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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAbout that video of CK shooter climbing off roof -
- where's the rifle. One of the persons at the briefing indicated that he climbed down, walked about twenty yards, crossed a street, then headed off for the wooded area where the FBI found the suspected weapon - while the video clearly shows him with no rifle in hand. Did he toss it into the wooded area from the opposite side of the building before climbing down? An incredible feat of strength and precision! Or was this individual a spotter for the actual shooter?

newdeal2
(3,962 posts)How do they know this?!?!
Dont ask questions because they dont have answers and seem to be in no rush except to condemn the left.
OAITW r.2.0
(30,578 posts)When I saw the vid of the guy on the roof, I thought. wait the gun was in the woods...so how does this work? Waiting for the Trump FBI to explain my lying eyes.
littlemissmartypants
(29,674 posts)still-prayin4rain
(446 posts)And who was moving the camera to follow him as he walked across the street? I'm so confused by the video.
Totally Tunsie
(11,163 posts)He initially ran from the building but soon slowed down to a walk before waiting to cross the street. Didn't seem like he was in any hurry to get away. Was he just trying to appear "normal" and not bring attention to himself?
markodochartaigh
(3,906 posts)I saw it looked like he had something in his hand that could have been a rifle broken down and covered with a blanket. You can see it as he jumps off the roof.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-12/manhunt-underway-for-charlie-kirk-trump-ally-shot-and-killed/105765746
still-prayin4rain
(446 posts)Last edited Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:09 AM - Edit history (1)
On edit: I found a zoomed in version of the video and I can kind of see it now.
markodochartaigh
(3,906 posts)with the gun. I guess to break the gun down. And nobody seems to mention that if we had tighter gun control the number on the gun would probably have led to the shooter's name by now.
Prairie Gates
(6,211 posts)An older model Mauser 30 06.
Under that flappy blanket?
Come on, now.
Prairie Gates
(6,211 posts)He flees immediately after the shooting. He fired one shot, then broke down the older model Mauser with a screwdriver, then ran across the roof with the broken down rifle under a blanket or in the backpack?
This is the sequence? He fires one shot, then takes the time to break down the rifle, then runs away?
Feel Good Inc
(66 posts)Apparently the footage picks up close to three minutes after the shooting. So, he was doing something I assume.
Prairie Gates
(6,211 posts)He sat in the shooting spot for three full minutes before running off?
Fascinating.
obamanut2012
(28,800 posts)He sat on teh roof where the shot happened for THREE MINUTES? lolololol
Feel Good Inc
(66 posts)markodochartaigh
(3,906 posts)that seems like it to me.
Silent Type
(10,973 posts)AZJonnie
(1,423 posts)Also it seems a little silly to even take the rifle off the roof at all. Surely he could not believed that stashing it in bushes a very short distance from the school was going to result in it never being found. Plus every second you are in possession of the weapon increases the chances you are identified, and perhaps shot. It also slows down your escape. In these circumstance leaving it where you fired from is the best play.
So at best all that is really at stake here is the possibility that the FBI has misinformed us WRT where the rifle was actually found, which they're not obligated to be truthful about anyway, esp. not with the shooter still at large
Bernardo de La Paz
(58,217 posts)But another simple explanation is that they are an amateur, like not using gloves.
Taking it off the roof has the advantage that it delays discovery of the weapon and the clues it will inevitably contain.
Prairie Gates
(6,211 posts)"they tossed it off out of sight of the video."
The video shows the gunman running from the shooting site, immediately climbing down from the roof and then departing from the area. The gun was found in woods between the campus and the adjoining neighborhood, in the direction in which the roof jumper was fleeing. The gun would have had to have been with him 1) as he jumped and 2) as he fled toward the weapon dump site.
What do you mean "they tossed it off out of sight of the video?" The video captures the whole sequence of his departure.
Bernardo de La Paz
(58,217 posts)What's the fuss? It seems pretty clear to me he has something long with him as he gets to the edge of the roof. He puts it down, still holding it as he backs around to get his feet over the edge. Still holding it he falls. As he walks away he is still holding it.
Prairie Gates
(6,211 posts)Yes, I think everyone sees the thing you're seeing now that you've actually watched the video. It's that some people don't really see what he's carrying as a rifle. Now, you do see it as a rifle, and obviously so. That's great. Your "Yeah it is!" response is now recorded.
usonian
(20,321 posts)Trained cannoli hounds are on the case.
People, THIS IS NOT AI!
It was taken with a SONY ILCE-7.
littlemissmartypants
(29,674 posts)Athletic trainer, pictured left, is about to explain to the Trained cannoli hound ( Level 10+++) expert, pictured R, the exact number of personal tail chases it will take once the sniff test is completed and the cannoli is located to work off those calories which the expert will likely soon forget. They have a 300% cannoli location success rate, obviously.
🤭😉
Oeditpus Rex
(42,685 posts)That nice boy from Back to the Future?
fujiyamasan
(653 posts)BootinUp
(50,362 posts)a long object covered by some other garment if you look carefully.
OLDMDDEM
(2,703 posts)and runs off.
Celerity
(51,902 posts)Celerity
(51,902 posts)Bmoboy
(533 posts)Walking with a rifle across an intersection that should be filled with ambulances, cops, and fleeing students ...
Wait, now I see how Q works.
Where's a grassy knoll when you need one?