Earlier Thursday morning, Breitbart News reported that Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) Commissioner Beau Mason spoke at a press conference and said the shooter “appears to be of college age.”
He stressed that authorities “worked through the night” and were able to find photos and videos of the suspect on various cameras.
During the same press conference, FBI Special Agent Robert Bohls noted that law enforcement had recovered the rifle with which they believe Kirk was shot.
Bohls described the rifle as a “bolt action rifle,” which was found in “a wooded area.”
A report from the Wall Street Journal suggested Thursday that ammunition found by the rifle authorities believe the assassin used were engraved with transgender messages.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on X: @awrhawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
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