TMZ released footage on September 11th, between 11:31 PM and 11:45 PM UTC, purportedly showing the suspect in the Charlie Kirk assassination walking towards a campus with a noticeable limp. However, KUTV reported that police deny having identified a person of interest in Kirk's murder, contradicting an earlier CBS Evening News report that cited three law enforcement sources confirming the identification of a "UVU person of interest" in the shooting. In a separate development, Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who won the mayoral primary, stated in an interview with The New York Times that his past comments calling the NYPD racist in 2020 were made "at the height of frustration" and do not reflect his current campaign or his view on public safety. Mamdani said he would apologize for these remarks. Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance participated in the honor guard for Charlie Kirk at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base in Salt Lake City, Utah, between 11:16 PM and 11:30 PM UTC, as Kirk's body was flown to Phoenix, Arizona, aboard Air Force Two. A sign at Seattle Central College was spray-painted with the message "KILL ALL CHARLIE KIRKS," which authorities are treating as a threat. The FBI continues to offer a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the perpetrator's arrest in Kirk's September 10th assassination in Orem, Utah. The gun and cartridges from the Kirk shooting scene are being transported to the FBI's lab in Quantico, Virginia, for forensic analysis.
