Vice-president JD Vance flies with casket as officials say rifle found and images of suspect released

JD Vance, the vice-president, flew with the casket of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk from Utah, where he was fatally shot, to Arizona, where the 31-year-old lived and grew his conservative youth movement, as the search for his killer continued.

Kirk, a close political ally of Donald Trump and a personal friend of Vance, was shot on Wednesday afternoon during an open-air discussion attended by about 3,000 people at Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem. The shooting, which the president called a “dark moment for America”, comes as the country grapples with mounting political anger and polarization.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-shooting-police-search-for-suspect-amid-condemnation-of-targeted-killing

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