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The vast manhunt for the shooter who killed right-wing activist Charlie Kirk stretched into a third day on Friday, after police released fresh images in an effort to crack a case that has raised tensions in the United States.<\/p>\n
The gunman fired a single, fatal shot into Kirk \u2014 a 31-year-old who rallied youth support for President Donald Trump \u2014 during an appearance at a Utah university on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Despite hundreds of agents from across 20 law enforcement agencies working the case, investigators appealed for the public\u2019s help on Thursday and unveiled new images of a man they want to question.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe cannot do our job without the public\u2019s help,\u201d Utah Governor Spencer Cox told reporters, adding they had received more than 7,000 leads.<\/p>\n
The images released Thursday showed a man wearing Converse shoes, a black baseball cap, dark sunglasses and what appeared to be jeans, with a long-sleeved top emblazoned with a design that included an American flag.<\/p>\n
Police say they believe the shooter fired a single bullet from a rooftop up to 200 yards (180 meters) away, hitting Kirk in the neck.<\/p>\n
A video played at the press conference shows a figure running across a roof at the university, then jumping to the ground and making his way off campus towards some trees \u2014 apparently the location where a high-powered bolt-action rifle was recovered.<\/p>\n
Cox, the Utah governor, said his state \u201cwill pursue the death penalty\u201d when the shooter is captured.<\/p>\n
Reflecting the highly political nature of the killing, Kirk\u2019s coffin was transported to his home city of Phoenix on JD Vance\u2019s official plane.<\/p>\n
Footage showed the vice president with his hands on the casket as it was carried to Air Force 2.<\/p>\n
The right-wing mediasphere was in a state of heightened emotion Thursday, with Fox News contributors recounting the impact Kirk had on their lives.<\/p>\n
Fox News host Jesse Watters said Wednesday the killing showed his side of the political spectrum was under attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether we want to accept it or not, they are at war with us. And what are we going to do about it?\u201d he asked his audience.<\/p>\n
Trump urged supporters to respond peacefully, telling reporters that Kirk had been \u201can advocate of nonviolence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the way I\u2019d like to see people respond,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Students at Utah Valley University on Thursday described their shock, and their broader fears as political divisions deepen across the country.<\/p>\n
Dave Sanchez told AFP witnessing the killing made him \u201csick to my stomach.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe watch him all the time and so it really does feel like one of your own family members, your own brother\u2019s been killed,\u201d said Sanchez, 26.<\/p>\n
In Orem Park, several hundred people wearing red MAGA caps and holding American flags attended a vigil on Thursday evening, where they prayed and held a moment of silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt still feels insane that this happened,\u201d Jonathan Silva, 35, told AFP. \u201cIt\u2019s totally surreal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silva\u2019s wife Angelina, 27, told AFP about how the violent political polarization made the couple question their plans to have a child.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems a little hopeless to try to start a family and raise children in a society where there\u2019s so much hatred and so much division,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Kirk, whom supporters have hailed as a \u201cmartyr\u201d, co-founded Turning Point USA in 2012 to drive conservative viewpoints among young people, with his natural showmanship making him a go-to spokesman on television networks.<\/p>\n
The father-of-two used his audiences on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube to build support for anti-immigration policies, outspoken Christianity and gun ownership, and to spread carefully edited clips of his interactions during debates at his many college events.<\/p>\n
Three months ago, a Minnesota man shot dead a Democratic\u00a0lawmaker and her husband in their home.<\/p>\n
In July 2024, Trump survived an assassination attempt during his election campaign.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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