"The release of photos of a person in a hat, sunglasses and a long-sleeve black shirt, as well as a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, reflected law enforcement's urgent appeal for public help in locating the shooter, who vanished after jumping off the roof and fleeing through a wooded area near the Utah university where Kirk was killed in a targeted attack."
"Investigators were sifting through potential clues, including a palm print and a shoe impression found near the scene, as well as a Mauser .30-caliber bolt-action rifle hidden in a towel in a wooded area near the university campus along what they suspect to be the path the shooter took while fleeing. Besides the spent cartridge recovered in the chamber, three other rounds were loaded in the magazine, according to information circulated among law enforcement and described to The Associated Press."
"The new information suggested at least modest progress in an investigation into a killing that law enforcement was treating as the latest instance of political violence to convulse the United States across the ideological spectrum. Yet key questions remained unanswered. Law enforcement had yet to identify the shooter or disclose a motive and acknowledged at a news conference Thursday that the suspect's college-age appearance may have helped the person blend in on the college campus where Kirk was shot."
A suspected college-age shooter fatally shot Charlie Kirk during a daytime speech at a Utah university. The FBI released photos of a person of interest wearing a hat, sunglasses and a long-sleeve black shirt and offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Investigators recovered a palm print, a shoe impression and a Mauser .30-caliber bolt-action rifle hidden in a towel along a suspected escape route. Forensic analysis is underway on the weapon, ammunition and recovered cartridge. Law enforcement has not identified the shooter or established a motive.
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