Charlie Kirk Assassination Man Hunt Updates & Speculation[Staff Edit]

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FireAg said:

I want to point out that ALL of the talking heads on TV believe he has the gun in his pants and is limping BEFORE the shooting…

I think that's probably what we should assume…

I just personally don't see it…I'm probably wrong…


That's how the initial video was reported. I made the same mistake
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4stringAg said:

The only part that confuses me are the stills in the stairwell because in those it's hard to tell he's got a weapon down his pants



Just thought...maybe tossed onto the roof before accessing building?
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Feels to me like he is getting assistance . Find it hard to believe he's hiding out near the campus still. He'd have been found by now imo
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Exactly, only way he does that with a gun is putting the barrel up his sleeve and the butt Of gun in backpack. But it looks like he puts backpack on closer to the road. Where is the barrel?
I know a gun can fold just before anyone says that
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The Shank Ag said:

OldArmy71 said:

In the TMZ video of after the shooting, the man is running full out at the end of the video.


While I fully believe the limping video is pre-shooting, adrenaline of having to escape from murdering someone in cold blood can make up for a limp. There were plenty of times in my youth I had injuries (including an fractured ankle) and would limp from classroom to classroom but once the ball was tipped would be running near full speed and nobody would have known the wiser. Later that night or the next morning it would be obvious, but when a situation calls for it the human body can do remarkable things in the face of pain.

All that to say, he/she/it may be limping after that drop right now, but they scampered away very quickly in the other video.

I had this exact same thought and almost posted it 10 minutes ago when trying to catch up with the thread. The amount of adrenaline had to be through the roof.
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Everyone said the same thing after Idaho.

There is very likely DNA evidence. If so you can believe there is a rush to get the DNA matched up to Genealogy databases which will lead to a match to someone in his family. Then it is just a matter of time before they have his name. IMO they have the name buried in a big suspect list of names and it is just a matter of routine police work to match the DNA to the name.

Finding the guy alive will be the challenge
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mickeyrig06sq3 said:

GAC06 said:

Did he have a rifle when he jumped off the roof?

Doesn't look like it. Not under his clothes based on how he landed, and it doesn't look like there's anything large enough in his hands.

Edit: Grainy video can sometimes not pick up thin/small items. Especially if they are a pixel refresh configuration rather than a full image stream (that went really nerdy, sorry)

I do not think he had a rifle on him either. His running motion does not look like it. He did not have time to break it down and stuff it someplace on him. His pack is not big enough to hold a 22" barrel and action, even if he did take it off the stock.

That coupled with the just horrific scope mounting job gives me some serious doubts about this whole thing.

I could imagine a scenario where if he is carrying the rifle when he jumps, the scope slips in the rings to be in the condition that it is in when photographed, but if it was loose enough for that it would have never held a zero from the last shot fired in it. Assuming he had shot the rifle before for practice.

Just odd all the way around. I am not in the least a conspiracy guy, but this is odd.
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infinity ag said:

AnScAggie said:

Unfortunately this press conference doesn't give me a lot of confidence.


I didn't like the woman giggling when she misnamed someone.
Be professional, damn it. This isn't a party, it's a serious sad situation and she is on national TV.

i was referring to the lack of information, and the information the gave was known by TexAgs and X this afternoon. I gave her some grace on that because she is likely extremely nervous given the situation and magnitude. Hell, I gave a talk at a conference yesterday, something I've done thousands of times given I was a professor, and I had to ask a friend if I said "****" out loud of if it was only in my head when the computer disconnected from the projector halfway through my talk and the tech guys had to come take care of it.
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Fenrir said:

4stringAg said:

The only part that confuses me are the stills in the stairwell because in those it's hard to tell he's got a weapon down his pants



Just thought...maybe tossed onto the roof before accessing building?

I mean obviously possible to do. But don't think it'd be likely. Unless they had a way to do it carefully.

Don't see how throwing a rifle up on a roof wouldn't cause it to lose zero.
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htxag09 said:

Fenrir said:

4stringAg said:

The only part that confuses me are the stills in the stairwell because in those it's hard to tell he's got a weapon down his pants



Just thought...maybe tossed onto the roof before accessing building?

I mean obviously possible to do. But don't think it'd be likely. Unless they had a way to do it carefully.

Don't see how throwing a rifle up on a roof wouldn't cause it to lose zero.



And they would have video of that correct?
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Fenrir said:

4stringAg said:

The only part that confuses me are the stills in the stairwell because in those it's hard to tell he's got a weapon down his pants



Just thought...maybe tossed onto the roof before accessing building?

Doubt he would toss a scoped rifle prior to making the shot.
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Texas 8&4 said:

I like this idea...1M dollars dead or alive, increasing by increments of 100,000 daily.

If we can afford to send Ukraine 200 billion or whatever we can definitely afford a lot more than a 100K reward to locate this ******* that assassinated a real American hero.
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Timberwolf said:

Feels to me like he is getting assistance . Find it hard to believe he's hiding out near the campus still. He'd have been found by now imo


God forbid us to think like this, but if any of us had done this, we'd be probably be several states away. Probably somewhere in the upper northwest or east coast. They probably had access to a vehicle and got to that vehicle on foot and were gone. Hopefully if they know a name, plate recognition software of them and known associates is zeroing in on where they may have headed.
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The Shank Ag said:

Timberwolf said:

Feels to me like he is getting assistance . Find it hard to believe he's hiding out near the campus still. He'd have been found by now imo


God forbid us to think like this, but if any of us had done this, we'd be probably be several states away. Probably somewhere in the upper northwest or east coast. They probably had access to a vehicle and got to that vehicle on foot and were gone. Hopefully if they know a name, plate recognition software of them and known associates is zeroing in on where they may have headed.


Kohberger did that and didn't escape justice.
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htxag09 said:

Fenrir said:

4stringAg said:

The only part that confuses me are the stills in the stairwell because in those it's hard to tell he's got a weapon down his pants



Just thought...maybe tossed onto the roof before accessing building?

I mean obviously possible to do. But don't think it'd be likely. Unless they had a way to do it carefully.

Don't see how throwing a rifle up on a roof wouldn't cause it to lose zero.

That's assuming scope was on it at that point. Scope is a hell of a lot easier to hide until in position and then he could put it on.
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htxag09 said:

Fenrir said:

4stringAg said:

The only part that confuses me are the stills in the stairwell because in those it's hard to tell he's got a weapon down his pants



Just thought...maybe tossed onto the roof before accessing building?

I mean obviously possible to do. But don't think it'd be likely. Unless they had a way to do it carefully.

Don't see how throwing a rifle up on a roof wouldn't cause it to lose zero.



Installed the scope on after he was on the roof maybe. They found a screwdriver or some tools up there too I heard
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This is why I mentioned seeing videos of him getting on the roof. The stills aren't helpful.
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bonfarr said:

The Shank Ag said:

Timberwolf said:

Feels to me like he is getting assistance . Find it hard to believe he's hiding out near the campus still. He'd have been found by now imo


God forbid us to think like this, but if any of us had done this, we'd be probably be several states away. Probably somewhere in the upper northwest or east coast. They probably had access to a vehicle and got to that vehicle on foot and were gone. Hopefully if they know a name, plate recognition software of them and known associates is zeroing in on where they may have headed.


Kohberger did that and didn't escape justice.


And I'm praying and expecting the same to play out.
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AnScAggie said:

aginlakeway said:

AnScAggie said:

Unfortunately this press conference doesn't give me a lot of confidence.


A lot of confidence in what?

The amount of times they requested for anyone with any information to call into their tip line, left me with not a lot of confidence they are very close to solving this. The information that was presented in the press conference that was delayed for 5 hours because of "breaking developments" was posted on TexAgs and X this afternoon. I am not being critical of Kash, the FBI, or local and state law enforcement, I was simply stating my feeling that I do not have a lot of confidence that this investigation is close at all to identifying the suspect and it will likely have to be someone who knows him that turns him in.


It's been less than 36 hours. They'll get him soon.
One day at a time.
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I have watched the video from the joint briefing(multiple times and in slow motion) and have a hard time believing the guy had a rifle down his pants when jumped off the building. He may have been involved in some way, but the way he ran across roof, took backpack off, bent legs while preparing to drop, bending legs when he hits ground, and then running away. I have not seen pics of recovered weapon, but is it easily broken down into components.
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I would say he is hiding in some other left lunatics house nearby and he is not from Utah so he is not readily recognized.
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johnnyblaze36 said:

Texas 8&4 said:

I like this idea...1M dollars dead or alive, increasing by increments of 100,000 daily.

If we can afford to send Ukraine 200 billion or whatever we can definitely afford a lot more than a 100K reward to locate this ******* that assassinated a real American hero.


offer bitcoin as a reward and see what happens
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Texas 8&4 said:

This is why I mentioned seeing videos of him getting on the roof. The stills aren't helpful.


Heard a guy earlier that I think works at the school said that stairwell opens up right on the roof. It's just a matter of walking up there. No climb necessary
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I think he had the rifle in his hand as he jumped. Looks like maybe a jacket wrapped around it when he jumped down.
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4stringAg said:

htxag09 said:

Fenrir said:

4stringAg said:

The only part that confuses me are the stills in the stairwell because in those it's hard to tell he's got a weapon down his pants



Just thought...maybe tossed onto the roof before accessing building?

I mean obviously possible to do. But don't think it'd be likely. Unless they had a way to do it carefully.

Don't see how throwing a rifle up on a roof wouldn't cause it to lose zero.



Installed the scope on after he was on the roof maybe. They found a screwdriver or some tools up there too I heard

I've never planned anything like this so don't know if there are other ways to make sure it's sighted in. But I've never installed a scope, went to the range, and it be remotely close to sighted in.
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Don't have alot of confidence in local and even state pd. Also the fbi a unknown at this point surprised they didn't jump in and run things don't know if that's good or bad. That always happens with big cases this one seems strange.
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4stringAg said:

htxag09 said:

Fenrir said:

4stringAg said:

The only part that confuses me are the stills in the stairwell because in those it's hard to tell he's got a weapon down his pants

Just thought...maybe tossed onto the roof before accessing building?

I mean obviously possible to do. But don't think it'd be likely. Unless they had a way to do it carefully.

Don't see how throwing a rifle up on a roof wouldn't cause it to lose zero.



Installed the scope on after he was on the roof maybe. They found a screwdriver or some tools up there too I heard


Installing the scope immediately before firing would put the "was this a pro" discussion to rest
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Haleyscomet50 said:

Don't have alot of confidence in local and even state pd. Also the fbi a unknown at this point surprised they didn't jump in and run things don't know if that's good or bad. That always happens with big cases this one seems strange.


It didnt seem like local or Utah authorities and feds were working together during the press conference
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htxag09 said:

4stringAg said:

htxag09 said:

Fenrir said:

4stringAg said:

The only part that confuses me are the stills in the stairwell because in those it's hard to tell he's got a weapon down his pants



Just thought...maybe tossed onto the roof before accessing building?

I mean obviously possible to do. But don't think it'd be likely. Unless they had a way to do it carefully.

Don't see how throwing a rifle up on a roof wouldn't cause it to lose zero.



Installed the scope on after he was on the roof maybe. They found a screwdriver or some tools up there too I heard

I've never planned anything like this so don't know if there are other ways to make sure it's sighted in. But I've never installed a scope, went to the range, and it be remotely close to sighted in.


Exactly. Scope wouldn't be close to zeroed. Don't see how this is a possibility
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LeftyAg89 said:

I think he had the rifle in his hand as he jumped. Looks like maybe a jacket wrapped around it when he jumped down.


I didn't see that. Hope I'm wrong.
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GAC06 said:

A couple double mic clicks after too, which is basically "Roger" or "affirmative" from other pilots on frequency


it's little things like this that remind you humanity still exists.


god speed everyone!
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htxag09 said:

4stringAg said:

htxag09 said:

Fenrir said:

4stringAg said:

The only part that confuses me are the stills in the stairwell because in those it's hard to tell he's got a weapon down his pants



Just thought...maybe tossed onto the roof before accessing building?

I mean obviously possible to do. But don't think it'd be likely. Unless they had a way to do it carefully.

Don't see how throwing a rifle up on a roof wouldn't cause it to lose zero.



Installed the scope on after he was on the roof maybe. They found a screwdriver or some tools up there too I heard

I've never planned anything like this so don't know if there are other ways to make sure it's sighted in. But I've never installed a scope, went to the range, and it be remotely close to sighted in.


Don't know that much about it either. Could you sight a scope at a range, take it off the gun, reinstall it and it still be sighted in?
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revvie said:

I have watched the video from the joint briefing(multiple times and in slow motion) and have a hard time believing the guy had a rifle down his pants when jumped off the building. He may have been involved in some way, but the way he ran across roof, took backpack off, bent legs while preparing to drop, bending legs when he hits ground, and then running away. I have not seen pics of recovered weapon, but is easily broken down into components.

I personally couldn't see the rifle in the video when he jumped or when he headed for the road and I don't believe it could have been in his pants the way he was moving.
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bonfarr said:

The Shank Ag said:

Timberwolf said:

Feels to me like he is getting assistance . Find it hard to believe he's hiding out near the campus still. He'd have been found by now imo


God forbid us to think like this, but if any of us had done this, we'd be probably be several states away. Probably somewhere in the upper northwest or east coast. They probably had access to a vehicle and got to that vehicle on foot and were gone. Hopefully if they know a name, plate recognition software of them and known associates is zeroing in on where they may have headed.


Kohberger did that and didn't escape justice.


Thats because he was certifiably ******ed and left a ****ing sheath at the scene of the crime
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cr06gis said:

htxag09 said:

4stringAg said:

htxag09 said:

Fenrir said:

4stringAg said:

The only part that confuses me are the stills in the stairwell because in those it's hard to tell he's got a weapon down his pants



Just thought...maybe tossed onto the roof before accessing building?

I mean obviously possible to do. But don't think it'd be likely. Unless they had a way to do it carefully.

Don't see how throwing a rifle up on a roof wouldn't cause it to lose zero.



Installed the scope on after he was on the roof maybe. They found a screwdriver or some tools up there too I heard

I've never planned anything like this so don't know if there are other ways to make sure it's sighted in. But I've never installed a scope, went to the range, and it be remotely close to sighted in.


Exactly. Scope wouldn't be close to zeroed. Don't see how this is a possibility


ive seen it. It's like goobers that drive with the tilt all the way up. It works, but you look like a goober doing it.
 
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