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Federal investigators believe the rifle used is used to kill conservative activists Charlie Kirk Contains ammunition containing anti-fascist messaging, emitting lights to the suspect’s motives.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox confirmed the news at a press conference Friday that investigators found the inscription on the ship found on the ship near the Utah Valley University campus, and Kirk was killed at an event.
Cox said one used sleeve and three unused sleeves contain works.
The news of the ammunition inscription was first on social media, in a preliminary announcement attributable to alcohol, tobacco, guns and explosives Thursday morning.
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Charlie Kirk appeared at the University of Utah in Orem, Utah shortly before the shooting on September 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/deseret News AP)
According to an announcement circulated on the X by political commentator Steven Crowder, federal officials recovered the .30-06-caliber Mauser rifle in the woods containing “carvings”, including messaging that indicates anti-fascist ideology and other information.
Fox News Digital confirmed the authenticity of the ATF announcement by talking to multiple sources, but sources stressed Thursday that the information was preliminary.
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The mourner held candles during a vigil in Seattle for America’s turn-around founder Charlie Kirk died in a speech at Utah Valley University. (David Ryder/Getty Images)
Information about the gun surfaced nearly 24 hours after Kirk, 31, was shot dead in a speech in Utah. The early morning of his graphic death and the investigation into his killing revealed his graphic death and a few public information, making the nation roll up The fierce debate on revival About the political violence in the United States
Law enforcement officers worked frantically after Kirk’s death, tracking and arresting the gunman, who announced Friday that they were 22-year-old Utah man Tyler Robinson.
Cox called the shooting a “political assassination” Friday.
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Charlie Kirk (Trent Nelson/Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
“It’s certainly about Charlie Kirk’s tragic death, assassination, political assassination, but it’s also much bigger than an attack on individuals,” Cox said. “It’s an attack on all of us. It’s an attack on American experiments.”
Director of the FBI Kash Patel The timeline of Friday’s investigations is listed, saying it took the FBI and Utah law enforcement 33 hours to arrest. Patel said the authorities have made “historical progress” in a short period of time.
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FBI’s Salt Lake City Field Office issued The image of a man they said was “interested” in Kirk’s death and asked the public to help determine him. The bureau also announced that it would offer a $100,000 reward for his capture. Cox said a prompt from a Robinson family friend led to his arrest.
