Ammunition From Charlie Kirk Assassination Was Engraved With ‘Transgender And Anti-Fascist Ideology’

Investigators found ammunition inside the .30 caliber bolt action rifle believed to have been used in the Charlie Kirk assassination, with government documents reported on by both The Wall Street Journal and conservative commentator Steven Crowder saying that unused ammunition was engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideology.”

The Department of Justice did not confirm the reports, telling The Daily Wire that the investigation is still ongoing, with investigators analyzing the suspected assassin’s rifle and the ammunition.

Crowder said that his team received an email from an Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms officer on Thursday morning with what appeared to be an internal law enforcement message. The Wall Street Journal also reported that it had reviewed an internal law enforcement bulletin that discussed transgender and antifascist ideology on ammunition.

“All cartridges have engraved wording on them expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology,” according to the email that Crowder posted on X. “An emergency trace has been submitted, and ATF SLC is working leads generated by the trace. The firearm and ammunition have been taken by the FBI for DNA analysis and fingerprint impressions.”

Kirk was answering an audience question on transgender mass shooters seconds before he was assassinated. It was reported last week that the Department of Justice is considering moves to ban guns for individuals who believe they are transgender.

The reported law enforcement message also stated that the rifle that was recovered is “an older model imported Mauser .30-06 caliber bolt action rifle,” adding that it was “wrapped in a towel in a wooded area near the campus.” A photo of what officials believe to be the assassin’s rifle was published by The New York Post.

Parts of the reported law enforcement email line up with updates provided by the Utah Department of Public Safety and FBI officials on Thursday morning.

Robert Bohls, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Salt Lake City field office, said at a press conference that authorities believe they have recovered the suspected assassin’s “high-powered bolt-action rifle,” adding that the rifle was found “in a wooded area.”

Utah DPS Commissioner Beau Mason added that authorities have “good video footage” of the suspected assassin, but they are holding off on releasing the video footage as they “work through some technologies and ways to identify this individual.” The suspect is believed to have shot Kirk from a perch on the roof of an adjacent building to where the conservative commentator was speaking in a courtyard on campus. Authorities believe the suspect jumped off the roof and fled off campus and into a neighborhood after the assassination. Mason said the suspected assassin appeared to be “of college age.”

The FBI said on Wednesday night that two subjects who were detained and questioned in connection with the assassination were released after “law enforcement found no current ties to the shooting with either of these individuals.” FBI Director Kash Patel said earlier on Wednesday that the suspected assassin had been taken into custody. He later said, “The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement. Our investigation continues, and we will continue to release information in the interest of transparency.”