Bullets recovered after Charlie Kirk’s assassination were engraved with “transgender and antifascist ideology,” a law enforcement source told The Wall Street Journal.
Citing “an internal law enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation,” the paper reported that the ammunition was found inside a .30 caliber hunting rifle that was ditched in a wooded area at Utah Valley University, where the conservative activist was shot dead as he spoke at event.
The Journal’s sources said the rifle was wrapped in a towel “with a spent cartridge still in the chamber.” Three unspent rounds were in the magazine, “all with wording on them.”
The FBI said Thursday that it believes a bolt-action rifle was left in the woods by Kirk’s killer while fleeing through the area. It made no menti