FBI recovers rifle used in Charlie Kirk killing but shooter still at large

FBI says ‘high-powered bolt action rifle’ found in wooded area, as well as footwear, a palm and forearm imprints; suspect ‘blended in’ and appears to be of ‘college age’

Police and US federal agents said on Thursday they had found the bolt-action rifle they believed was used to kill the influential conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a university appearance in Utah, but were still hunting the shooter.

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