Photos: FBI looking to identify person of interest in Charlie Kirk shooting

Video above: Authorities merchandise caller details successful the Charlie Kirk shooting probe connected Sept. 11, 2025.

(NEXSTAR) — The FBI has released photos of a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the deadly shooting of Charlie Kirk.

Kirk, 31, was deed by a azygous gunshot believed to person been fired from the extortion of a adjacent building. He was rushed to a section infirmary successful a backstage vehicle, wherever helium was aboriginal pronounced dead, authorities confirmed.

Officials said Thursday greeting that investigators were inactive moving to place the suspect, who was captured successful footage astatine the lawsuit and by doorbell cameras successful the vicinity adjacent Utah Valley University successful Orem, astir 40 miles southbound of Salt Lake City.

“We bash person bully video footage of this individual,” Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said Thursday. He did picture the fishy arsenic idiosyncratic of “college age” who would person “blended successful well” with the crowd.

Shortly earlier 9 a.m. MT Thursday, the FBI's Salt Lake City bureau shared 2 photos of a idiosyncratic of involvement and asked for assistance successful identifying them.

The photos, seen below, amusement what appears to beryllium a antheral wearing a shot cap, sunglasses, acheronian jeans, and a achromatic garment that seems to diagnostic an American emblem and an eagle.

Anyone who whitethorn person accusation astir the idiosyncratic pictured supra oregon the shooting are asked to telephone the FBI astatine 1-800-CALL-FBI oregon taxable details online. Any video captured during Kirk’s lawsuit tin besides beryllium submitted online to a dedicated FBI extremity portal. 

Mason said the fishy is believed to person arrived adjacent UVU’s field soon earlier noon MT connected Wednesday. He did not supply details connected however the fishy whitethorn person gotten connected apical of a adjacent building. Footage showed a idiosyncratic successful achromatic covering connected the extortion of the Losee Center, respective yards from wherever Kirk was speaking nether a tent.

After the shooting, which happened astir 12:20 p.m. MT, Mason explained that the fishy is believed to person tally crossed the rooftop earlier jumping to the crushed and fleeing into a adjacent neighborhood.

Those successful attendance told Nexstar’s KTVX connected Wednesday that information astir the lawsuit was light, arsenic was emblematic for Kirk’s events. There were six assemblage constabulary officers assigned to the event, positive immoderate backstage security. There were nary metallic detectors oregon container checks, students told The Associated Press. Some attendees said nary 1 adjacent checked their tickets.

Authorities person recovered a “high-powered bolt-action rifle,” believed to beryllium the limb utilized successful the shooting, from a wooded country adjacent UVU, arsenic good arsenic impressions of the suspect’s footwear and forearm, and their “palm print,” according to Mason. He went connected to concisely bespeak that determination whitethorn beryllium much than 1 suspect.

“I can’t overstate the calamity and the horrific lawsuit that yesterday was, and however we volition enactment to bring to justness the actions of 1 individual, oregon immoderate different individuals that assisted successful that,” helium said.

Authorities person besides not yet identified a motive for the shooting, which was captured on grisly videos circulating connected societal media that amusement Kirk speaking into a handheld microphone erstwhile abruptly a changeable rings out. Kirk tin beryllium seen reaching up with his close manus arsenic humor gushes from the near broadside of his neck.

Mason, meanwhile, has asked the nationalist “to beryllium diligent with the investigative process.”

The Associated Press and Nexstar’s Michael Bartiromo contributed to this report.