Video: Kirk Killing Suspect Wore Converse Shoes, Left Prints

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Law enforcement officials in Utah released Thursday night a video of the suspected shooter in the assassination of Turning Point USA co-found and CEO Charlie Kirk, saying that the person wore Converse tennis shoes and left and handprint and shoeprint at the scene.

The video shows the suspect running across the rooftop of a building believed to be where he shot Kirk, 31, in the neck Wednesday from about 200 yards away during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

"Here you see the suspect [run] behind that upper building," said Beau Mason, commissioner for the Utah Department of Public Safety while narrating the video. Mason spoke at a enws conference that aired live on Newsmax and the Newsmax2 online streaming platform. FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino also were in attendance.

"He's going to come out on the right, moves to this far right corner," Mason said. "As he does, he's going to climb off the edge and then drop down to the ground. As he did that, he left some palm impressions. There are some smudges, [and] some places we're looking to collect DNA. There's a shoe imprint where we believe the suspect is clearly identified as wearing Converse tennis shoes. … It's important to note his black T shirt, his black pants, and there appears to be some white on the soles of those Converse tennis shoes. Those are all identifiable items that we're looking for.

"In the stills that are going to follow this, you’re going to see a very distinctive T-shirt with an American flag and appears to have an eagle on it. There's also a baseball cap with a triangle on it and a pair of sunglasses, all distinctive. All things that we would ask the public to look for and try to identify. If they know someone who has those items, who has been seen wearing those items. We're looking for all that information here.

"You see the suspect after dropping off the building, he moved around across this grassy area around the parking lot. … After he crosses the street, this is where he moves over into the wooded area. This is the video evidence that we utilized to track his movements and to locate that firearm in that wooded area following the discovery of this evidence."

Michael Katz

Michael Katz is a Newsmax reporter with more than 30 years of experience reporting and editing on news, culture, and politics.

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