And this is why uh first off, it gives us a little insight if it is his into his the way his brain works. But also from a forensic standpoint, Nancy, um question documents here. if if in fact he wrote on these uh and there these aren't stickers or something that was generated, he actually wrote on it. We've got a a physical another element of physical information that we can tie back to him just merely based upon his writing. You know, if if we can get samples of the suspect in his writing, there's a high probability it's going to >> Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I got to disagree with you on that. I get I disagree on that and I'll tell you why. If he were writing on a piece of paper, sure. But when you're scratching something onto a bullet, that's hardly your mode of writing. >> He's not going to die. >> But just just imagine if they presented him with a similar uh spent bit of ammunition and said, "Give us an example of your writing on here using this instrument. It can be paired up. I've seen it done." And so that's, you know, that's again, uh, that's a possibility. Any anytime you touch something, put your hand to it, you leave something specific about yourself behind. If he was so foolish to do this and leave this weapon behind, that's going to be another tieback. This is just helping prosecutors build a case here. Every little element along the way is going to help. Once they get their hands on this guy, if he's not dead and they get their hands on him, there is a mountain of evidence that's going to be presented. >> Well, yeah. I was just going to ask you that because we know they've got a foot impression, but this is my question about the forarm impression. This >> this >> How would you get that? Because he's going up the steps. He's got on a shirt, a long sleeve shirt. >> Is that covering up a tattoo? I I I don't know. >> How do you get a forearm Yeah. >> And that's not going to show up in COS. Forearms are not in CO. So, they have to get them and then with a warrant do a forearm comparison. >> H. Yeah. I don't know that. I've never heard of people doing a forearm comparison. However, I will say this. >> Me either. >> Uh, if this is in fact some kind of latent smudge that look that appears, let me put this in legal terms, appears consistent with a forearm, um, what you can harvest out of that is certainly DNA. uh if he's sweaty, if he's oily, uh anything left behind on that non-forest surface, like if you look at the stairwell, particularly if he pulled his sleeve up, uh and we don't know what the what the location of this imprint is either, Nancy, if he was laying up on that roof and he had his sleeves up, remember, you know, if he gets uncomfortable, he's in direct sunlight up there. He's trying to make himself as as comfortable as he possibly can be as he sighting in the target who is Charlie Kirk by the way. Uh is he is he, you know, readjusting his arms? Did he leave something on a surface up there where they were able to recover this where they would go up and dust? Or maybe they just obliquely lighted this and they saw this kind of oily area where he had, you know, kind of touched that surface. I don't know. I from a forensic standpoint, there's a lot of data here. I'm going to be fascinated to hear how this kind of all broke out for the team that went out there to recover all of this. >> I have one answer for you and it's significant. We're talking about the wooded area. It's not uh like many people have been supposing all evening that it's like up in the woods on those that mountainous terrain. It's a wooded area just off campus. For all I know, it could be more like a park. For instance, campus ends and then on the other side of the street there are trees. Um, but it's not rough terrain like up in those mountains. But again, his getaway was so easy. He could be at the airport in less than 20 minutes. He could be up in the mountains like Eric Rudolph did and led police on a wild goose chase. That was the Olympic bomber. >> He could go anywhere. But I'm I'm just looking at him. He looks between 18 and 25. White male. Put his picture up again, please. >> Um, yeah. I'm glad you showed that map. It shows a lot of tree green area. Look at what he's wearing. That t-shirt is going to be traced in a heartbeat. People are always saying, "Hey, where'd you get that t-shirt?" To me. So, we're going to find that t-shirt and where it's sold. This is again a white male. I would say between 18 and what do you think? 26. >> Yeah. Yeah. I'd say I'd say in that age range. Yeah. >> Yep. And he's clean shaven >> and wearing that outfit with those jeans. I wish I could zoom in on the shoes to determine they almost look here like Conra. >> I wish we could zoom in on the hat because it looks like there's something center mass on the on the front of that hat as well. I think that probably uh the FBI has that ability to do that. Super enhance that. Is that Am I just misreading that or does that look like some kind of emblem? >> No, I can't make it out either and I've been trying but they will they'll have that in no time. Come on, please. >> Yeah, >> NASA step in. Do your magic. Okay, another question regarding forearm. Of course, there's no kotus match. You don't take per's forearm print or their footprint. You take their fingerprint. But what you said, if they've got a forearm print, the attempts were in the 80s about 82 at noon. >> He was sweating. If they could see the print and get the print, there's touch DNA explained. And once they get him, much like Brian >> Cobberger, >> they will then match that to him. It's happening. Explain. >> Yeah. Yeah, it is happening. And I'm I submit to you, Nancy. Yeah. You could get touch DNA, which of course is the sloughing dead skin dead skin cells that we, you know, that we leave behind every single day. Jurgens has made millions of dollars off of us for this reason for dry skin. We lose skin cells all the time. However, if this is a transfer that is oil or sweat, you're not going to have partial DNA. You'll have a strand in there that's far more robust. Remember, touch DNA is degraded DNA. You've only got like a partial there. If this is some kind of bodily fluid that he left behind, sweat or uh oil, um that's going to be a much more rich source. I I'm just it's such an unusual statement by them to say that they have a forearm print. I'd really like to know first off what kind of surface was it on? How did they spot this? What areas were they dusting uh to come up with this? All of this is very intriguing. And if he's up there kind of lordering on that roof for a protracted period of time, the longer he's there, there's a higher probability you'll have multiple secretions, uh, multiple surfaces that he could have touched. Just even adjusting himself with his hands. Um, and I don't at this time I don't know what that surface is like up there. Uh, is it kind of gravel covered? Because in a lot of these government buildings like this, you'll see like tar paper laid down. There'll be a gravel covering on top of it. >> Did he have a shooter? >> I've been wondering where they got the foot imprint. Hey, I've got something else for you. We know that uh Le contacting people with door cams, but we've also learned in the last hours that law enforcement believes that they can trace him fleeing into a neighborhood. Not up into the woods, not up into the mountains, not toward the airport that we know of yet, but into a neighborhood. And they say fleeing fleeing into a neighborhood. And many people have interpreted that to mean on foot and they are asking for all the door cams from that neighborhood and adjoining neighborhoods. Look, this is what I always say when somebody skips bond. Go to mommy's house. Look under the bed. People go where they're familiar. Okay. Easy example. Scott Peterson. He's a fisherman. He had fished uh San Francisco Bay a million times, knew how to get into the marina. So where does he go? Not a leap of logic straight back to where he's fished before. This guy went into a neighborhood that he knew at the very least had cased as a getaway route. That tells me a lot. College age, white male, here he is. What do you think about the doorbell cams? Did Did he change clothes as he was running? Is there any time he took off that hat and those sunglasses? Because if if so, it's over. Joe Scott. >> Yeah. What if he, you know, along the way he he's he's peeling clothes off and he's dumping them in the sewer drains. Uh, you know, that's certainly a possibility. I I've wor cases, uh, Nancy, I know you've seen these come across your desk over the years where you've got people that, uh, layer their clothing. We used to have this a lot in drug culture, uh, where we would have a shooting, uh, almost an assassination, and the person would walk up, shoot somebody, and they'd have like three layers of clothing on, and they just start peeling t-shirts off, pants off. They've got mult. And so when you're you put out a script for them, and you're looking for them with a bolo, they're not going to appear to be in the same they're not going to have the same clothing on as when the the uh the crime was perpetrated. Did he think that far ahead? Also, this goes back to my earlier supposition that the person that that pulled this off knew this area like the back of their hand. They were familiar with that rooftop. They were familiar with and mark this term down line of sight as it applies to this this assassination. You would have to know you have a clear firing lane through that. And you know, Nancy, if you that shot right there, if you could just take a look at that. I don't know if y'all can freeze that or not, but when you look from the position of firing, Nancy, he fires, just keep it. Look at that window right there. See the people in the front four to where Charlie is sitting? He has to put that round >> between the tops of their heads and that border of where it says prove me wrong on that tent. He's got a very small window at a 200 yard range and he's, you know, Charlie is seen being shot in the neck from that distance. That's full-on accuracy. That that gives you an indication that he's very comfortable with this area because I can't and he didn't practice shoot. Okay? This is not like he fired one shot and then, you know, he fired another shot. No, this is single round being popped off at that moment in time. Uh I in my opinion this guy's probably practiced at what he's doing. I'm not saying he's a pro. He's familiar with this weapon system that he's using which is kind of clunky. >> Yeah. >> Question with a bolt action. Can you break it down? Can you Okay, here's a point of reference. >> Yeah. For those of you that haven't had to deal with firearms, um, guns can be broken down, broken down into, say, two or three pieces. So, if you know how to do it, you can break the gun down and put it back together again. You've seen it on uh, Jason Bourne, you've seen it on O7. Could you Can you break down a mouser on six? Uh yeah, it all depends on what generation >> Yeah, it all depends on what the generation is. Most of the mousers that you see floating around out there, I see them, um are have a wooden stock. It requires a specific set of tools, uh primarily a flathead screwdriver if you're looking at the older models and it takes time to kind of break these things down. Uh we haven't heard the full statement from from LEO at this point in time as to the status of the web. We just know that they're saying we we recovered a weapon. We don't know what the status of the weapon was. Was it broken down? The question is, was it broken down in order to get it to the roof and then assembled, reassembled on the roof, and then he's ready to go to work at that point in time, takes the thing away, intact, not broken down. Is it wrapped in something? You know, did did he in fact uh those are easier broken down dependent upon the platform. This thing, a mouser, is not easy to break down. So, how did he get up there without being seen? How do he get off of there without being seen? He's got to take the weapon away and deposit it somewhere in this this park-like wooded area adjacent to camp. >> Okay. You can break down a mouser, but the pieces are still really big. What I'm getting at is >> Yeah. >> Could he have had the gun broken down in the backpack? Could he have had it broken down the backpack? I suppose he would. He could have. I'd have to know the size of the backpack relative to accommodating both the barrel itself, which would have been semi- detached, and probably the stock. It's generally the way it breaks down is you can drop the barrel off and you drop what's referred to as the lower receiver off, which is like the wooden stock. Those two things and two elements like that. Uh there are more complex systems where you can take the butt of the weapon off. I've never seen that in a mouser. They probably exist. There's so many different platforms out there. But in my experience with a mouser, if you're going to break it down, two big elements remain and they're still going to draw attention. And that's the last thing that somebody's wearing sunglasses and dark clothing and a hat wants to draw attention. You know why? And that that brings us back to this this other idea. If you know he's taking these he's trying to conceal his identity here. Um you know he wants to get away. I think he wants to survive all this. >> There is video Joe Scott of him of Charlie of his body being carried. People are running with his body to take it to the ER. I think death would likely have been instantaneous, but that said, he is being autopsied. What will that entail? >> Well, um, geez, I'll go and say it. Uh, it will be a full autopsy. This is not going to be some kind of partial autopsy, which some agencies actually do. Never can figure that out. This will be a full autopsy. There will be an extensive dissection of the neck. um the organs of the neck and as well as the cervical vertebrae uh and any other affected locations the and if we if I'm to believe my my eyes and what I'm seeing from the videography from the event and I've had to watch it more times than I would have preferred. Um this is going to be a single injury. Uh they're going to try to track this wound to see where it goes. I'm I'm also interested forensically. Nancy, did the round actually exit? Do we have an entrance, which I believe is on the anterior, the front of the neck to the left of the midline? If you'll just find your trachea, move over to the left. That's where it looks like the round actually entered. Then, did it exit through the back of the neck uh through one of the vertebral processes back there? Um I'm I'm kind of inclined to think that it might have. Um and it it probably >> certainly they've recovered the bullet. Don't you think, Joe Scott? >> Uh, well, it all depends on how well they lock down that platform up there, Nancy. And this is always a problem, particularly when you have a big crowd. Uh, things get kicked around in a panic. Uh, this happened in a twinkling of an eye. Did somebody step if the round did exit and it wound up on the backside of this this structure where he's sitting, could someone have stomped on it, grounded into the dirt? Now, they're going to sweep this area with uh with metal detectors. metal and that is if there was an exit wound. There may not have been an exit wound. >> Qualifier if there was Yeah. Yeah. >> It may be lodged may have been lodged in his neck. >> Uh that said the autopsy taking place right now. And we also know that >> it's hard to even say these words. um that Charlie Kirk's body is uh being flown on Air Force 2 from the medical examiner's office to Arizona, the state where he lived. How long typically would an autopsy take, Joe Scott? >> Uh from beginning to end, they're going to start this this examination with X-rays. You have to have them. Uh because if this round broke apart, there'll be little satellite fragments that you'll be able to pick up on X-ray. You want to gather all of those because every element of that projectile, Nancy, is essential to ballistic examination. All right. And you want to have something that's going to tie back to to the murder weapon itself. Uh they're going to do extensive external examination. That's going to include gathering clothing for evidence, looking for anything on there. You might think, uh they don't need it. Yeah, you do. You have to do it completely and then they'll get into the actual uh prosection. Uh and it will be extensive. It will be timeconuming. As a matter of fact, if I were a Bettton man, first off, Utah has got a state medical examiner's office. They're one of the original state medical examiner offices in the country. All we have to do is think back to the horrible case of Tammy Del. That's where she wound up. And they are very, very good. Trust me. uh they're going to do a very uh uh involved autopsy. I would imagine there'll probably be more than one forensic pathologist that's present to view this. Not to mention there will be representatives from the local PD as well from the feds as well. Uh there's going to be a lot of eyes on this case. N >> right now we know that these images have been released. It's going to be very difficult for me to believe that nobody has seen this t-shirt before, the American flag with a gun over it. Look at him. If you know or think you know anything about the man, the assassin that murdered Charlie Kirk, please dial 801-579-1400 tips. fbi.gov. 800 number 800 call FBI 800225-5224. We wait as justice unfolds. And to the killer, you're not that smart. You can run, man, but you can't hide. We're on to you. To those of you joining us tonight, good night and goodbye, friend.