The authorities in Utah were still searching Wednesday night for the person who killed Charlie Kirk, the charismatic founder of the nation’s pre-eminent right-wing youth activist group, after questioning and releasing two people.
Hours after Mr. Kirk, a close ally of President Trump, was shot while speaking on a Utah college campus in what the state’s Republican governor, Spencer Cox, and Mr. Trump described as an “assassination,” no suspects were in custody.
The F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, posted on social media late Wednesday that “our investigation continues,” reversing his earlier announcement that someone had been apprehended for Mr. Kirk’s killing. Mr. Patel said the person taken into custody had been “released after an interrogation.” Soon after, F.B.I. agents in Utah asked the public for tips.
The person released on Wednesday evening was the second taken into custody by the police and later cleared. Officials said shortly after the shooting that someone had been detained, but investigators later determined that he was not the gunman. Officials said that person, a local political activist, had been charged with obstruction of justice.
Here are the details:
- The shooting: Mr. Kirk was shot about 20 minutes after he began speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He had been delivering remarks while sitting under a tent adorned with the slogan “The American Comeback.” Read more ›
- Rooftop video: Videos recorded before and after the shooting show a person on the roof of the Losee Center, more than 100 yards from where Mr. Kirk was speaking. In one video, an onlooker says they saw someone run across the roof and lie down. In a second video, the person can be seen rushing away from that spot immediately after the shooting.
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