Investigators searching for the man who killed right-wing activist Charlie Kirk appealed for the public’s help on Thursday, September 11th, with no one in custody more than a day after a murder that has rocked America’s fractious politics.
Kirk, a 31-year-old superstar on the Republican right who harnessed surging youth support for U.S. President Donald Trump, was shot dead while addressing a large crowd at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
Hundreds of agents from across 20 law enforcement agencies are combing for clues to the identity of the culprit, but at a Thursday evening media briefing, they appeared to have little to show.
“We cannot do our job without the public’s help,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox told reporters, adding they had received more than 7,000 leads.
“We need as many, as much help as we can possibly get. Any videos or photos that you might have… should be submitted to our digital media tip line.”
Pictures released on Thursday showed a man detectives want to question.
He was wearing Converse shoes, a black baseball cap, dark sunglasses, and what appeared to be jeans, with a long-sleeved top emblazoned with a design that included an American flag.
Police say they believe the shooter fired a single bullet from a rooftop up to 180 metres away, hitting Kirk in the neck.
A video played at the press conference shows a figure running across a roof at the university, then jumping to the ground and making his way off campus towards some trees—apparently the location where a high-powered bolt-action rifle was recovered.
