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Charlie Kirk shooting latest: FBI release images of 'person of interest' in Charlie Kirk shooting

www.bbc.com Tyler Robinson, 22, named as Charlie Kirk's murder suspect - follow live

The FBI releases details about how the 22-year-old was captured and inscriptions found on bullet casings.

The suspect is still at large - officials earlier said they found a high-powered rifle in woods near where Kirk was shot.

Also, "high powered rifle" essentially means "not a 22".

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Cartridges with "transgender and anti-fascist" writing on them were found.
Why would somebody smart enough to evade capture, and dump the weapon in the woods, leave a cutesy little note on the cartridge clearly identifying their political beliefs?
Why is this like the 3rd high profile murder that seems to be tipping us towards civil war, where the killer has allegedly done this?
How did that old man end up in handcuffs if this is the guy they were looking for? Why did it take so long to release this image? So many questions.
- MAGA will use this transgender piece to put all transgender citizens in camps. They already have the camps made. It begins here.
  
  They were already going to.
- Early reporting on stuff like this is almost always wrong, so take it with a grain of salt. We have no idea who is spreading that info and it could very well be intentional misinfo.
  
  A week from now it won't matter that the reporting was wrong because it's already fact in the minds of their audience.
- Cartridges with "transgender and anti-fascist" writing on them were found.
  Unsurprisingly, barely any of the media is reporting that correctly.
  That's how it was described by government officials when leaked to specific news agencies and kept extremely vague. "Transgender and anti-fascist" writing could mean "we have equal rights" or "gun control is safety" for all we know, but now the narrative is out there for them finding "evidence" that the perpetrator is {insert some trigger word for groups that the right already thinks is trying to destroy them}.
  
  They're dogwhistles for the 3%-ers and proud boys or however they call themselves these days to start hunting leftwingers.
  Keep yourselves safe, people!
  
  It’s interesting how the word “ideology” is just a spooky word used. Most people hearing this and getting enraged don’t even know what the fuck it means. It’s like asking a maga person to clearly define the word “economy.”
- How did that old man end up in handcuffs if this is the guy they were looking for?
  That was a long time ago, relatively speaking. Well before they had collected any video whatsoever.
  Why did it take so long to release this image?
  It takes a good deal of time to acquire and scour through all the video available. They initially thought they would be able to identify this person without releasing images, and probably didn't want another lionization as with Not Luigi. I guess that didn't pan out.
  
  That was a long time ago, relatively speaking. Well before they had collected any video whatsoever.
  🤣 That was less than 24 hrs ago!
  They had to have some reason for saying "that guy right there."
- It's a lie. the manufacturer's code "TRN" was on it. That's it
- Saw that, too. I am reserving my thoughts on that until more information comes out.
- It’s fucking obvious propaganda bullshit.
- Dumping the weapons in the woods not far from the university is a pretty shit way tbh. Weapons are extremely traceable and contain a shitload of DNA evidence. You’d rather be able to get it further out and dump it with weights into a deep fast flowing river.
  
  Yeah, that seems like a no-brainer, especially for someone who obviously planned it out and got away. I'm skeptical that whatever they've found is actually the murder weapon.
- This entire event is bullshit.
- Why would somebody smart enough to evade capture, and dump the weapon in the woods, leave a cutesy little note on the cartridge clearly identifying their political beliefs?
  I think they identified their political beliefs when they murdered a right wing talking head. That was the whole point.
  
  Was it the point though? Bc on Wednesday, hours before that hit job, the Senate called for a probe into the biggest fish they could possibly catch in the Epstein investigation including Peter Thiel, JP Morgan, and other banks
  It would require at least some Republicans to join the investigation, but doing so would definitely make a lot of powerful people very angry. Instead of anybody hearing anything about that investigation though, or who might be considering joining in, Charlie Kirk was suddenly assassinated. Now most Republicans seem to be calling for war on the left like their lives depend on it.
- are you seeing that in the article?
  
  It was in the abc article
  
  That’s from other reporting, but it is being reported from legitimate sources.

Hey maybe the McDonalds people could stfu this time
- Speaking of the devil. Did any award money in the Luigi case actually get distributed? If not, are there reasonable conditions not met yet?
  
  I saw a theory the other day that there was no tip from an McDonald's employee. The authorities might've used some illegal surveillance to find him and just said it was a tip from an employee to avoid acknowledging that.
  
  No, the McDonalds worker didn't get the 'reward' money because they called local police instead of the CrimeStoppers number when they reported it.
  
  I think the guy got a firm handshake from one of the deputies.
- This comment has confused me.
  e: OHHHHHHHHH
- People who go to McDonald's are mostly right wing.

Can we focus on more important things?
- How about them Epstein files?
  
  Where are they? And who is hiding them?
- It’s what he would have wanted.
  
  It's what he needed to do to protect our second amendment rights. Somebody should make a crucifix of him hanging on that is made of guns. Trump will probably beat everybody to market with the merch though. Maybe a KirkCoin scam...

Wraparound sunglasses. Conservative shooter confirmed.

"Weapon found was imported Mauser .30-06 bolt-action rifle"
So a typical deer rifle.
- How hilarious would it be if that wasn’t the murder weapon and the shooter planted it ahead of time as a distraction.
  
  Considering the photos from the stairwell don't show him with a gun, that's an acceptable theory.

Remember, if you recognise him - you don't.
- Even if you really need that $100,000 reward, they'll screw you out of it just like they did that person who reported Luigi Mangione. Collaborating with fascists won't even get you your thirty pieces of silver.
  
  Collaborating with fascists won't even get you your thirty pieces of silver
  30 pieces of lead look kind of like silver if you squint hard enough while bleeding out from them. Just saying. It's not like you get nothing from collaborating with fascists.
- Hey he looks like 15 random names I just found in the phone book
- Honestly, this grainy photo could be five or six guys I do know. (Except they were all here yesterday, so couldn’t have been, but yeah.)
- I kinda hope it's some unabashed fascist with a wildly incriminating conservative digital footprint. I want there to be no question how off the deep end this guy is. I want all of these soon to be deleted tweets about leftist violence to be gotcha moments to these fuckers.
  
  I would love for it to be a Groyper just to have every conservative awkwardly ignore that the past couple days happened and scramble to cover their tracks.
  Edit: They have now been named as Tyler Robinson, and the evidence points to them being very much in-line with Antifa 😔

This guy does not appear to be in the woods nor holding a rifle. They arrested an old man who also didn't have a rifle nor was in the woods yesterday.
Maybe they'll just arrest every gun owner within 100 miles of where it was 1 by 1.
They said the person they suspected went out of the woods into a neighborhood, yet these photos aren't from a neighborhood. So where did they come from? (Looks like a staircase at the school maybe?)

Looks like the image release means they weren't successful in their own investigation according to their statements.

Bet he's a conservative/magat
- What if this guy's was a conservative that felt betrayed by Kirk's messaging. That would by a twist.
  
  not a twist, but between expectations
- They'll scapegoat the left and/or minorities, regardless.
- Bet he’s a conservative/magat
  Anyone with shooting skills that serious is likely going to be a far right gun nut, yes.
  edit: and he was just like I said, thanks for all the downvotes.

People need to stop celebrating the shooter! I'm absolutely disgusted and ashamed by their actions. Charlie Kirk was doing nothing but sitting there giving a speech. This was in the middle of the day, there were clear sky's and the sun was shining directly on Charlie, as if he was chosen to deliver an important message. Than the shooter shot at him. I'll say it as it is, nothing was between Charlie and the shooter that warranted this.
So how could the shooter miss the shot at Charlie Kirk's large ass head and hit him in neck instead! Embarrassing, do better on the next fascist.
- I downvoted and almost stopped reading. Thankfully I finished.
- So he could feel himself dying

They won't give you the reward money, everything is just another lie to get you to cooperate

It's a groyper. Guaranteed this guy is a groyper.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groypers
  Because I had to look it up.
  Nick Fuentes
  Hey, I know where that guy lives!
  
  Fun fact he got in trouble with his followers cause he was looking at femboy bussy.
- Any source beyond this tweet's claim? Shuster is a journalist, so that goes a long way, but I like to have more.

I'm of the mind that he was a hired gun by a prominent government official to continue the push toward active civil war and distract from the pedo-files.

I don't know who he is, but I know he did nothing wrong.

"Person of Interest" vs Suspect? This sounds like they still need more evidence.
- If their lead about a deer rifle in the woods is accurate, then it would be strange if these were pictures of the suspect given he is not carrying a rifle or any means of concealing one.
  
  Only if the "Person of Interest" had not already stored/hidden the gun at the roof location a day before, and planned longer term...

A young Dale Gribble?
- A cop almost had him, but pocket sand is just too effective!
  
  Cop: Ah! Dangit, person-of-interest!
- I tell you hwat.
- Who? I heard it was a fella by the name of Rusty Shackleford, you might be confused...

The Luigi snitch didn't get the money.

The evidence they are saying they have isn't much. A blurry photo from a stairwell security camera, some distinctive clothing and palm and forearm prints. None of those things is really actionable without more to go on. Clothes can be destroyed and palm and forearm prints aren't useful for identifying someone (but could be used for confirming an identification if they are of sufficient quality).
Undoubtedly the investigators are not revealing everything they have.
- Palm and forearm prints? Was it bigfoot? It was bigfoot wasn't it!
  
  Was it a sultry bigfoot?
- Undoubtedly the investigators are not revealing everything they have.
  Of course they aren't, and that is how a proper investigation works. They have also been coy about exactly what kind of rifle, and haven't released what the "messages" written on the ammo are.
- Suspect was wearing long sleeves and left forearm prints?
  Hmm

They have a forearm imprint, yet the guy in the picture is wearing long sleeves? I mean, I guess...
- Guy in the picture in the stairwell heading to the roof with no gun, right?
  So where did the gun come from? Did someone else put it there? 🤔

What a king - hope the alleged shooter lives a life longer than Kirk 🥰

Dale Gribble?
- I think that's Rusty Shackleford.

Snitches get stitches. Flood their hotline.

They found their scapegoat.

- Damn, why do I see memes with this guy everywhere?
  
  Crowder, just as big of piece of shit as Charlie

flood the web with slops and deepfakes of everyone who was there, on video..?

Kinda looks like his normal sized face evil brother Chuck.
- NOPE! CHUCK TESTA!
  
  You probably thought Charlie Kirk was alive, nope!

The suspect was just arrested and identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. It sounds like his own father turned him in.
I don’t have an unpaywalled link yet.
- It sounds like his own father turned him in.
  Now that's a horrible parent.
  
  Why would you tell anyone at all about that? Why do these shooters seem to be so bad at getting away?
  
  Maybe he's terrible, maybe he was brainwashed by the system, or maybe this article was created by AI.
- I've been seeing a lot of ~~good~~ new information here:
  https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-death-09-12-25?t=1757688390480