The shooter who assassinated Charlie Kirk escaped through a wooded area where a “high-powered, bolt-action rifle” was later recovered, the FBI said Thursday morning.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Bohls said the bureau still does not know who fired the rifle and murdered Kirk on the campus of Utah Valley University the day before but that it is “exhausting every lead we have.”

“That rifle was recovered in a wooded area where the shooter had fled,” Bohls told reporters. “The FBI laboratory will be analyzing this weapon. Investigators have also collected footwear impressions, a palm print, and forearm imprints for analysis.”

Videos have emerged online of a potential gunman on the roof of a building about 200 yards away from where Kirk, 31, was speaking to a crowd in a courtyard. The F

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