{"id":192269,"date":"2025-09-11T01:15:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T01:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-no-longer-custody-fbi-says\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T01:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T01:15:26","slug":"charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-no-longer-custody-fbi-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-no-longer-custody-fbi-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect No Longer Custody, FBI Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As you may very well have heard this evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/charlie-kirk-dead-trump-announces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Kirk was shot and killed<\/a> while making a speech in Utah.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative pundit and popular podcast host was only 31 years old.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of this tragedy, those from both sides of the aisle have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/charlie-kirk-assassination-donald-trump-barack-obama-others-react-to-shocking-act-of-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed shock, horror and sadnes<\/a>s over the development\u2026 while we\u2019ve now learned that a suspect is no longer in custody.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234087993-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-534866 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234087993-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234087993-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234087993-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234087993-2048x1332.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234087993-960x624.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234087993-1080x702.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234087993-1200x780.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234087993-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charlie Kirk speaks on stage at America Fest 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 22, 2024. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by JOSH EDELSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, authorities said a person of interest <em>had<\/em> been apprehended. <\/p>\n<p>Utah Governor Spencer Cox said that authorities do not possess information \u201cthat would lead us to believe there there is a second person involved\u201d in what he described as a \u201cpolitical assassination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HOWEVER, a couple hours after this announcement was made, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote the following on Twitter:<\/p>\n<p><em>The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement. Our investigation continues and we will continue to release information in interest of transparency.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-534867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-534867 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2179970880-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point Action, speaks during a meeting on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson on October 17, 2024. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA, was about 20 minutes into a presentation Utah Valley University when the unknnown suspect fired a gunshot from the Losee Center, a building about 200 yards away, university spokesperson Ellen Treanor told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Based on CCTV footage, the shooter \u2014 who only fired one shot \u2014 was dressed in all dark clothing, the commissioner said, adding: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe this was a targeted attack towards one individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No other information regarding this man or woman is known at this time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a forum dubbed the Generation Next Summit at the White House on March 22, 2018 in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-534861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-2048x1460.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-960x684.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-1080x770.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-1200x855.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a forum dubbed the Generation Next Summit at the White House on March 22, 2018 in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-534861 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-2048x1460.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-960x684.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-1080x770.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-1200x855.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-936623838-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a forum dubbed the Generation Next Summit at the White House on March 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Mark Wilson\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Charlie Kirk is survived by his wife, former Miss Arizona USA Erika Frantzve, and their two kids, a 3-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,\u201d President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on September 10. \u201cNo one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, via an Oval Office address, Trump said of the late influencer:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCharlie\u2019s voice has become bigger and grander than ever before\u2026May God bless his memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019ll continue to update this website with news regarding the Charlie Kirk shooting as it breaks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/charlie-kirk-shooting-person-of-interest-no-longer-custody-fbi-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes As you may very well have heard this evening, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while making a speech in Utah. The conservative pundit and popular podcast host was only 31 years old. In the wake of this tragedy, those from both sides of the aisle have expressed shock, horror and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-192269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}