Utah Governor Spencer Cox has announced that he will be seeking the death penalty for the gunman who murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The unidentified assassin was still at large at the time of writing…. with a $100,000 bounty on his head
UPDATE: Reports claim that the killer is in custody after his Father turned him in.
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RT reports: Despite a massive federal manhunt, the suspect remains at large more than 30 hours after the shooting. Authorities admitted on Thursday that they don’t know whether or not he has left the state. “We have no idea,” Utah Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason told NBC News.
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At a press conference on Thursday evening, Cox confirmed that state officials will “pursue the death penalty” once the suspect is caught.
“We’ve been working with our attorneys, getting everything that we need, affidavits ready, so that we can pursue the death penalty in this case. And that will happen here in the state of Utah,” Cox said.
The governor had already issued a warning the day before: “I want to make it crystal clear right now, to whoever did this, we will find you. We will try you. And we will hold you accountable to the furthest extent of the law… And I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty here in the state of Utah.”
The FBI has offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of the assassin. Director Kash Patel traveled to Utah on Thursday and was spotted at the scene of the shooting, near the canopy tent where Kirk was gunned down during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University.
The agency has also released images of a potential suspect captured on security cameras: a man wearing sunglasses, a black hat, and a long-sleeve black shirt featuring an American flag.
Kirk, 31, was struck by a single rifle shot as he addressed thousands of students on Wednesday. He was rushed to Timpanogos Regional Hospital but later died of his wounds. Officials have described the killing as a targeted political assassination.
