Overview

• FBI, ATF and Utah authorities say a single shot was fired from a rooftop into the campus courtyard, fatally striking Kirk during a Q&A.
• Investigators recovered a high-powered bolt-action rifle and are analyzing a footwear impression, a palm print and forearm imprints.
• The shooter remains at large as images of a person of interest were released, and two individuals initially detained were questioned and freed.
• Utah Governor Spencer Cox described the attack as a political assassination, while officials emphasized the ongoing, multi-agency search.
• President Trump confirmed Kirk’s death, ordered flags at half-staff and said he will award a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, as Megyn Kelly and Glenn Beck reacted live and streaming audiences surged.