The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that the ammunition cartridges found with the bolt-action rifle used to kill conservative activist Charlie Kirk had transgender and anti-fascist sentiments written on them.<\/p>\n
The rifle was found on Wednesday night in a wooded area where the FBI thinks the killer ran away after the attack.<\/p>\n
It was covered in a towel and still had three empty bullet cartridges in the chamber. The Journal\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0that each of them had \u201cexpressions of transgender and antifascist ideology\u201d carved into them, citing an internal law enforcement alert and a person who was familiar with the investigation.<\/p>\n CNN confirmed the reporting, but they instead chose to describe the ammo as being \u201cscrawled with cultural phrases.\u201d<\/p>\n Robert Bohls, the head of the FBI\u2019s Salt Lake City office, told reporters this morning that officers found \u201ca high-powered bolt action rifle\u201d in \u201ca wooded area where the shooter had fled.\u201d<\/p>\n Bohls added that the FBI lab will look at the firearm.<\/p>\n