The FBI and Utah law enforcement have made significant progress in the manhunt for Charlie Kirk’s assassin, recovering the weapon they believed was used to kill the prominent conservative activist as well as unspent ammunition with inscriptions implying a possible political motive, law enforcement officials told Just the News on Thursday.

The long-range, high-powered hunting rifle as well as two unspent ammunition cartridges had inscriptions tied to transgenderism and antifacist ideology, the officials said.

There is also significant video and photo evidence that could lead to the shooter’s identity, movements and possible accomplices, including his flight path from the scene at Utah Valley University.

The FBI’s Salt Lake City field office tweeted late Thursday morning, “We are asking for the public’s help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University.”

The tweet included two pictures of the potential suspect dressed largely in black, wearing sunglasses, a dark cap, a black backpack.

“There is steady progress from photo recognition to weapons analysis and we are narrowing down those we think may have been involved,” a senior law enforcement official told Just the News, speaking only on condition of anonymity. “The coincidences and the evidence are pointing in a clear direction. Nothing is certain until you make arrests, but we have momentum.”

The most significant pieces of evidence, officials said, are the long-arms weapon and ammo that was recovered and that is believed to have been used by the assassin, as well as video footage from security cameras and attendees’ cell phone cameras that show the shooter from a rooftop shooting perch and then possibly fleeing along the roof line.

Some security footage is grainy, but it led to additional footage that has allowed for enhanced photo recognition, the officials said.

The officials added they are examining the conduct of one or more people on the university grounds to determine whether there were accomplices, including specific questions asked or statements made to Kirk from the crowd before he was mortally wounded.

“There are some activities we believe will turn out to not be coincidences,” one official said.

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