The FBI has released new footage of the suspect in the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk , showing the gunman jumping from the roof of a building at Utah Valley University before fleeing into a wooded area.
The shooting occurred shortly after 12:20 p.m. Mountain Time on Wednesday, when the suspect fired a single bullet from the roof of a campus building that struck Kirk in the neck as he addressed a student audience.
The newly released video shows the assailant running across the roof, descending the building, leaving behind footprints, stains believed to contain DNA and a shoe print, according to the FBI. The suspect is then seen running across a grassy area near a parking lot and disappearing into nearby woods.
A high-powered Mauser rifle, along with ammunition marked with "transgender" and "anti-fascist" slogans, were later found in that wooded area, according to law enforcement sources cited by ABC News.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox called on the public to help find those arrested, noting that more than 7,000 tips have already been submitted to the FBI, the largest volume since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
“We can’t do our job without the public’s help right now,” Cox said at a news conference Thursday. The governor also announced that Utah will “pursue the death penalty” once the suspect is caught.
The FBI's Salt Lake City office has continued to share images of the person of interest and is offering up to $100,000 for information leading to the suspect's arrest.
The fingerprint evidence collected so far includes shoe prints, a forearm print, and a palm print found on the roof where the shooting took place.
Kirk, 31, the founder of Turning Point USA, was a prominent conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump. His killing has been described by officials as a politically motivated assassination.