Police are searching for the shooter in Wednesday's killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk after a second suspect was released, per an email from the Utah Department of Public Safety.

The big picture: Kirk was shot at Utah Valley University while holding his first visit of his fall campus tour, where he planned on debating students. • "The shooting is believed to be a targeted attack," according to the Utah DPS' emailed statement Wednesday evening.

Catch up quick: FBI Director Kash Patel said on X earlier Wednesday that the "subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody," before saying in a later post that "the subject has been released." • Utah DPS commissioner Beau Mason said at a Wednesday afternoon briefing that a suspect was

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