On Wednesday, September 10th 2025, at approximately 12:20 PM a Republican political influencer named Charlie Kirk ( age:31 born:Illinois) was assassinated by a sniper from a rooftop position at Utah Vally University. Utah Valley University is located south of Salt Lake City to the east of Utah Lake in a small town called Orem. Charlie Kirk was a Christian man, a family man, at the time of his death. He was giving a dissertation, a question / answer type session, with the crowd of university students, regarding societal norms. As a member of the crowd questioned, Mr. Kirk, regarding mass shootings caused by transgender people, a shot rang out from above. A rooftop assassin had shot Mr. Kirk in the neck. The bullet entered on his right side and the bullet exited on his left side, which severed a major artery. According to the experts in the field of bullet wounds and sniper shooting, Mr. Kirk most likely died within seconds of the bullet's impact, even though he was rushed to the hospital. He left behind a wife and two children. To add more impact to the horror, the entire incident, was captured on thousands of cell phone cameras.

The police hastily detained 2 possible suspects, which they called persons of interest. However, those people have been let go The suspect was the subject of a nationwide manhunt. It appears the subject has been captured. The authorities released 2 photos of the possible suspect in a stairwell. The suspect was clothed with a hat and sunglasse with all black clothing. He was wearing a shirt with a submarine and an american flag behind it. It appears that the suspect is a younger person. Someone who is possibly college-age, youthful 20s. It also appears that the suspect had planned the attack. The suspect appears to have planned his way in, and planned his way out. He escaped into a nearby neighborhood through a wooded area. it has been reported that the suspect deposited a weapon in the wooded. Area, which the authorities are claiming was used in the commission of the crime. The weapon was a high powered rifle (older model Mauser .30-06), bolt action, designed for long distance shooting. A nationwide manhunt is now over.

The rooftop sniper, it's been a popular character roll play in video game first person shooter scenarios. Climbing to the rooftop, then positioning oneself in a sniper nest, it's always been a popular scenario in the video game space. Both the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on President Trump's life and the assassination of Charlie Kirk, in Salt, Lake City, Utah, have similar modus, operendi. Both snipers pre planed their insertion, and both snipers pre-planned their extraction. Both snipers, were on the rooftop. That is, both snipers, were in a look down position focused on a funneled pocket, the speaker, surrounded by a crowd of people. Both snipers used scoped high powered rifles. Both snipers were able to gain access to the rooftop with virtually no one in authority becoming aware of their position. Both snipers were focused on the primary target not the collateral damage of the spectators. However, the Orem, Utah sniper used a long rifle with much more power and range. Was this? just coincidence, or was this? a learning curve increase. That is, the Orem, Utah sniper, learned from the mistakes of the Butler, Pennsylvania, sniper. The target in the salt Lake City case was much softer. That is, police protection was far less than that of the President. Yet, the significance and "shock and owe" effect was magnified by the presence of a large college crowd. US Army Sergeant Nicholas Ranstad ( who holds the record for the longest sniper kill) reported on the Daily Mail that the sniper was prepared, but made some novice mistakes. Sergeant Ranstad suggested The sniper was going for a headshot, but didn't calculate the windage properly, and the shot resulted in a neck wound. Due to the shooter's deficiency and skills as compared to a professional sniper, Sergeant Ranstad referred to the sniper as an "internet Sniper".