(12 Sep 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Orem, Utah – 11 September 2025
1. Sign reading (English): "Campus closed until September 15th"
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press:
"I’m here on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem, Utah, now more than 24 hours after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead in the campus quad while speaking to students. We just got our latest update from public safety officials and the governor. They’re appealing to the public for information on the shooter as they continue their search. They’ve released a photo set and videos of the suspect fleeing the scene. He can be seen climbing down from a roof wearing a black shirt with an American flag logo, a hat with a triangle symbol, Converse, a backpack, and sunglasses."
3. Area of campus blocked off with police crime scene tape
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press:
"The campus today is eerily quiet. Classes are canceled until next week. A lot of students and nearby residents are just staying inside, keeping their doors closed until the suspect has been caught. There’s just a general sense of worry, and people are saying that this is a place that used to feel safe to them, and now that sense of security has been shattered."
++NIGHT SHOT++
5. Students gathered around makeshift memorial
STORYLINE:
The shooter who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off a roof and into the woods remained at large more than 24 hours later Thursday as federal investigators appealed for the public’s help by releasing photos of the person they believe is responsible.
Investigators obtained clues, including a palm print, a shoe impression and a high-powered hunting rifle found in a wooded area along the path the shooter fled. But they had yet to name a suspect or cite a motive in the killing they were treating as the latest act of political violence to convulse the United States across the ideological spectrum.
The photos of a person in a hat, sunglasses and a long-sleeve black shirt, with a backpack, as well as a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest suggested that law enforcement thought tips from the public might be needed to crack the case.
Two people who were taken into custody shortly after Wednesday’s shooting at Utah Valley University were later released, forcing officials to chase new leads on a separate person of interest they pursued Thursday.
During a news conference Thursday with FBI Director Kash Patel, authorities showed a video of a person being sought in connection with the killing racing across the roof of the building where the shot was fired, dropping down to the ground and fleeing into the woods.
In the process, officials say, the shooter left behind imprints, including a palm print, that investigators hope can yield clues to their identity.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox pleaded for the public’s help in the search for the shooter.
Kirk was shot on Wednesday while talking to students at Utah Valley University. A sign posted at the school says the campus is closed until September 15th.
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