Charlie Kirk assassination: Dispatch audio reveals suspect in black tactical gear, carrying long gun
Utah dispatch audio reveals the frantic moments after an unidentified assassin fatally shot conservative speaker and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on a college campus Wednesday afternoon The call came in around p m about minutes into Kirk's American Comeback Tour appearance at Utah Valley University according to school personnel He had been invited to speak by the campus' chapter of TPUSA A dispatcher disclosed a single individual had been shot and it was unknown where the shooter went VIDEO SHOWS MOMENTS BEFORE ASSASSINATION OF TURNING POINT USA FOUNDER CHARLIE KIRK Be advised UVU in Orem has had an working shooter at the Charlie Kirk event We're getting several calls I'm trying to get more information They requesting help a man's voice replied We're not sure yet she disclosed We're just trying to get units that way Police were already on scene So was a private assurance unit hired by Kirk which helped rush him to the hospital He was the only shared injury VIGILS HELD ACROSS US AFTER ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK 'WE MUST HEAL'Later dispatchers discussed a suspect description He s going to be wearing all black black long gun black tactical helmet a black mask possibly wearing a tactical vest and jeans a female dispatcher explained over the radio according to recordings Police initially took a man named George Zinn into custody charged him with obstruction and published him A second person of interest identified as Zachariah Qureshi was also taken into custody questioned and distributed COMPLETE COVERAGE OF CHARLIE KIRKSUSPECT IN CHARLIE KIRK SHOOTING WHAT WE KNOW AND DON'T KNOW AT THIS HOUR There are no current ties to the shooting with either of these individuals a Utah Department of Masses Safety spokeswoman declared in a announcement There is an ongoing research and manhunt for the shooter The manhunt remained functioning Thursday morning Investigators stated Thursday morning that they traced the sniper's escape path and recovered a high-powered bolt-action rifle Kirk a -year-old father of two was sitting under a tent debating with students on hot-button current affairs issues when the unidentified killer opened fire A single gunshot cracked through the air according to videos of the event Bystanders screamed in horror and fled for cover after the bullet struck Kirk in the neck He was rushed to a hospital and later pronounced dead Other video circulating online appears to show a dark-clad figure on a rooftop Officials stated the gunshot came from about yards away likely from a perch atop the Losee Center building which is on the opposite side of the plaza from where Kirk was speaking It's going to be basic police work here mentioned David Katz a former DEA special agent and the CEO of Global Assurance Group They should be pulling every cellphone ping from that small geographic area He disclosed Utah investigators would also be looking back at surveillance video for weeks to see if anyone accessed the same rooftop They need to be focused on mechanisms of escape he revealed Every single car in the area I imagine he didn't get away on residents transportation in Utah so it's got to be a carriage After the shot it would have taken seconds for him to get down I don't know if he discarded the gun but it would have been a simple matter of changing your shirt and leaving the area fleetly
