Bullets recovered after Charlie Kirk’s assassination were engraved with “transgender and antifascist ideology,” The Wall Street Journal reported, citing law enforcement sources.
Bullets recovered after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk were engraved with “transgender and antifascist ideology,” according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited an internal law enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation.
The paper said the ammunition was found inside a .30 caliber hunting rifle discovered in a wooded area at Utah Valley University, where Kirk, 31, was shot in the neck while addressing hundreds of students. The rifle, reportedly wrapped in a towel, contained a spent cartridge in the chamber and three unspent rounds in the magazine, “all with wording on them.”
The FBI confirmed it had recovered a bolt-action rifle abandoned near the scene but made no mention of engraved bullets. FBI Special Agent Robert Bohls said the weapon is undergoing forensic analysis.
Kirk, a married father of two, died shortly after the shooting. His killer remains at large as authorities continue their search.