The suspect is still at large - officials earlier said they found a high-powered rifle in woods near where Kirk was shot.

Also, “high powered rifle” essentially means “not a 22”.

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      How hilarious would it be if that wasn’t the murder weapon and the shooter planted it ahead of time as a distraction.

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        Considering the photos from the stairwell don’t show him with a gun, that’s an acceptable theory.

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          New photos show a backpack, room enough in there for a disassembled Mauser 30.06.

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            I’ll be honest, I’ve never disassembled a Mauser, but I can say, just the wood furniture alone on my Remington 721 .30-06 would not fit in a backpack.

            Maybe the specific model he used is different? I dunno. My mares’s leg would fit in a backpack, but not a long rifle.

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              I’m also curious about how long it takes to pull it down to backpack size.

              And the way they were talking about it being found, no mention of the backpack, why would he take the rifle (parts) out of the backpack and leave them in the woods if they were already hidden in a backpack? Why not just … keep walking with a backpack?

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      Even if you really need that $100,000 reward, they’ll screw you out of it just like they did that person who reported Luigi Mangione. Collaborating with fascists won’t even get you your thirty pieces of silver.

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        Collaborating with fascists won’t even get you your thirty pieces of silver

        30 pieces of lead look kind of like silver if you squint hard enough while bleeding out from them. Just saying. It’s not like you get nothing from collaborating with fascists.

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      Honestly, this grainy photo could be five or six guys I do know. (Except they were all here yesterday, so couldn’t have been, but yeah.)

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      I kinda hope it’s some unabashed fascist with a wildly incriminating conservative digital footprint. I want there to be no question how off the deep end this guy is. I want all of these soon to be deleted tweets about leftist violence to be gotcha moments to these fuckers.

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        I would love for it to be a Groyper just to have every conservative awkwardly ignore that the past couple days happened and scramble to cover their tracks.

        Edit: They have now been named as Tyler Robinson, and the evidence points to them being very much in-line with Antifa 😔

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          Allegedly the casing had “Hey fascist, catch!” written on it- so we’re gonna have another day or so before there’s any sort of defining knowledge about his ideologic inconsistencies. The damage is already done though, they’ve been using this as a call for war for the past 48 hours, the lie has made its way all the way around the world before the truth had a chance to be identified in any meaningful capacity.

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            CNN reporting that

            “Inscriptions on the three unfired casings read ‘Hey, fascist, exclamation point, catch, exclamation point. Up arrow symbol, right arrow symbol and three down arrow symbols,’” [Utah Governor Spencer] Cox said.

            And that (among other things):

            Robinson at the [family] dinner said “Kirk was full of hate and spreading hate,” according to the relative’s account related by Cox.

            https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-death-09-12-25?t=1757688390480

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            He put the Antifa ↓↓↓ on there too, though. Along with another casing with the lyrics to Bella Ciao. I can’t see someone that’s not in the anti-fascist space thinking of putting those markings onto casings, honestly.

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              ““Hey fascist! Catch!” followed by an up arrow symbol, a right arrow symbol, and three down arrow symbols”

              That’s a Helldivers 2 reference, specifically for the “Eagle 500kg Bomb” stratagem. It is not the anti-fascist symbol, he could have used three diagonal down to the left arrows if he wanted to, but he did not.

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                Looks like the story keeps changing, it was being reported as “three down arrows” a few hours ago, now, as you say, “an up, right and three down arrows” which I absolutely agree is a Helldivers 2 reference.

                Just like the supposed “transgender ideology” that turned out to be the TRN stamp from Turan Ammo, I daresay the details of the other engravings will change a couple more times before they actually release pictures of them.

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              That’s what’s being reported, yes. But law enforcement also called such engravings “transgender”, which is wholly unsupported by any reporting, so I’m going to hard side eye what law enforcement has to say about it.

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    People need to stop celebrating the shooter! I’m absolutely disgusted and ashamed by their actions. Charlie Kirk was doing nothing but sitting there giving a speech. This was in the middle of the day, there were clear sky’s and the sun was shining directly on Charlie, as if he was chosen to deliver an important message. Than the shooter shot at him. I’ll say it as it is, nothing was between Charlie and the shooter that warranted this.

    So how could the shooter miss the shot at Charlie Kirk’s large ass head and hit him in neck instead! Embarrassing, do better on the next fascist.

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    They won’t give you the reward money, everything is just another lie to get you to cooperate

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      If their lead about a deer rifle in the woods is accurate, then it would be strange if these were pictures of the suspect given he is not carrying a rifle or any means of concealing one.

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        Only if the “Person of Interest” had not already stored/hidden the gun at the roof location a day before, and planned longer term…

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          You think these are pictures of the shooter walking to the overlook where he has stored a gun previously? Yes, that would be possible. It would still be strange that they were able to isolate pictures of the shooter arriving, but not leaving.

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            I think I heard the shooter jumped off the roof to leave, so if that’s true it would make some sense.

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            yes. I think this is possible. But lets see what the FBI finds out this week, will be interesting. I propose if they do not get him within 2 weeks he has gone dark / deep undercover.

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    They have a forearm imprint, yet the guy in the picture is wearing long sleeves? I mean, I guess…

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      Guy in the picture in the stairwell heading to the roof with no gun, right?

      So where did the gun come from? Did someone else put it there? 🤔

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    The suspect was just arrested and identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. It sounds like his own father turned him in.

    I don’t have an unpaywalled link yet.

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          Word I’ve seen is that his dad saw the images, confronted him, he caved.

          Dude, you’re not going home after that. You’re going to Mexico and beyond. Note to self: Spend ten times planning the escape as you spend planning the caper.

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            I think disappearing immediately after the shooting, when you’ve been very vocal about disliking the guy, would be a worse idea than going home and acting normal.

            But don’t tell your dad.

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          Heard on the news this morning that his dad was/is a pastor and snitched on him to a US Marshall.

          So yeah, brainwashed. His own kid will probably get the death penalty for fighting back against the fascists.

          Of course, this could all just be a scapegoat to cover for the FBI’s gross incompetence just like the United Healthcare CEO killing. Can’t have the bastards lose face, so they’ll pin it on someone, anyone who fits the bill.