Police arrested two people in the wake of the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk as he spoke at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University, but both have been released and are not believed to be the shooter, authorities said.
FBI Director Kash Patel initially said on X that "the subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody." Less than two hours later he wrote that: "The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement."
At a news conference following Patel's initial announcement of an arrest, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said that a "person of interest" was in custody and was being interviewed. Utah's Commissioner of Public Safety Beau Mason said at the same news conference that "the suspect is at large."
Cox vowed that authorities will capture the shooter.
"I want to make it crystal clear right now to whoever did this, we will find you, we will try you, and we will hold you accountable to the furthest extent of the law," he said. "And I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty here in the state of Utah."
