What to Know
- Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, 31, was shot and killed in what authorities are calling a “targeted attack” during an event he was hosting Wednesday at Utah Valley University in Orem, just north of Provo.
- Investigators on Thursday asked the public for help in identifying a person of interest as they released images and a video. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the ID and arrest.
- Authorities said they had recovered the firearm used in the shooting in a wooded area, which they described as a “high-powered, bolt-action rifle.”
- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said late Thursday that officials have been working with attorneys to pursue the death penalty in the case.
- President Trump gave an address Thursday morning at the Pentagon to mark the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. During his address he announced that he will be posthumously awarding Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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