What Happened to the Rifle?
The Fatal Flaw in the Charlie Kirk Shooting Narrative
The official narrative surrounding the September 10, 2025, shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, must be rigorously questioned due to the glaring absence of corroborating visual evidence of the rifle during the suspect's escape.
This omission is not merely a minor detail but the very linchpin upon which the plausibility of the entire account hinges.
No Rifle Visible on the run to the Roof's edge
No Rifle Visible on the Rooftop Jump”
No Rifle During the Street Escape”
The ‘Towel’ in the Woods Doesn’t Add Up”
No Chain of Custody Without the Rifle in Hand”
The footage released by the FBI and Utah Department of Public Safety shows Tyler Robinson, the alleged shooter, ascending to the rooftop, firing a single shot, and then running to the roof's edge and jumping approximately 10-15 feet to the ground before fleeing across a busy street and into a wooded area.
Yet, at no point in this critical sequence—from the moment he appears running to the edge and leaping from the roof, landing, regaining his footing, and sprinting away—is the Mauser .30-06 bolt-action rifle, a bulky weapon approximately 40-45 inches long, clearly visible in his possession.
Yes, as the alleged shooter drops to his knees in preparation to dismount the roof's edge, he can be seen tossing a dark-colored, towel-like object on the roof surface, which appears to shift quickly to his right as his body suddenly dismounts from the roof while hanging on the edge by his left hand.
Immediately after moving off the roof's edge to the hanging position, with quick reflexes tracking the towel's movement, he reaches for and catches it with his right hand, grabs hold of it, and then lets go of the roof's edge with his left hand, and drops to the ground.
At no point after regaining his footing before fleeing, or at any other point throughout any of the official video footage, does the appearance of a rifle appear.
This absence is not just a matter of camera angle or motion blur; it is a fundamental failure to provide the most basic and expected form of evidence in a case where video documentation is available and has been selectively released.
The official claim that Robinson discarded this rifle, fully reassembled and wrapped in a dark towel, in the woods along his escape route is rendered suspect by this lack of visual confirmation.
A rifle of this size and shape should be unmistakably apparent during such a dynamic escape, especially given the high-resolution capabilities of modern security cameras and the presence of bystander footage.
The absence of any clear depiction of the rifle—whether slung over his shoulder, carried in his hands, or even partially concealed—directly contradicts the narrative that he possessed it during his flight.
This discrepancy is not a trivial oversight; it is a catastrophic breach in the chain of evidence, which calls into question the integrity of the entire investigation.
To accept the official story without this visual evidence is to accept a narrative that is, at best, contrived and, at worst, false.
The forensic and digital evidence—palm prints on the roof, shoe impressions along the path, Discord messages discussing the rifle's disposal, and the weapon itself found in the woods—may align superficially, but they do not compensate for the absence of the most direct and irrefutable proof.
The public has a right to demand transparency and completeness in such matters, particularly when the stakes involve the assassination of a prominent political figure and the potential for widespread mistrust in law enforcement and governmental institutions.
The failure to provide clear visual evidence of the rifle during the escape sequence is not just a lapse; it is an invitation to skepticism and a mandate for further scrutiny.
Until this gap is addressed with unequivocal, unedited footage showing the rifle in the suspect's possession during his flight, the official narrative must be treated as unverified and inherently questionable, lest we risk endorsing a story that may be as much a construct as it is a reality.
He sometimes looks like he has a black backpack on -- some kind of hump on his back -- but it's doubtful that would fit a bolt action rifle. I have a break down ruger pc carbine and even that needs a taller than normal backback to carry. Will definitely see if the official story has as many holes as 9/11.
Thanks for confirming what I also thought about this flaw in the narrative.
For Tyler to be the real shooter, he would have had to leave the rifle on that roof, since he obviously didn't bring it with him when he escaped.
Then when the rifle was reported being found in the nearby woods, that proved the narrative being foisted was false. It's too late to change that story now in any credible way.