Overview

• FBI Director Kash Patel said Wednesday evening that a detainee connected to the case was released after interrogation.
• The announcement came about 90 minutes after Patel had said a person of interest was in custody.
• Investigators have detained at least two people during the probe, and both were released without charges.
• At a state briefing, Gov. Spencer Cox called the killing a "political assassination," and officials said an older man briefly detained did not match the suspect and was booked for obstruction.
• Charlie Kirk was shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University and later died from his injuries.