US researchers found a high power rifle on Thursday (11), it is believed to have been used in the fatal shooting of the influential conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The activist, author of 31 years, podcast presenter and close ally US President, Donald Trumphelped Build The support of the Republican Party among younger voters.
He was dead on Wednesday With a single shot as he gave a lecture at a university in Utah, what Trump called “heinous murder.”
“High power” rifle
The weapon recovered by the investigators was described by FBI agent Robert Bohls as “a high power bolt rifle.” It was found in a tree -lined area near the shooting site in Utah.
The bolt weapons are more accurate than semi -automatic, although they have slower shooting cadences.
Bohls, special agent in charge of the FBI field office in Salt Lake City, said the arma It was being analyzed in a FBI laboratory for clues about the shooting and the suspect.
Model
Three police, speaking on anonymity, told the New York Times that the recovered weapon was an older model mauser rifle. Other American communication vehicles also cited sources to claim that it was an .30-06 imported Mauser rifle, with bolt action.
Several cartridges, including a triggered ammunition in the Rifle Chamber, were also found by the investigators, Times said. The type of weapon used by the suspect is commonly used by snipers and hunters.
People familiar with the investigation told Reuters that the apparent recordings in the ammunition found so far and their meaning were still being analyzed by the authorities.
Detailed planning
Brad Garrett, a retired FBI agent, said the evidence that investigators have so far shared a picture of a suspect who planned the shooting in the smallest detail, including the discard of the possible crime weapon along his escape path.
“He probably did this because he didn’t want to be seen a gun, running or walking around a neighborhood,” Garrett told ABC News.
At a press conference on Thursday night (11), the authorities released a video showing the suspect jumping from the roof of a building, Crossing a street and going to a wooded area near the campus, where the authorities said they found the gun used in the shooting.
