Police are investigating the video of Charlie Kirk's murder suspect. What the media is writing
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The investigation into the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk continues in the United States. The FBI has set a reward of $100,000 for information that will help catch the suspect. A video was also posted showing him running away from the crime scene. For US President Donald Trump, the search for a murderer is becoming a personal matter. What the media wrote two days after the shooting is in the Izvestia digest.
Axios: Police have received about 200 tips from citizens in connection with Kirk's murder
According to the Utah Department of Public Safety, investigators are working on "multiple leads" in the murder of Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but no suspects have been arrested. The agency reported that police have received more than 200 messages from citizens since Kirk was shot dead at the university in the city of Orem.
Axios
On Thursday, the FBI announced a reward of $100,000. "for information leading to the identification and arrest of the person(s) responsible for the murder of Charlie Kirk." <...> The investigators collected "shoe, palm and forearm prints for analysis." They did not say where they found the evidence or why they were believed to be linked to the shooting.
FBI agents examined a bolt-action rifle found in a wooded area near the campus, from where the killer fled on Wednesday after the event ended in a shootout. The investigators have photographs of the weapon and various inscriptions and symbols on it and ammunition.
Financial Times: there is a video of a suspect jumping from a roof
Law enforcement agencies have released a video showing a man running from the scene and jumping from a roof after 31-year-old Kirk was shot dead by an unknown person on a university campus in Utah. The FBI also released several photos of an unidentified "person of interest" in connection with the shooting, which they called a targeted attack.
Financial Times
The FBI has asked the public to help identify the man, whom officials described as a "student." The grainy photos showed a man wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses, and a long-sleeve T-shirt featuring an American flag and a bald eagle.
The killer's motive remains unclear. A preliminary internal bulletin from law enforcement agencies states that the ammunition found during the investigation had inscriptions expressing anti-fascist sentiments, as well as issues related to transgender people. However, a source familiar with the situation warned that such early reports may be inaccurate.
Reuters: the head of the FBI was criticized for a false report about the capture of the killer
A few minutes before officials who arrived at the Orem shooting site on September 10 held a press briefing, FBI Director Kesh Patel announced on social media that the culprit of the shooting had been detained. This claim was quickly denied by local authorities, leading to hours of confusion before the FBI announced that two people had been questioned and released after the incident.
Reuters
At the beginning of an investigation, most of the initial intelligence is usually incorrect or slightly incorrect. That's why what he did yesterday has never been done by any FBI director before him or the leadership of any department," said retired FBI agent Dan Brunner. — Investigators need to analyze all the initial intelligence before publishing the actual evidence. The FBI does not conduct investigations on social media."
Former Department of Homeland Security official John Cohen also said Patel's statement was "unorthodox and could cause confusion as details change quickly." A White House source called Patel's statement unprofessional and said that "his behavior is completely unacceptable to the White House and the American public" and will be reviewed. Officially, the White House says that Patel enjoys the support of US President Donald Trump.
The New York Times: For Trump, Kirk's loss is a personal matter
When Trump spoke of his "grief and anger" from the Oval Office just hours after Kirk's assassination, it was a startling moment that showed how important the 31-year-old conservative activist was personally to the president and how seamlessly he fit into the Trump family network. It was the president himself, and not local law enforcement agencies, Kirk's press secretary, or his family, who announced his death, which was a rare display of grief for him.
The New York Times
Kirk was particularly close to Donald Trump Jr., who was attracted by Kirk's charisma, as well as his business and fundraising skills. "I couldn't have a better opinion of him," Trump Jr. said in an interview earlier this year. — He wasn't just some young guy who knew how to be cocky on the Internet. Charlie achieved results, from organizing work on campuses to building relationships with sponsors."
After Kirk, 22, managed to arrange a meeting with Trump's son in 2016 and give him advice on how his candidate father could attract young voters, Trump Jr. immediately hired Kirk as a personal campaign assistant. A year later, Kirk was attending Trump Jr.'s birthday celebration at Mar-a-Lago when the president motioned for him to sit next to him. They had a face-to-face conversation for 40 minutes.
CNN: Kirk has faced personal threats and protests in recent years.
In recent years, Kirk has faced numerous personal threats while mobilizing young conservatives on college campuses. His stops during campus tours were often met with violent protests, which sometimes escalated into chaos and violence, which caused some educational institutions to take strict security measures during his appearances.
CNN
In 2023, the University of California at Davis limited the number of tickets for Kirk's event to 1,000, and visitors had to pass through metal detectors and were denied entry if they brought backpacks with them. According to local media reports, the event was still accompanied by clashes: someone attacked a police officer, protesters smashed glass in the doors of the premises, and members of the far-right group Proud Boys clashed with demonstrators.
Last October, police in Tempe, Arizona, arrested a man who allegedly threatened Kirk and Donald Trump Jr. online, who had come to the city for a political rally. According to the municipal court records, the charges against him were subsequently dropped. In 2022, authorities arrested a Texas resident after he threatened a "day of retribution" to participants of a Kirk event in Florida to which he had a ticket. He was sentenced to five years in prison last year.
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