Utah Officials Release New Video and Images of Charlie Kirk's Shooter as Manhunt Continues

[00:00] Breaking news, new video showing the

[00:01] moment that law enforcement say the

[00:03] shooter who killed Charlie Kirk got

[00:05] away. We also have new images from the

[00:07] FBI of the shooter showing distinctive

[00:10] features on the clothing he was wearing,

[00:12] like this shirt with an American flag

[00:14] and eagle on it. Also, where law

[00:16] enforcement said the shooter left

[00:18] critical pieces of evidence as the

[00:20] manhunt for this killer continues into a

[00:22] second night. This is a breaking news

[00:24] edition of On the Case presented by Law

[00:26] and Crime. I'm Chris Stewart.

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[00:34] Let's get to the latest information that

[00:36] we just learned in this news conference

[00:38] with Utah authorities as they continue

[00:40] to search for the shooter who killed

[00:42] Charlie Kirk earlier this week at a

[00:44] political event at a college near Salt

[00:46] Lake City. Kirk at this event, the

[00:49] 31-year-old conservative influencer was

[00:51] shot in the neck. It appears he bled out

[00:53] very quickly on stage. that video that

[00:55] was circulating on social media. It is

[00:57] just too graphic to show you here. Kirk

[01:00] was then rushed to the hospital where he

[01:01] was pronounced dead. Now, this is one of

[01:03] the new pieces of information that we

[01:05] just saw for the first time in this news

[01:07] conference. It is video showing the

[01:09] moment that the gunman escaped, jumping

[01:12] off of a campus building. And this is

[01:14] the building that law enforcement say

[01:16] this shooter fired with a rifle from

[01:18] about 200 yards away and hit Charlie

[01:21] Kirk. I'm going to break down this video

[01:22] for you in just a moment. I will show

[01:24] you what Bo Mason, the head of Utah's

[01:26] Department of Public Safety, had to say

[01:28] about it in just a moment, but I do want

[01:30] you to get a good look at these pictures

[01:32] as well, because these are new tonight.

[01:33] These are enhanced. These show the

[01:35] shooter on campus at Utah Valley

[01:38] University, and law enforcement is very

[01:40] clear. They want the public to see these

[01:42] and recognize the distinctive features

[01:45] on them, like that shirt with the

[01:47] American flag on it with an eagle. Also,

[01:49] the shooter was wearing a hat. They say

[01:52] it is a triangle logo on that hat and he

[01:55] was wearing Converse shoes with white

[01:58] soles. Now, Charlie Kirk, just 31 years

[02:01] old, really rose to fame as a voice for

[02:03] young conservatives in the country, was

[02:05] very active on social media. He was at

[02:07] Utah Valley University, south of Salt

[02:10] Lake City, for his nonprofit, Turning

[02:12] Point USA. He was on a tour of college

[02:15] campuses, going from school to school

[02:18] and holding these political events. And

[02:20] Charlie Kirk was known for debating

[02:22] really anyone who wanted to have a

[02:24] conversation with him and he was in the

[02:26] Q&A portion of this event when he was

[02:28] hit in the neck. Law enforcement say

[02:30] they tracked this shooter from not only

[02:33] just the escape but also the moment that

[02:35] the shooter arrived on campus before

[02:38] Charlie Kirk was shot and killed. They

[02:40] believe that the shooter arrived just

[02:42] before noon and then that one shot that

[02:44] killed Charlie Kirk was fired about a

[02:46] half hour later. And again, it came from

[02:48] a campus building roughly 200 yards

[02:50] away. Kirk was speaking outdoors in what

[02:53] was like an outdoor amphitheater on

[02:55] campus. Very vulnerable situation for

[02:58] him. Then after that gunshot was fired.

[03:01] Thousands of people who were listening

[03:03] to Charlie Kirk, they were running for

[03:05] shelter and Kirk's security team tried

[03:07] to save his life, but the shooter was

[03:09] able to escape. Here is the head of

[03:11] Utah's Department of Public Safety, Bo

[03:13] Mason, walking us through this new

[03:16] video. Take a listen.

[03:17] >> If you look up to the top left, you'll

[03:18] see the the building where the shooter

[03:20] um was chroned out in the top left

[03:22] corner. We'll go ahead and play that

[03:24] video and I'll narrate as we walk

[03:26] through that.

[03:29] So, here you see that the suspect ran

[03:31] behind that upper

[03:35] upper building. He's going to come out

[03:36] on the right, moves to this far right

[03:38] corner.

[03:42] As he does, he's going to climb off the

[03:44] edge and then drop down to the ground.

[03:46] As he did that, he left some palm

[03:49] impressions. Um, there's some smudges,

[03:51] some places we're looking to collect

[03:53] DNA. There's a shoe imprint where we

[03:56] believe the suspect is clearly

[03:58] identified as wearing Converse tennis

[04:00] shoes. Again, we'll replay that again so

[04:02] you can get another view of that.

[04:06] It's important to note his black

[04:07] t-shirt, his black pants, um, and there

[04:11] is appears to be some white on the soles

[04:12] of those Converse tennis shoes.

[04:14] >> Today, Mason also described the shooter

[04:16] as someone who would blend in on a

[04:18] college campus, and you can see that in

[04:20] these pictures. The shooter was wearing

[04:21] a backpack with sunglasses and a hat.

[04:24] Also, it appears this shooter is of the

[04:26] age of college students. It's again

[04:28] unclear who this person is, and that is

[04:31] what law enforcement is trying to figure

[04:32] out. Authorities emphasized that again

[04:34] the features are very important to look

[04:36] at. The logo on the shirt, the Converse

[04:39] shoes. They do believe that the shooter

[04:40] left an imprint of his forearm on that

[04:43] building that he dropped off of. Here is

[04:45] what Mason said about these new

[04:47] pictures. Listen to this.

[04:48] >> It's important to note his black

[04:50] t-shirt, his black pants, um, and there

[04:53] is appears to be some white on the soles

[04:55] of those Converse tennis shoes. So,

[04:57] those are all identifiable items that

[04:58] we're looking for. In the steels that

[05:00] are going to follow this, you're going

[05:02] to see a very distinctive t-shirt with

[05:04] an American flag and appears to have an

[05:06] eagle on it. There's also a baseball cap

[05:08] with a triangle on it and a pair of

[05:11] sunglasses. All distinctive, all things

[05:13] that we would ask the public to look for

[05:15] and try to uh identify if they know

[05:19] someone who is has those items, who has

[05:21] been seen wearing those items. We're

[05:23] looking for all that information. Law

[05:24] enforcement say they believe that they

[05:27] have the gun that was used in this

[05:28] attack. It was a boltaction rifle, a

[05:31] high-powered rifle that was left in the

[05:34] wooded area that the shooter escaped to

[05:37] after jumping off of the building. That

[05:39] gun is currently with the FBI's crime

[05:42] lab. They're trying to pull information

[05:44] off of it. It's unclear who, if anybody,

[05:46] that gun was registered to. Utah Valley

[05:49] University is a school of about 45,000

[05:51] students. It's 45 minutes south of Salt

[05:54] Lake City in Oram, Utah. And again, just

[05:56] the place that Charlie Kirk was

[05:58] speaking, this outdoor auditorium, a

[06:00] very, very vulnerable place. Earlier

[06:02] today, law enforcement was asked about

[06:04] the security measures for this event.

[06:06] And they wouldn't really say much about

[06:08] it, saying that that would be a

[06:09] conversation for a later time as there

[06:11] is of course a major manhunt going on

[06:13] right now. But tonight, Utah Valley

[06:15] University did say that all school

[06:18] protocols when it comes to security were

[06:20] followed during Kirk's event. This is

[06:22] going to be a key part of this story

[06:24] after the manhunt is complete. Now, Utah

[06:27] is a state that has the death penalty.

[06:29] And tonight, its governor, Spencer Cox,

[06:31] made it clear that if and when this

[06:34] shooter is taken into custody, that is

[06:36] the punishment that this shooter will

[06:38] face. More than anything, we are going

[06:40] to catch this person. Uh last thing I

[06:42] will just say is we've been working with

[06:44] our attorneys uh getting uh getting

[06:47] everything that we need affidavit ready

[06:49] so that we can pursue the uh the death

[06:51] penalty in this case. Um and that will

[06:53] happen here in the the state of Utah.

[06:55] >> The governor also said that the

[06:57] thousands of tips that the FBI has

[06:59] received in a little more than 24 hours

[07:01] since Kirk was killed is the largest

[07:03] volume it has received for a single

[07:05] event since the Boston Marathon bombing

[07:07] in 2013. The FBI is offering a reward of

[07:10] up to $100,000 for information that will

[07:13] help in bringing the shooter to justice.

[07:15] And anyone with information that can

[07:17] help in this case should call the FBI.

[07:19] The number 1 800 call FBI. They also now

[07:23] have a website online as a place that

[07:25] you can send digital tips and

[07:27] information. Here's the full news

[07:29] conference that happened a little

[07:31] earlier tonight so you can hear it for

[07:32] yourself. We uh we are going to uh to

[07:36] share uh a a portion of a video and that

[07:40] that we have of the uh of the the

[07:43] suspect as well as some new stills. Um

[07:46] those have already been released, but we

[07:48] want to make sure that they get as much

[07:49] attention as possible so that we can get

[07:51] help from uh from the public in uh in

[07:54] tracking down uh this uh this this evil

[07:57] human being. So, we're we're going to uh

[07:59] we're going to ceue up the video right

[08:01] now. Show that. I've asked uh

[08:03] Commissioner Bo Mason if he would

[08:04] narrate to you what is happening in this

[08:06] video.

[08:10] >> Thank you, Governor. Bo Mason,

[08:12] Commissioner for the Utah Department of

[08:13] Public Safety.

[08:15] If you look up to the top left, you'll

[08:17] see the the building where the shooter

[08:19] um was proned out in the top left

[08:21] corner. We'll go ahead and play that

[08:23] video and I'll narrate as we walk

[08:25] through that.

[08:28] So here you see that the suspect ran

[08:30] behind that upper

[08:34] upper building. He's going to come out

[08:35] on the right, moves to this far right

[08:37] corner.

[08:41] As he does, he's going to climb off the

[08:43] edge and then drop down to the ground.

[08:46] As he did that, he left some palm

[08:48] impressions. Um there's some smudges in

[08:51] some places we're looking to collect

[08:52] DNA. There's a shoe imprint where we

[08:55] believe the suspect is clearly

[08:57] identified as wearing Converse tennis

[08:59] shoes. Again, we'll replay that again so

[09:01] you can get another view of that.

[09:05] It's important to note his black

[09:06] t-shirt, his black pants, um, and there

[09:10] is appears to be some white on the soles

[09:11] of those Converse tennis shoes. Those

[09:13] are all identifiable items that we're

[09:15] looking for. In the stills that are

[09:17] going to follow this, you're going to

[09:19] see a very distinctive t-shirt with an

[09:20] American flag and appears to have an

[09:22] eagle on it. There's also a baseball cap

[09:25] with a triangle on it and a pair of

[09:27] sunglasses. All distinctive, all things

[09:29] that we would ask the public to look for

[09:32] and try to uh identify if they know

[09:35] someone who is has those items, who has

[09:37] been seen wearing those items. We're

[09:39] looking for all that information. Here

[09:41] you see the suspect after dropping off

[09:42] the building. He moved around across

[09:44] this grass area around the parking lot.

[09:47] We're going to pan to the right.

[09:57] After he crosses the street, this is

[09:59] where he moves over into the wooded

[10:01] area. Um, this is the a the uh video

[10:05] evidence that we we utilize to track his

[10:07] movements and to locate that firearm in

[10:10] that wooded area following the discovery

[10:12] of this evidence.

[10:14] You want to go to the stills.

[10:18] So, here's the still photographs I I

[10:20] mentioned. These have been enhanced. Um,

[10:22] so these are slightly different than

[10:23] what we we introduced earlier. Um,

[10:25] please pay co close attention to the

[10:27] t-shirt. Like I said, very distinctive

[10:29] with that American flag and that eagle.

[10:32] um the hat with the triangle and the

[10:34] sunglasses. If you'll go to the next

[10:35] picture, please.

[10:38] Um the backpack as well. Um all

[10:41] identifying features that we're hoping

[10:43] the public can help us identify and lead

[10:45] us to this suspect.

[10:47] Next picture.

[10:50] And again, there's a better picture of

[10:52] the hat with that triangle logo and

[10:54] again the t-shirt, blue jeans, and you

[10:57] get a good look at those those Converse

[10:59] tennis shoes as well. Um, we have pushed

[11:02] these out. We'll continue to push these

[11:04] out and we just ask for the public's

[11:06] cooperation through the public. Um, the

[11:08] tips that have been coming in are what

[11:10] are giving us our next leads and

[11:12] enabling us to continue to further this

[11:14] investigation. We've had great

[11:16] cooperation from the public and we're

[11:18] continuing to ask for that as we move

[11:20] forward. Thank you and I'll turn back

[11:22] over to Governor Cox.

[11:24] >> Thank you so much, uh, Commissioner

[11:26] Mason. I want to uh I want to thank

[11:28] Director Patel and his team. It's great

[11:31] to have them on the ground with us

[11:32] tonight. Uh we've had several briefings

[11:34] and uh he's had an opportunity to uh to

[11:37] walk the crime scene. We uh we

[11:39] appreciate our our local law enforcement

[11:42] here. Again, we have uh we have Mike

[11:44] Smith who is the uh the county sheriff

[11:46] here. We have all all of our local uh

[11:49] local chiefs of police that are here as

[11:51] well. all working hand inand with the

[11:53] state and with the FBI as we uh as we

[11:56] move forward with this investigation.

[11:59] Now, um I just give you a little

[12:01] warning. We will not be taking any

[12:02] questions at this time. Uh that we we're

[12:04] giving you the latest information we

[12:06] have, being as transparent with

[12:07] everything that we have. Um but I do

[12:09] want to share a couple things that I

[12:11] think are important. Um we uh we cannot

[12:14] do our job without the public's help

[12:16] right now. We uh the public has answered

[12:19] our call for action. So far, we've

[12:21] received more than 7,000 leads and tips.

[12:25] Uh I I would just note that the FBI

[12:27] hasn't received this many digital media

[12:29] tips from the public since the Boston

[12:31] Marathon bombing. This case also

[12:33] highlights the dedication of our law

[12:36] enforcement community. We have 20

[12:38] federal, state, and local law

[12:39] enforcement partners that are working

[12:40] shoulder-to-shoulder to find the person

[12:43] who committed this horrific crime. With

[12:45] their support, we've completed uh nearly

[12:47] 200 interviews. As uh as you're aware,

[12:51] as has already been reported, the FBI is

[12:53] offering a $100,000 reward for

[12:56] information leading to the

[12:57] identification and arrest of the person

[12:59] responsible for the murder of Charlie

[13:01] Kirk. We also continue to implore the

[13:04] public to support this investigation and

[13:07] come forward with any information.

[13:10] We are truly hopeful that this video and

[13:13] new photos will lead to uh to even more

[13:15] tips. We are processing, we have an

[13:17] incredible team, a state and federal

[13:18] team working together to process those

[13:20] tips. Uh we are going out in in tandem

[13:23] to interview any potential person of

[13:25] interest or or suspects, but we need uh

[13:28] again we need as many as much help as we

[13:30] can possibly get. Any videos or photos

[13:32] that you might have uh the public should

[13:35] be submitted to our digital media tip

[13:37] line which is uh www.fbi.gov/utah

[13:43] valley shooting all lowercase. Again

[13:46] that is fbi.govutah

[13:49] valleyshooting all lowercase. You can

[13:52] also provide general tips about the

[13:54] shooting by calling 1800 call FBI.

[13:57] That's 1800 c lbi

[14:00] or at tips.fbi.gov.

[14:04] This is uh I would just say this is not

[14:06] just a local matter here in Utah. We

[14:08] have people all over the country that

[14:10] are helping to bring this perpetrator to

[14:12] justice for Charlie Kirk and his family.

[14:15] I will just add as well that as was

[14:18] mentioned there is uh there is a lot of

[14:20] forensic evidence that is being

[14:22] processed right now at uh at both the

[14:24] state lab and the uh and federal labs uh

[14:27] federal lab in uh in on the east coast.

[14:30] So we we are working in tandem together.

[14:33] I uh I I would also just add a word of

[14:36] note for for those uh for those people

[14:38] who are spending so much time on on

[14:40] social media. Um,

[14:42] I think Charlie said it best that when

[14:45] when things get get bad, we should put

[14:47] our phones down and uh spend a little

[14:49] time with our our families. There is a

[14:51] tremendous amount of disinformation.

[14:54] Uh, we are tracking uh our um our

[14:58] our our team, the the state team and I'm

[15:02] sure the federal team as well. What

[15:03] we're seeing is our adversaries want

[15:05] violence. um uh Champ China. We have

[15:08] bots from Russia, China, all over the uh

[15:11] the world that are trying to instill

[15:13] disinformation and encourage violence.

[15:15] Uh I would encourage you to ignore those

[15:18] to uh to turn off those streams and uh

[15:20] and to spend a little more time with

[15:22] with our families. Uh we we desperately

[15:24] need some healing. We'll have more to

[15:26] say about that in the uh in the days and

[15:28] weeks to come. More than anything, we

[15:31] are going to catch this person. Uh last

[15:33] thing I will just say is we've been

[15:35] working with our attorneys uh getting uh

[15:37] getting everything that we need

[15:39] affidavit ready so that we can pursue

[15:41] the uh the death penalty in this case.

[15:43] Um and that will happen here in the the

[15:45] state of Utah. Again to uh to the public

[15:48] uh to those who are grieving uh thank

[15:51] you for for your prayers. I I know we

[15:54] are feeling those prayers. I know the

[15:56] Kirk family is feeling those prayers as

[15:58] well. We uh we pray that God will bless

[16:01] our nation at this very dark time. We

[16:03] can start healing by finding this

[16:05] perpetrator and uh and holding him

[16:07] accountable and we need your help to do

[16:08] that. Thank you. Once again, if you have

[16:11] information that can help bring this

[16:12] shooter to justice, the number is 1 800

[16:15] call FBI. That will do it for this

[16:17] breaking news edition of On the Case

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[16:22] us on YouTube and Spotify. I'm Chris

[16:24] Stewart. We'll see you next time.

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