Charlie Kirk is seen in the Fiserv Forum on the third night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Clemente spoke to Fox Digital specifically about a shooter's pre- and post-offense behavior, noting that the suspect likely dropped hints or divulged details of the planned assassination to friends or family, or via social media posts ahead of the violence.
"This is not likely a repeat offense for this person. It's probably the first time that they ever acted out in this way, and therefore they probably leaked out information beforehand," he said, adding that the suspect may have dropped information to others while at work to colleagues or while drinking at a bar.
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High-profile shooters typically drop breadcrumbs of information on their planned attack "because they don't know for certain that this is what they're going to do, but they are building up this frustration and anger and rage, and they want to take it out."
Investigators search a taped-off area in Orem, Utah, Thursday, September 11, 2025. The search is believed to be related to the hunt for evidence in the assasination of Charlie Kirk yesterday during a rally at UVU. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
Clemente, in his breakdown of the suspect's "post-offense behavior," said the shooter likely did not map out a next step plan after carrying out the assassination, pointing to how police recovered the rifle tossed near the scene of the tragedy.
"He had no idea what was going to happen afterwards, what was going to happen during, whether he was going to get away with it or not. And so, therefore, he didn't plan out his after-game," Clemente said.
The retired FBI supervisory special agent added that the suspect is likely currently showing a guilty hand with odd behaviors, such as making an excuse of facing some type of emergency and needing to abruptly leave his home, job or school.
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Investigators search a taped-off area in Orem, Utah, Thursday, September 11, 2025. The search is believed to be related to the hunt for evidence in the assassination of Charlie Kirk yesterday during a rally at UVU. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
Clemente stressed to Fox News Digital that the FBI is investigating "everything."
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"They're using whatever technology is available. They're definitely looking at all videos. There's literally hundreds and hundreds of videos out there from the students and the attendees at this rally. There's also cameras out in the real world that I'm certain that they followed this person's egress and ingress and, that's how they found the weapon, and it is also how he's going to be identified," he said.
Kirk, 31, leaves behind his wife Erika and their two children, ages one and three. His casket will be transported to Arizona on Air Force Two, Fox News Digital reported on Thursday.
Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
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