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Rifle found in wooded area where shooter fled as Trump says he will award Medal of Freedom posthumously to Kirk

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The sniper who killed the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk is believed to have jumped off a roof after firing one shot and fled into a nearby neighborhood, and has not been identified, authorities in Utah said on Thursday.

Officials said they had recovered a high-powered bolt-action rifle they believe was used in the attack and are reviewing video footage of a suspect.

• Center’s illness announced in statement by NBA

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Former NBA player Jason Collins is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor, the NBA announced on Thursday.

“Jason and his family welcome your support and prayers and kindly ask for privacy as they dedicate their attention to Jason’s health and well-being,” the league said in a statement.

The shooting of the Turning Point USA co-founder should not be used to foment further division in a polarised country

“Democracy is the way that we have diverse societies that don’t kill each other, largely,” Lilliana Mason, a leading scholar of partisanship, observed recently. She added: “As soon as we stop believing in it, it disappears.” Dr Mason’s own research suggests that there is sharply rising tolerance of political violence. On Wednesday, it claimed one more victim.

The shocking killing of the co-founder of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk, a hugely influential activist who rallied young people to Donald Trump’s cause and far-right ideology more broadly, has been widely and rightly condemned across the political spectrum. Leading Democrats and progressive activists made clear that such violence must not be tolerated.

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FBI offeres $100,000 reward for information about suspect after finding ‘high-powered bolt action rifle’ in wooded area

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A UK offshoot of a US conservative group set up by Charlie Kirk is to hold a vigil in London after he was shot dead, reports the PA news agency.

Turning Point UK has said its activists will gather on Friday evening by the Montgomery statue in Whitehall and called on others to “join us in remembering Charlie”.

It’s absolutely shocking, we’re heartbroken over here in the UK.

My thoughts this evening are with the loved ones of Charlie Kirk.

It is heartbreaking that a young family has been robbed of a father and a husband.

Political violence has no place in our societies.

Our thoughts and condolences are with his family.

An atrocious murder, a deep wound for democracy and for those who believe in freedom.

My condolences to his family, to his loved ones, and to the American conservative community.

Deputy secretary of state says ‘foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors’

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Action will be taken against foreigners in the United States who are considered to be “praising, rationalizing, or making light of” Charlie Kirk’s death, a top state department official has said.

The statement comes in a wider context of an aggressive crackdown on free speech and dissenting views in the US under the second Trump administration, especially when it comes to campus protests sparked by Israel’s war on Gaza.