Ammo in Kirk Assassination Engraved with Pro-Trans Messages

Ammo in Kirk Assassination Engraved with Pro-Trans Messages

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A rifle recovered in the hunt for conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassin contained ammo engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideology,” according to preliminary reports from law enforcement sources.

The weapon — an imported .30-06-caliber Mauser bolt-action rifle — was discovered wrapped in a towel by investigators in a wooded area following the killing of the conservative leading light, who was shot once while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, according to the memo.

Kirk, 31, was struck in the neck by a single shot fired from a distance of around 200 yards while answering an audience member’s question about mass shootings committed by transgender people.

Sources said they believe the fatal shot was a high-caliber round — similar to the ammo used in long-range sniper rifles or for hunting big game.

The father of two and Turning Point USA founder was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

The bureau released a pair of surveillance camera photos of a “person of interest” thought to be connected to the shooting, which depict a lanky male subject clad head-to-toe in dark-colored clothing, including wraparound sunglasses.

Timeline

Thursday

An intense multi-agency search for Kirk’s killer continued Thursday after the FBI briefly detained a possible suspect but released them after interrogation Wednesday night, director Kash Patel said.

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President Trump announced during his commemorative 9/11 remarks from the Pentagon that he would posthumously award Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor.

Trump called Kirk a “very, very good friend of mine” in a mournful call with The Post shortly before news of his death broke, and later on Truth Social lauded the late conservative influencer as “Great and even Legendary,” saying, “no one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie.”

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A source familiar noted that the Justice Department is investigating the descriptions alleged in the ATF memo, but that the agency was unable to confirm that the description matched the evidence recovered at the scene.

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