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The search continues Thursday for a suspect in the fatal at an event Wednesday at Utah Valley University. TheNews Confirmed has gathered information from officials and video and audio sources and has constructed this timeline of the assassination of the 31-year-old.
This timeline will be updated as more information emerges.
The shooter arrived near the campus university at around 11:52 a.m., officials said at a news conference Thursday morning. The event was to begin in the UVU courtyard at noon. from the scene show a large crowd gathered in the area.
A TheNews review of livestream footage and video metadata indicates Kirk was shot around 12:23 p.m. Footage from that moment shows the crowd scattering after the shot and Kirk being into a vehicle seconds after the shooting.
Additional verified by TheNews shows a person running across the roof of the Losee Center in the moments after the shooting, about 400 feet from where Kirk had been sitting. Authorities have not confirmed whether that person is connected to the attack.
Earlier, a Utah Valley University spokesman and the Utah Department of Public Safety had said the shooting occurred around 12:20 p.m.
Dispatch audio reviewed by TheNews described a person on the roof of a nearby building wearing black clothing and carrying a long rifle. A later radio call said the individual was dressed in black tactical gear, including a helmet.
Beau Mason of the Utah Department of Public Safety said later, on Thursday, that investigators believe the suspect fired from a roof, then jumped from the building and fled into a nearby neighborhood. A UVU spokeswoman said Wednesday the university believed the shot was fired from the campus' Losee Center, shown in the map below.
This map shows the location where Kirk was shot, in UVU's central courtyard, which is surrounded by campus buildings.
This map may be updated as more information becomes available.
Later, as law enforcement officers investigated, police tape was visible on the roof of the building where the person was seen around the time of the shooting.
captured at 2:37 p.m. shows officers searching an area around a quarter mile north of the campus. TheNews confirmed the time using the video's metadata.
President Trump posted on that Kirk had died, writing, "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us."
Emma Li, Layla Ferris, Laura Doan, Maddie Kornfeld and Julia Ingram contributed to this report.
