Authorities investigating the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk have recovered a home surveillance camera they believe may contain critical footage of the suspect’s escape.
Surveillance Camera Pulled
Federal agents and local police descended Thursday on a property along West Street in Orem, across from Utah Valley University (UVU), where Kirk was gunned down the day before.
A neighbor, Erwin Steele, told Fox News that his brother’s floodlight camera may have captured the gunman running through backyards moments after the fatal shot.
NEWS
TMZ has obtained a security camera video of the person of interest in the Charlie Kirk assassination.
In the video you can see the man walking towards the campus prior to the shooting. pic.twitter.com/4chQ8QNI0V
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 11, 2025
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were seen climbing a ladder and removing the entire light-and-camera unit.
Steele said he believes the suspect used an alleyway to flee, then cut across his family’s property after bypassing a chain-link fence that separates their homes from UVU’s Campus Drive.
Person of Interest
The FBI confirmed that a “high-powered, bolt-action rifle” was found abandoned in a wooded area along the route the shooter is believed to have taken.
Investigators also collected a palm print, a footprint, and even a forearm impression at the scene, according to Robert Bohls, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Salt Lake City field office.
Late Wednesday, the FBI released two images of a man dressed in black they are calling a “person of interest.”
Bohls emphasized that tips are still being vetted but confirmed investigators are working around the clock.
What Happened
Charlie Kirk, 31, a husband and father of two, was addressing students in the UVU courtyard Wednesday when a sniper’s bullet struck him in the neck.
The fatal round was fired from roughly 200 yards away, with investigators pointing to a rooftop perch atop the Losee Center building across from where Kirk spoke under a tent.
Videos from the scene show panicked screams as students and attendees dove for cover.
Kirk was rushed to a hospital but pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
The killing of Kirk — one of the nation’s most prominent young conservative voices — has sparked national outrage.
President Donald Trump ordered flags lowered to half-staff until Sunday and posthumously awarded Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The manhunt for Kirk’s assassin remains ongoing.
