The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk is believed to have jumped off a roof and fled into a neighbourhood after firing one shot and has not yet been identified, authorities said Thursday in disclosing they recovered a high-powered rifle.

The shooter appeared to be of “college age” and is believed to have blended in on the university campus where Kirk was shot, authorities said as they investigated the latest act of political violence to befall America.

“I can tell you this was a targeted event,” said Robert Bohls, the top FBI agent in Salt Lake City.

Kirk, a close ally of US President Donald Trump , was killed with a gunshot from a distant rooftop at the Utah Valley University campus , where he was speaking Wednesday. Federal, state and local authorities were working what they ca

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