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PUBLIC PLEA: FBI Releases Video of Suspected Shooter, Hoping for Justice-Bringing Tip | Crime Alert 6AM 09.12.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, Breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Sumner. The Utah Department of Public Safety has
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  Speaker 2: released video and four more images of the shooter still
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  Speaker 2: at large who tragically took political influencer Charlie Kirk's life
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  Speaker 2: Wednesday afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: So here you see the suspect grand behind that upper building.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to come out on the right, moves to
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  Speaker 1: this far right corner. As he does, he's going to
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  Speaker 1: climb off the edge and then drop down to the ground.
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  Speaker 1: As he did that, he left some palm impressions. There's
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  Speaker 1: some smudges some places we're looking to collect DNA. There's
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  Speaker 1: a shoe imprint where we leave. The suspect is clearly
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  Speaker 1: identified as wearing Converse tennis shoes. Here you see the
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  Speaker 1: suspect after dropping off the building. He moved around across
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  Speaker 1: this grass area around the parking lot. We're going to
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  Speaker 1: pan to the right after he crosses the street. This
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  Speaker 1: is where he moves over into the wooded area. This
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  Speaker 1: is the video evidence that we utilize to track his
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  Speaker 1: movements and to locate that fire in that wooded area.
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  Speaker 1: Following the discovery of this evidence.
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  Speaker 2: In addition to two grainy surveillance video stills of the
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  Speaker 2: suspect climbing a staircase. DPS released images from two other
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  Speaker 2: cameras showing the suspect close up, though he is never
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  Speaker 2: directly facing the camera. The suspect is wearing a gray
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  Speaker 2: Adida's trucker hat, black sunglasses, a long sleeved black shirt
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  Speaker 2: with an American flag and eagle on it, a black backpack,
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  Speaker 2: blue jeans, and gray Converse sneakers. The two persons of interest,
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  Speaker 2: who were later released from custody and cleared of any
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  Speaker 2: involvement in the shooting were identified as George Zim and
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  Speaker 2: Zachariah Kureshi. Zim was pictured being taken into custody on
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  Speaker 2: UVU campus, and many initially believed he was the shooter.
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  Speaker 2: Though Zim was separately charged with obstruction of justice, he
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  Speaker 2: is not suspected to have been part of the targeted
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  Speaker 2: attack on Kirk. Kureshi, twenty five, is a BYU student
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  Speaker 2: pursuing an MBA and a fan of Charlie Kirk. Kureshi
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  Speaker 2: traveled to attend the Turning Point USA event and here
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  Speaker 2: Kirk speak. Aside from being in some of the first
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  Speaker 2: few rose at the event, Kureshi knew nothing more of
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  Speaker 2: the attack and was released from custody after an interrogation.
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  Speaker 2: Officers are now protecting Korreshi and his family from threats
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  Speaker 2: and harassment since his name was leaked. The real suspect
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  Speaker 2: remains at large, as inscriptions on the weapon used in
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  Speaker 2: the shooting reveal a possible motive. Investigators noted references to
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  Speaker 2: transgender and anti fascist ideology etched into the Mauser thirty
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  Speaker 2: caliber bolt action rifle that was stashed in a towel,
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  Speaker 2: a spent casing in three rounds left in the magazine.
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  Speaker 2: This has led officials to classify the attack as a
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  Speaker 2: political assassination, a targeted strike against Demand, known for his
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  Speaker 2: fiery rhetoric. The FBI, Utah Department of Public Safety in
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  Speaker 2: local police have received over seven thousand tips since the
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  Speaker 2: shooting and are still seeking the tip that will bring
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  Speaker 2: the shooter to justice. There is a one hundred thousand
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  Speaker 2: dollars reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution
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  Speaker 2: of the killer. Anyone with information is urged to contact
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  Speaker 2: the FBI at one eight hundred call FBI, or admit
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  Speaker 2: digital tips online. More crime and justice news. After this,
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  Speaker 2: a Minnesota man who previously served eighteen months in prison
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  Speaker 2: for threatening to kill a federal judge, was arrested last
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  Speaker 2: week for doing it again, this time in a two
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  Speaker 2: hundred and thirty six page manifesto called how to Kill
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  Speaker 2: a Federal Judge. According to the US Attorney's Office for
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  Speaker 2: the District of Minnesota, the investigation began on September fifth,
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  Speaker 2: when staff at the Wayzada Library called law enforcement about
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  Speaker 2: a man printing copies of the extensive manifesto. The man,
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  Speaker 2: identified as seventy two year old Robert Philip Ivers, had
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  Speaker 2: showed the manifesto to library staff. The US Attorney's Office
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  Speaker 2: said Ivers also gave library staff a three page flyer
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  Speaker 2: advertising his manifesto before he left the library. The flyer
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  Speaker 2: stated that the manifesto is designed to teach extremists on
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  Speaker 2: how to plan, train, hunt, stock, and kill anyone including judges,
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  Speaker 2: their family members, politicians, and more. In his statements, AD
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  Speaker 2: Attorney Joseph Thompson said, after the past few months, we
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  Speaker 2: are not taking chances. When someone threatens our community, we
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  Speaker 2: believe them and we will act swiftly to protect Minnesotans.
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  Speaker 2: Last month, two children were killed, and fourteen children and
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  Speaker 2: three adults were wounded in a shooting at Minneapolis Catholic Church.
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  Speaker 2: The gunman killed himself. In June, Minnesota State Representative Melissa
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  Speaker 2: Hortman and her husband were killed and State Senator John
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  Speaker 2: Hoffman and his wife wounded by a man who had
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  Speaker 2: a list of dozens of elected officials he intended to target.
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  Speaker 2: Vance Boltler fifty seven was eventually captured and charged. Officers
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  Speaker 2: searched Iver's vehicle, where they found a photo of Pope
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  Speaker 2: Francis with crosshair centered on his head, twenty copies of
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  Speaker 2: his spiral bound How to Kill a Federal Judge, flyers
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  Speaker 2: advertising the book, lists of federal judges, a copy of
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  Speaker 2: the Anarchist Cookbook, a white foam box containing a toy
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  Speaker 2: replica firearm, a box of carbon dioxide cartridges, a container
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  Speaker 2: of pellets, and a box of fireworks. Ivers was arrested
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  Speaker 2: on September fifth and admitted to showing library staff his book.
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  Speaker 2: When a detective asked if he expected his book would
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  Speaker 2: scare anybody, he shouted it was supposed to. The manifesto
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  Speaker 2: discussed the wrongs he believes the federal judicial system did
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  Speaker 2: to him, as well as his plans for revenge. He
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  Speaker 2: appears fixated on one particular judge, although the manifesto mentioned
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  Speaker 2: several who presided over his twenty nineteen trial for threatening
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  Speaker 2: to kill another federal judge. Special Agent in Charge Alvin Winston,
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  Speaker 2: Senior of FBI Minneapolis, said threats of violence directed at
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  Speaker 2: federal judges not only undermine the integrity of our legal system,
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  Speaker 2: but also pose a grave risk to the principles of
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  Speaker 2: justice and democracy. Ivers made an initial appearance in court
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  Speaker 2: and was remanded to jail pending a bond hearing. He
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  Speaker 2: is charged with threatening to assault and kill a federal judge.
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  Speaker 2: For the latest crime and justice breaking news, be sure
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  Speaker 2: podcast app with this crime Alert, I'm Sidney Sumner.