About that video of CK shooter climbing off roof -

[werdna]

- where's the rifle. One of the persons at the briefing indicated that he climbed down, walked about twenty yards, crossed a street, then headed off for the wooded area where the FBI found the suspected weapon - while the video clearly shows him with no rifle in hand. Did he toss it into the wooded area from the opposite side of the building before climbing down? An incredible feat of strength and precision! Or was this individual a spotter for the actual shooter?

[newdeal2]

1. He's also not a danger to the community apparently

How do they know this?!?!

Don’t ask questions because they don’t have answers and seem to be in no rush except to condemn the left.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Good question. No answer.

When I saw the vid of the guy on the roof, I thought. wait the gun was in the woods...so how does this work? Waiting for the Trump FBI to explain my lying eyes.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. The obvious answer is magical thinking and time travel. According to 'Q' of course.

[still-prayin4rain]

3. Agree, noway the guy climbing off the building in the video had a long rifle with him.

And who was moving the camera to follow him as he walked across the street? I'm so confused by the video.

[Totally Tunsie]

9. And, as you say, he WALKED across the street!

He initially ran from the building but soon slowed down to a walk before waiting to cross the street. Didn't seem like he was in any hurry to get away. Was he just trying to appear "normal" and not bring attention to himself?

[markodochartaigh]

4. From the video

I saw it looked like he had something in his hand that could have been a rifle broken down and covered with a blanket. You can see it as he jumps off the roof.


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-12/manhunt-underway-for-charlie-kirk-trump-ally-shot-and-killed/105765746

[still-prayin4rain]

6. An "imported Mauser .30-06 bolt action rifle" can quickly be broken down to be small?

Last edited Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:09 AM - Edit history (1)

On edit: I found a zoomed in version of the video and I can kind of see it now.

[markodochartaigh]

11. I heard that they had also found a screwdriver

with the gun. I guess to break the gun down. And nobody seems to mention that if we had tighter gun control the number on the gun would probably have led to the shooter's name by now.

[Prairie Gates]

16. An older model is what the NY Times said all yesterday afternoon!

An older model Mauser 30 06.

Under that flappy blanket?

Come on, now.

[Prairie Gates]

18. When did he break down the gun?

He flees immediately after the shooting. He fired one shot, then broke down the older model Mauser with a screwdriver, then ran across the roof with the broken down rifle under a blanket or in the backpack?

This is the sequence? He fires one shot, then takes the time to break down the rifle, then runs away?

[Feel Good Inc]

20. Yes.

Apparently the footage picks up close to three minutes after the shooting. So, he was doing something I assume.

[Prairie Gates]

22. Is that right?

He sat in the shooting spot for three full minutes before running off?

Fascinating.

[obamanut2012]

24. lol not true

He sat on teh roof where the shot happened for THREE MINUTES? lolololol

[Feel Good Inc]

25. Yes. Kirk was shot at 12:21 or 12:22 the video shows the person dropping from the roof at 12:24ish

[markodochartaigh]

31. Yes

that seems like it to me.

[Silent Type]

5. If no other explanation, loosen a screw or two and the rifle fits in a backpack.

[AZJonnie]

7. Well, I have not seen the video, but is it possible he simply dropped it from the roof before climbing down?

Also it seems a little silly to even take the rifle off the roof at all. Surely he could not believed that stashing it in bushes a very short distance from the school was going to result in it never being found. Plus every second you are in possession of the weapon increases the chances you are identified, and perhaps shot. It also slows down your escape. In these circumstance leaving it where you fired from is the best play.

So at best all that is really at stake here is the possibility that the FBI has misinformed us WRT where the rifle was actually found, which they're not obligated to be truthful about anyway, esp. not with the shooter still at large

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. People don't seem to look for the simple explanations first, like they tossed it off out of sight of the video.

But another simple explanation is that they are an amateur, like not using gloves.

Taking it off the roof has the advantage that it delays discovery of the weapon and the clues it will inevitably contain.

[Prairie Gates]

17. I don't understand your first point

"they tossed it off out of sight of the video."

The video shows the gunman running from the shooting site, immediately climbing down from the roof and then departing from the area. The gun was found in woods between the campus and the adjoining neighborhood, in the direction in which the roof jumper was fleeing. The gun would have had to have been with him 1) as he jumped and 2) as he fled toward the weapon dump site.

What do you mean "they tossed it off out of sight of the video?" The video captures the whole sequence of his departure.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. I finally got a chance to see the video

What's the fuss? It seems pretty clear to me he has something long with him as he gets to the edge of the roof. He puts it down, still holding it as he backs around to get his feet over the edge. Still holding it he falls. As he walks away he is still holding it.

[Prairie Gates]

23. So they didn't toss it off the roof?

Yes, I think everyone sees the thing you're seeing now that you've actually watched the video. It's that some people don't really see what he's carrying as a rifle. Now, you do see it as a rifle, and obviously so. That's great. Your "Yeah it is!" response is now recorded.

[usonian]

8. He left the gun. Patel's charges are searching for the cannoli.

Trained cannoli hounds are on the case.



People, THIS IS NOT AI!

It was taken with a SONY ILCE-7.

[littlemissmartypants]

14. 😆 The...

Athletic trainer, pictured left, is about to explain to the Trained cannoli hound ( Level 10+++) expert, pictured R, the exact number of personal tail chases it will take once the sniff test is completed and the cannoli is located to work off those calories which the expert will likely soon forget. They have a 300% cannoli location success rate, obviously.

🤭😉

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Somebody shot Calvin Klein?

That nice boy from Back to the Future?

[fujiyamasan]

15. I chuckled, I'm a big BTTF fan

[BootinUp]

21. The resolution is so bad you can barely tell its there. But there does appear to be

a long object covered by some other garment if you look carefully.

[OLDMDDEM]

26. Look closer. He's carrying the weapon and drops when he falls to the ground. Then he picks it up

and runs off.

[Celerity]

28. yes, the video I saw clearly shows that

[Celerity]

29. yes, the video I saw clearly shows that

[Bmoboy]

27. Carrying a rifle in Utah apparently is no big thing

Walking with a rifle across an intersection that should be filled with ambulances, cops, and fleeing students ...

Wait, now I see how Q works.

Where's a grassy knoll when you need one?

[Scrivener7]

30. As with the trump "assassination attempt," I imagine there will be many such questions that are never answered.