The footage shows the suspected gunman jumping from the roof and fleeing the scene

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The FBI has released new video footage of the suspect in the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, showing the gunman leaping from a rooftop at Utah Valley University before fleeing into a wooded area.

The shooting occurred shortly after 12:20pm Mountain Time on Wednesday, when the suspect fired a single rifle round from the roof of a campus building that struck Kirk in the neck as he addressed a student audience.

The newly released video shows the figure running across the roof, climbing down the building – leaving behind palm impressions, smudges believed to contain DNA, and a shoe imprint, according to the FBI. The suspect is then seen sprinting across a grassy area near a parking lot, and disappearing into nearby woods.

A high-powered Mauser bolt-action rifle, along with ammunition marked with “transgender” and “anti-fascist” slogans, was later recovered in that wooded area, according to law enforcement sources cited by ABC News.

 

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Utah Governor Spencer Cox urged the public to assist in the manhunt, noting that more than 7,000 tips have already been submitted to the FBI – the largest volume since the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.

“We cannot do our job without the public’s help right now,” Cox said at a press conference on Thursday. The governor also announced that Utah will “pursue the death penalty” once the suspect is caught.

The FBI’s Salt Lake City office has continued to share images of the person of interest and is offering up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspect. Trace evidence collected so far includes shoe impressions, a forearm imprint, and a palm print recovered from the rooftop where the shot was fired.

 

Kirk, 31, the founder of Turning Point USA, was a prominent conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump. His murder has been described by officials as a targeted political assassination.