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Shrek

(4,314 posts)
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:19 PM Sep 11

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

Source: BBC

The FBI in Salt Lake City has just released pictures of a "person of interest" in the shooting of Charlie Kirk yesterday.

They are asking for the public's help in identifying the person. They are the first images law enforcement has released of an individual they believe may be involved in Kirk's death.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c206zm81z4gt

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FBI release images of 'person of interest' in Charlie Kirk shooting (Original Post) Shrek Sep 11 OP
USA flag & maybe eagle indicate political interest and not much else right or left. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 11 #1
Yeah, not much to go on other than 'skinny white person' sboatcar Sep 11 #2
Most shooters are male. Irish_Dem Sep 11 #4
And white. Lanius Sep 11 #44
You can see dark brown/black hair and side burns below his baseball cap. SunSeeker Sep 11 #16
His tradecraft may have sucked Miguelito Loveless Sep 11 #24
Lots of hunters start out Deminpenn Sep 11 #53
More like MAGA camoflauge. Crowman2009 Sep 11 #9
That shirt looks like the kind you would buy at trump rally. Omnipresent Sep 11 #29
Or what a shooter would wear SCantiGOP Sep 11 #37
So you're thinking he might be a "leftwing radical"? Omnipresent Sep 11 #39
No SCantiGOP Sep 11 #43
See post 22 Omnipresent Sep 11 #49
Lol he could have worn a blank shirt and still wouldn't hav stood out as a young white guy at a Trump rally. Lanius Sep 11 #46
Why is that info as is so much from the BBC? efhmc Sep 11 #3
AP News has it at the top of their landing page JustAnotherGen Sep 11 #12
Here's the picture: Jim__ Sep 11 #5
Here's another picture released by Kash Patel's FBI Ray Bruns Sep 11 #10
Wrong Bernardo de La Paz Sep 11 #18
It's a joke son Keepthesoulalive Sep 11 #32
Sounds pretty serious Torchlight Sep 11 #40
It's not a picture of Kash Patel, it's one his FBI agency has released. Ray Bruns Sep 11 #45
I would like you to read Bernardo de La Paz Sep 11 #56
LEE BABY!! Leghorn21 Sep 11 #27
LOL SunSeeker Sep 11 #33
He doesn't look very young to me. Lanius Sep 11 #47
Could be anywhere between 18 and 35. mwmisses4289 Sep 11 #55
What's the black mark on the shirt? Captain Zero Sep 11 #61
They'll have this guy by the end of the day. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 11 #6
That's my fear. hamsterjill Sep 11 #59
Looks Odd OC375 Sep 11 #7
When obesity is the average, normally slim people are termed "sickly" on no evidence. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 11 #8
Wasn't An Insult OC375 Sep 11 #11
I think because the guy in the images appear angry, Hands are gripped very tight in both images. Like in fists. LiberalArkie Sep 11 #13
Angry is a stretch, many reasons for bunched fists which might be momentary or tension, though I did notice them. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 11 #15
Probably means nothing, but living in 90% Trump area of Arkansas, I see a guy walking like that, I get the hell out of LiberalArkie Sep 11 #17
We do not know he was "walking like that". It's one photo, a still from a video. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 11 #20
I didn't take it is an insult and I wasn't faulting you, but rather the obesity of society Bernardo de La Paz Sep 11 #14
I agree. When I lost a lot of weight a few years ago, my family was telling me I was too skinny Lanius Sep 11 #48
I think it's distorted because it's such a low res image SpankMe Sep 11 #21
There is something weird about his chest Farmer-Rick Sep 11 #30
I thought so too Gymbo Sep 11 #65
Looks like a kid who's a 'coaler' in his truck that is plastered with Trump stickers. nt Exp Sep 11 #19
Young, White male with a flag fetish Miguelito Loveless Sep 11 #22
Where is his gun? mainer Sep 11 #23
If I were a conspiracy monger like Miguelito Loveless Sep 11 #25
Agree orangecrush Sep 11 #38
I mean, maybe I'm profiling, but that does not scream "liberal" to me intrepidity Sep 11 #26
Does anyone recognize the shirt? intrepidity Sep 11 #28
It is described as an American flag with an eagle. nt SunSeeker Sep 11 #35
It's a disabled veterans t-shirt MatthewStLouis Sep 11 #36
You are right Bernardo de La Paz Sep 11 #58
The only criminal I recognize who is on the loose is tRump. nt ImNotGod Sep 11 #31
He looks like Jeffrey Epstein. Turbineguy Sep 11 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Random Person Sep 11 #41
OK, that photo proves mental illness with no political agenda IronLionZion Sep 11 #42
Travesty Bayard Sep 11 #50
I wonder how long his backpack is? poli-junkie Sep 11 #51
Also: Is he wearing knee pads? poli-junkie Sep 11 #52
Disabled veterans shirt design kerouac2 Sep 11 #54
The UVU Veteran's Center is in the building he shot from Prairie Gates Sep 11 #62
Has Charlie Kirk ever bad mouthed a DAV? Captain Zero Sep 11 #63
Interesting Warpy Sep 11 #57
$100k Reward - Not my Tax Dollars! eringer Sep 11 #60
To today's FBI we are all "persons of interest". twodogsbarking Sep 11 #64

sboatcar

(654 posts)
2. Yeah, not much to go on other than 'skinny white person'
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:24 PM
Sep 11

Can't tell hair color, length, anything like that. Gender isn't apparent either.

SunSeeker

(56,786 posts)
16. You can see dark brown/black hair and side burns below his baseball cap.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:20 PM
Sep 11

Looks very much like a male; no breasts, male body shape, male haircut, masculine clothing. He has light skin. He has relatively short hair, clean shaven...may not even shave yet. Thin neck and jaw line, looks young, early twenties at best, could be a teenager. He fled on foot into a wooded area, then on foot into the neighborhood; may not have a car or even a driver's license yet. He apparently discarded what is described as a "high powered" long rifle in the wooded area as he fled. My guess is the rifle is not registered to him. Probably his dad's or someone else's. Left a palm and firearm print. Definitely not a professional. FBI says the were able to track his movements on the roof, which means he had a cell phone and it was turned on, another rookie move. Professional snipers know the FBI can check cell tower data to see the movements of everyone with a cell phone in that area. The FBI apparently lost track of him after he enters a nearby neighborhood. He may have gotten in someone's car and drove off, or disabled his phone at that point. But the FBI have a lot to go on at this point. My guess is he is a local. They should be able to track him down and capture him quickly. But this is Kash Patel's FBI we're talking about, so all bets are off.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/11/charlie-kirk-shooting-killed-suspect-live-updates/86087240007/

Miguelito Loveless

(5,223 posts)
24. His tradecraft may have sucked
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:34 PM
Sep 11

but he seems to have been a good shot or very lucky.

If they were tracking his phone, and it wasn't a burner, he is officially an idiot.

Deminpenn

(17,015 posts)
53. Lots of hunters start out
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:49 PM
Sep 11

as kids - getting a rifle, learning to shoot and going hunting with their dad during deer season.

Omnipresent

(7,222 posts)
39. So you're thinking he might be a "leftwing radical"?
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:11 PM
Sep 11

Trump’s so right about everything, they should put that on a hat!

SCantiGOP

(14,604 posts)
43. No
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:23 PM
Sep 11

I am saying that it is ridiculous for anyone to make an analysis based on the t-shirt someone is wearing.

Lanius

(640 posts)
46. Lol he could have worn a blank shirt and still wouldn't hav stood out as a young white guy at a Trump rally.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:24 PM
Sep 11

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,929 posts)
18. Wrong
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:23 PM
Sep 11

Kash Patel was born 17 or more years after that photo.

You can't pin (as if there is a controversy) that on him and yes, it is a photo, it is of Oswald, and any controversy about it bogus shit.

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,929 posts)
56. I would like you to read
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 03:18 PM
Sep 11

I wrote it was a picture of Oswald. I never said anyone said it was of Patel and nobody said it was a picture of Patel.

yes, it is a photo, it is of Oswald, and any controversy about it bogus shit.


There is a controversy about the photo, of course, all ginned up by the conspiracy theorists around. They like to cynically pretend that organizations never change and have corrupt lineages traceable to the current regime while they discount well known facts, so I simply pointed out that Patel was not involved. It is a noteworthy aspect of authoritarian regimes that they lie about everything, not to get people to believe their lies, but to get people to disbelieve everything. That kind of erosion in public consciousness must be resisted. Conspiracy theorists are such tools of others and they are clueless about that aspect.

Lanius

(640 posts)
47. He doesn't look very young to me.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:25 PM
Sep 11

Last edited Sun Sep 14, 2025, 01:09 PM - Edit history (1)

At least not as young as an undergrad. He looks more like early 30s.

Scratch that he was 22.

mwmisses4289

(2,320 posts)
55. Could be anywhere between 18 and 35.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 03:11 PM
Sep 11

I have known people in their thirties who looked like they had barely graduated high school, and teenagers who looked like they were in their late twenties. Just saying that whoever this is, their age is hard to guess.

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,273 posts)
6. They'll have this guy by the end of the day.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:37 PM
Sep 11

Whether he’s the shooter or not is another story.


But palm prints on the gun? Sloppy sloppy sloppy.

hamsterjill

(16,602 posts)
59. That's my fear.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 03:49 PM
Sep 11

How exactly did they pick THIS guy out of everyone else in the crowd? What did he do that tipped them off? He does everything else right, yet leaves a print?

Lots and lots of questions.

OC375

(285 posts)
7. Looks Odd
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:46 PM
Sep 11

Weird face and body shape. Sickly? But not just that. Something just looks "off". YMMV

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,929 posts)
8. When obesity is the average, normally slim people are termed "sickly" on no evidence.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:59 PM
Sep 11

I was that thin at that age and so far I've lived in good health for decades.

OC375

(285 posts)
11. Wasn't An Insult
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:05 PM
Sep 11

Just trying to say something about him looks "odd". Probably just the freeze frame distorting things?

LiberalArkie

(18,986 posts)
13. I think because the guy in the images appear angry, Hands are gripped very tight in both images. Like in fists.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:11 PM
Sep 11

The type that would make anyone walking towards him automatically move to get out of the way..

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,929 posts)
15. Angry is a stretch, many reasons for bunched fists which might be momentary or tension, though I did notice them. . . nt
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:18 PM
Sep 11

LiberalArkie

(18,986 posts)
17. Probably means nothing, but living in 90% Trump area of Arkansas, I see a guy walking like that, I get the hell out of
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:20 PM
Sep 11

Dodge. Cause someone is going to get punched.

Probably different in other parts of the world. We just have a hell of a lot of angry people.

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,929 posts)
14. I didn't take it is an insult and I wasn't faulting you, but rather the obesity of society
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:16 PM
Sep 11

Cap not odd, body shape not odd, sweatshirt not odd, design on shirt not odd, jeans not odd, running shoes not odd, sunglasses not odd.

Clothing a bit bunched at shoulder in one shot, but even that is not especially odd. I guess it is possible he might have thin body armor under the shirt.

Lanius

(640 posts)
48. I agree. When I lost a lot of weight a few years ago, my family was telling me I was too skinny
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:27 PM
Sep 11

even though I was at a normal weight for my height and build. As Americans, we've just become too used to seeing overweight and obese folks that a normal weight now looks skinny.

SpankMe

(3,606 posts)
21. I think it's distorted because it's such a low res image
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:30 PM
Sep 11

Hard to say if it has been manipulated. With Kash Patel in charge, I have a hard time trusting anything from the FBI.

Farmer-Rick

(12,080 posts)
30. There is something weird about his chest
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:50 PM
Sep 11

And back. Like he's wearing something underneath his shirt. Could it be a bullet proof vest? Or is it just distortion from the freeze frame video? Or chest rigging for rifle amo?

The Daily Beast says it's a book bag, which could be where his rifle is stowed, depending on the rifle and how it breaks down.

It does look lumpy.

Gymbo

(172 posts)
65. I thought so too
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 05:47 PM
Sep 11

The wide hips seemed feminine to me, and also the shoulders lack muscle. The sideburns disqualify my thoughts, but could be part of a hairstyle to be more masculine. I am probably wrong on all counts but couldn't help but notice.

Exp

(596 posts)
19. Looks like a kid who's a 'coaler' in his truck that is plastered with Trump stickers. nt
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:24 PM
Sep 11

Miguelito Loveless

(5,223 posts)
22. Young, White male with a flag fetish
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:31 PM
Sep 11

and believes himself a "patriot".

Checking all of the Right-wing boxes so far.

mainer

(12,434 posts)
23. Where is his gun?
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:32 PM
Sep 11

If he's heading up the stairs to the roof, then the gun would have to be already planted there.
If this photo is of him coming down, how did he transport that long gun to the woods, where it was later found wrapped in a towel?

I think this may not be the shooter.

Miguelito Loveless

(5,223 posts)
25. If I were a conspiracy monger like
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:41 PM
Sep 11

the Right is these days, I would be talking Russian agents setting this whole thing up to help Trump. An agent went in a day before to plant the rifle for the sniper, then a decoy agent goes around acting/dressing suspiciously, while better camouflaged agents spirit the gun away and plant it in the woods to be found. Whatever videos are out there are going to get the Zapruder treatment.

Of course, the Right will have tied it to Hunter/Joe/Hillary within the next day or so.

intrepidity

(8,477 posts)
26. I mean, maybe I'm profiling, but that does not scream "liberal" to me
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:42 PM
Sep 11

Looks much, much more like a Kirk follower, tbh.

MatthewStLouis

(917 posts)
36. It's a disabled veterans t-shirt
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:04 PM
Sep 11

Search in google: Disabled Veterans Mens Land Of The Free Home Of The Brave Large Black Shirt

ImNotGod

(1,155 posts)
31. The only criminal I recognize who is on the loose is tRump. nt
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:50 PM
Sep 11

Last edited Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:26 PM - Edit history (1)

Response to Shrek (Original post)

poli-junkie

(1,400 posts)
51. I wonder how long his backpack is?
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:39 PM
Sep 11

It seems to go past his hips, over his butt, and down his thigh. See bulge behind his right thigh.

kerouac2

(1,293 posts)
54. Disabled veterans shirt design
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:53 PM
Sep 11

Google ai narrowed it down to that for me.

Sold on ebay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/286781676270

Similar
https://www.ebay.com/itm/145750950755

Or this one long sleeve
https://www.ebay.com/itm/167760693539

That would add an interesting twist to their narrative

Prairie Gates

(6,359 posts)
62. The UVU Veteran's Center is in the building he shot from
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 04:25 PM
Sep 11

But then again, so is the Women's Center.

Warpy

(113,961 posts)
57. Interesting
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 03:24 PM
Sep 11

That eagle on the t shirt looks like a giant postage stamp, just sayin'. It leads me to believe there's a 60-40 chance he's a right

The killer has been smart so far. We'll see if he skips the country. Otherwise, the Feds will get him.

eringer

(499 posts)
60. $100k Reward - Not my Tax Dollars!
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 04:01 PM
Sep 11

Write the FBI and tell them to do their job with the Bozos they have left after the purge. We don’t need hired guns that are accountable to no one chasing wanted posters with quick trigger fingers.

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