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FBI releases images of person of interest amid manhunt for Charlie Kirk's killer
The FBI has released images of a person of interest sought in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, the founder of the conservative youth activist organization Turning Point USA, during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
"We are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University," the FBI's Salt Lake City office said on X on Thursday while sharing two images of the individual, who is wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses and was captured in a stairwell in one of them.
The FBI said it is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the person responsible for Kirk's murder.
The manhunt for the suspect, who is believed to be college-aged, continues, with officials working "around the clock" to locate the individual, officials said during a press conference on Thursday.
Trial starts for man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump
Routh, 59, has pleaded not guilty to five federal charges, including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
he trial is set to start the day after right-wing activist and influential Trump ally Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during an event at Utah Valley University, marking the latest instance of political violence in the U.S. Trump himself faced two assassination attempts during his 2024 presidential campaign that sent him back to the White House.
U.S. prosecutors allege Routh hid with a rifle near the sixth hole green at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach intending to kill Trump as he golfed on the course on September 15, 2024.
A Secret Service agent spotted Routh and the rifle poking through a fence and opened fire, prompting Routh to flee without firing a shot, according to court documents. He was arrested the same afternoon after being stopped by police on a Florida highway.
The incident came about two months after Trump was wounded in the ear following a shooting at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last July. That gunman was shot dead at the scene
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