A manhunt is underway after 31-year-old American far-right “ youth whisperer ” Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while answering a question about gun violence during an outdoor speaking event at a Utah college campus Wednesday afternoon. The shooter appears to have fled the scene, which erupted in chaos moments after a shot rang out, striking Kirk in the neck in front of about 3,000 people at Utah Valley University, just north of Provo.
“Officials believe Kirk was shot from a roof,” and at least two videos have been shared that seem to show a gunman, but it’s not yet clear, the BBC reports.
Latest: Investigators Thursday morning said they’ve recovered a rifle in a wooded area around campus and isolated a footprint for further analysis, NBC News reports. The weapon was descr