US investigators said on Thursday they had found a bolt-action rifle believed to have been used in the politically charged fatal shooting of influential conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Kirk, a 31-year-old author, podcast host and close ally of US President Donald Trump, helped build the Republican Party's support among younger voters. He was killed on Wednesday by a single gunshot as he gave a talk at a university in Utah in what Trump called a heinous assassination.
The weapon recovered by investigators was described by FBI official Robert Bohls as a high-powered, bolt-action rifle. It was found in a wooded area near the shooting site in Utah.