The FBI has confirmed it’s taking viral conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s assassination seriously, including reports of hand gestures allegedly being made just before the MAGA supporter was killed
On 10 September, conservative activist Kirk was fatally shot in the neck during an event in Utah.
According to FBI Director Kash Patel, security agents have been pursuing every possible lead to confirm details related to the campaigner’s death.
In a post shared to Twitter, Patel, 45, wrote that the full weight of America’s law enforcement agencies were ‘actively following the evidence that has emerged’, explaining their efforts were extending beyond ‘initial findings’.
“We are examining every facet of this assassination,” he continued.
Patel confirmed that his agents were ‘meticulously investigating theories and questions’ surrounding the assassination, including the location where 22-year-old suspect Tyler Robinson is alleged to have taken the shot, its angle, and the bullet impact.
Experts are also looking into how the weapon was transported to the building, which overlooked Utah Valley University, and whether the shooter had accomplices.
Any visitors to the alleged shooter’s residence in the hours and days leading up to 10 September were being probed too.
Online sleuths had previously examined footage, claiming some people at the Prove Me Wrong event were making what appeared to be ‘signals’ just moments before the Turning Point USA founder was shot.
One of these was a man standing near the 31-year-old in a white baseball cap, who CNN Politics named as Kirk’s friend and Christian radio host, Frank Turek.
The outlet said there was no basis to the claims that the bystander was making hand gestures.
Turek’s team has also cleared up he conspiracy theory, writing on Twitter: “The viral accusations against Dr. Frank Turek are categorically false. Dr. Turek was at Utah Valley University as part of Charlie Kirk’s team, standing with him as a close friend and mentor.”