The Harry Sisson Show - Charlie Kirk Shooter Found In New FBI Photos

Episode Date: September 12, 2025

Charlie Kirk Shooter Found In New FBI PhotosElon And MAGA Go Nuclear After Charlie Kirk DeathMAGA Demands Civil War After Charlie Kirk Death

Many Republicans on social media and on Fox News are now declaring war on Democrats and anybody that disagrees with them advocating for rounding people up and arresting them in the wake of the shooting of Charlie Kirk and, of course, his subsequent passing. Now, before we even get into any clips of people like Jesse Waters saying that there needs to be some kind of revenge against Democrats for the shooting, I just want to start by saying that, This is absolutely tragic. What happened to Charlie Kirk is heartbreaking. As you folks know, I have plenty of disagreements with Charlie Kirk, but now is not the time for politics. This is not left or right or center. It's nothing like that.

This is a man who is leaving behind two little kids, a wife who loves him. And for that, I am heartbroken. And of course, neither Charlie Kirk nor his family deserve this. So I wanted to start by saying that because in these clips, you'll see a lack of humanity. And I'm asking, where is our humanity? So I'm going to display it, even if the Republicans and many of them on social media won't. But let's just start here with Jesse Waters, who went on this tirade following the shooting of Charlie Kirk. And it's just abhorrent. You have to see it for yourself to believe that it's real. But he actually said this live on Fox News. Take a look.

So this hits differently because Charlie was one of us. And Trump gets. tit in the ear. Charlie gets shot dead. They came after Kavanaugh with a rifle to his neighborhood. They went after Musk's cars. They just shot two Jews outside the embassy. Think about it. Scalise got shot, barely survived. It's happening. You've got trans shooters. You got riots in L.A. They are at war with us. Whether we want to accept it or not, they are at war with us. and what are we going to do about it? How much political violence are we going to tolerate? And that's the question we're just going to have to ask ourselves.

Now, Charlie would want us to put as much pressure on these people as possible. Dana nailed it. This is unacceptable and has to stop. And it has to stop now. And everybody's accountable. And we're watching what they're saying on television. And who's saying what? The politicians and the media.

and all these rats out there, this can never happen again. It ends now, Greg's right again. This is a turning point. And we know which direction we're going. Incredibly inflammatory and incredibly irresponsible. Like, I appreciate the message from Jesse Waters saying, like, this is unacceptable. It can't happen again. But you heard throughout his speech there, he kept saying, they, they are at war with us.

They are committing political violence. Who's they? We can only assume that he means, of course, the Democrats, people that disagree with him. It's the left in his view, is at war with them. Quote, they are at war with us, whether we want to accept it or not. They are at war with us. And what are we going to do about it? What are we going to do about it? What an incredibly irresponsible thing to say from somebody on America's most watched news network.

As I mentioned at the beginning, this is not left or right. This is not the left is at war with the right or the right is at the, at, at, at, at, war with the left. This is, you know, we're talking about the American people, America, our country, and Jesse Waters is saying that they are at war with us. They have, something has to be done about it. It's abhorrent. It's irresponsible and it's wrong. I, you know, I just, I just can't fathom this. Here's another one where Nancy Mace immediately reacted to the shooting of Charlie Kirk, saying that the Democrats own it, that it's the Democrats who are somehow culpable in what has. happened today. Take a look at what Nancy May said, her immediate reaction. I'm going to say this.

Democrats own what happened today. I am devastated. My kids have called panicking. They probably all the kids of every conservative in the country called panicking. Just because you speak your mind on an issue doesn't mean you get shot. By that logic, do Republicans own the shooting of the two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota? Isn't this isn't this on both sides? Are you kidding me? No, I'm asking you serious question. We don't know what condition Charlie Kirk is in right now. Some raging leftist lunatic put a bullet through his neck and you want to talk about Republicans right now?

No, I'm asking you. You said the Democrats have to- But I'm asking- Democrats own this. But is there a problem with political violence across the spectrum? Yeah, we're talking about Charlie Kirk right now. That's the subject of this that we're talking about right now. See, it's so disingenuous, you know, people like Nancy Mays talking about this, it's just

so disingenuous because it's obvious that Nancy May is just so disingenuous because it's obvious that Nancy doesn't actually care about all political violence, right? I mean, you can tell from what she's saying right here. It shouldn't happen to anyone on either side, and political violence on either side is wrong. She couldn't bring herself to say that. Yes, the focus should be Charlie Kirk because that is the latest example, and it's a horrific example. But political violence across the board has affected Democrats, it's affected Republicans. It is wrong. It is wrong. And the fact that an elected member of Congress couldn't bring herself to say that it's wrong. She has to go with these political talking points of the Democrats own it. By that logic, the reporter is right. Shout out to him for

pushing back. By that logic, then Republicans own the shooting in Minnesota. Both of these statements are wrong. They are wrong in times of political division that we're in right now. But Republicans are so easily and so flagrantly throwing these claims around. And it's disgusting to see as an American, as a young American, that this is the country I'm growing up in. It's just abhorrent. And then Fox News continued later without, you know, declaring war per se as Jesse Waters seemed to do. But Greg Gutfeld decided to speculate on the suspect, even though we have no idea what the suspect looks like who they are, what they believe. Just take a look. It's interesting. You know, we don't know who did this, but I do know it doesn't help

the left, which makes me think, is it the left? I don't know. I don't know. We don't know. We don't know. But it feels professional. That's all it feels to me, you know. Greg, you ask me. You know, is what are they doing over there at Fox News? We don't know who did this, but I do know it doesn't help the left. Why are we talking about who this helps? I feel like I'm losing my mind watching this. I feel like I'm losing my mind watching these. Fox News hosts, it doesn't help the left. We're talking about a killing, which makes me think is it the left? I don't know. I don't know. Speculating as to who it is or who perpetrated it without any confirmation from officials and other major social media accounts like Libs of TikTok,

this is war. That's the only statement they put. This is war. Do you, I can't begin to stress how dangerous rhetoric like this is. It's so dangerous. And these folks with large followings, what do they have? 4.3 million followers on social media. This post has 2.1 million views. These folks with large followings are being incredibly irresponsible with the way that they talk about this, almost demanding retaliation against people who are not responsible. And people like Andrew Tate, who is such a loser saying civil war in the United States.

Now, I can report some good news in the midst of all this, which is FBI director Cash Patel said that the, person who took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody. They have them, whoever it might be. Thank you to local and state authorities in Utah for your partnership with the FBI. We will provide updates when available. And just to check, there's no updates so far on his page. He posted this 34 minutes ago. But I will be, of course, tracking it and letting you guys know if there's anything major here. But just a really sad day in America across the board, whether you're left, right, doesn't matter. A very sad day. So I will leave the video there.

Look, there's something that you need to be aware of. It's happening right now, and it's happening all across the internet. And it's something that I'm genuinely incredibly concerned about. That's why I'm sitting here making this video. I think it's so important that we cover this and so important that we push back on this. In the wake of the tragic murder of Charlie Kirk at a Utah University campus, instead of trying to unite the country, bring the temperature down a little bit. Republicans, and not every Republican, let me stress,

every Republican, but some of the most influential names in Republican politics on the Maga side of America have decided to dive into division, blaming the left, saying that certain people on the left are culpable and it's their fault. I mean, at the time of filming this, a shooter has not been caught. We have no idea who committed this tragedy. And yet people like Elon Musk and others are automatically blaming Democrats. So I just want to show you the reaction. from some of the biggest names in Maga Politics, and you'll see what I mean. And let's just start here with Elon Musk.

Before I do that, make sure to subscribe to the channel, drop a like on the video, comment. I'm going to continue to cover this story and bring awareness to this story because I think it's so important. But we'll start here with Elon Musk, where in response to a post about Charlie Kirk and assassinations on Trump and, you know, the left lecturing us

for decades about the dangers of violence, Charlie, or excuse me, Elon Musk said, the left is the party of murder, right? That is an incredibly dangerous thing to say. Elon Musk has, you know, 225 million followers, rounding up to 226 million. He is incredibly influential. This post has 37.2 million views. And instead of trying to use that platform to be like, hey, you know, this is the act of one disgusting individual, nobody else.

It's not representative of the left. It's not representative of the right. Let's just bring the temperature down. decides to go all out against the Democratic Party, and he didn't stop there. Another post referencing something he said a while back, if tolerance means the end of Western civilization, then we can't be tolerant. He responded to that saying, if they won't leave us in peace, then our choices fight or die. Does that sound very peaceful? It kind of to me sounds like Elon Musk is advocating for further political violence against the left in this post.

You know, it's pretty sickening that folks like Elon are looking at a disgusting example of political violence against a right-wing influencer and thinking that means that retaliation has to happen. Why can't we as a country just say, you know what, this is tragic and the person responsible, the sole person responsible, if there is only one, is the person that should face accountability, not people who disagree with Donald Trump or MAGA or Charlie Kirk. the perspective of so many of these like MAGA leading influencers is so just gross to me. And I want to stress, I don't think this represents your average Republican voter, but it certainly represents people like Elon Musk who are, you know, coming very close to just advocating for political violence. How about this one from Joey Manorino, a huge MAGA influencer on Twitter? He said the Democratic Party must be classified as a domestic terror organization,

and their members and leaders treated accordingly. Enough is enough. He wants, this is somebody who has a lot of followers. Let's look at his following. 636,000. He thinks the Democrats should be treated as terrorists because we disagree with them. Like, I can't begin to stress how dangerous this is. In a time of heat, in a time of heightened partisan divisions, instead of trying to unite the country, people who are on that side are trying to divide us further.

and I really believe that they're coming this close. I mean, I actually don't think he's coming close, so I think he's there to advocating for political violence against the opposite side. And I'm going to continue to show you some of these examples because truly they're sickening. How about this one? Brian Eastwood, this, another viral post, 137,000 views.

Charlie Kirk getting shot is the shot hurt around the country. I'm ready for civil war. You want to fight and you're going to get it. Again, what are we, you know, what are we doing? What are we doing with this crap? You know, I'm optimistic, I'd like to believe. And I think I'm optimistic right now, regardless of everything happening in the country. And I truly believe that we as a people, we as Americans, certainly people who are not like this, are better than this.

We as a people are better than declaring civil war on one another, like so many on the MAGA side are doing today. It's just sickening to watch as an American that this is happening in our country. Laura Lumer as well postings just some heinous, disgusting things, saying it's time for the Trump administration to shut down, defund, and prosecute every single leftist organization. I guess the First Amendment goes out the window today. If Charlie Kirk dies from his injuries, so this was before Charlie Kirk passed, his life cannot be in vain. We must shut these lunatic leftists down once and for all.

The left is a national security threat. do you see the consistent theme in all of these posts? They're saying that the left are like anti-American traitor, terrorist, or whatever word that they want to use, and that we have to be targeted, whether it be the Trump administration doing that or Elon Musk saying, then our choices to fight or die, it's just incredibly dangerous. And I do want to point out the hypocrisy once again that they're saying, you know, the Trump admin has to shut down, defund, and prosecute leftist organizations. The First Amendment went out the window today for so many of these MAGA fans.

who claim to be principled when it comes to the Constitution, but just not principled all the time, only principled some of the time, which means that they are not principled whatsoever. But, you know, I'm just, it's incredibly concerning to me. And I think maybe the most concerning statement I've seen on social media all day is actually not for many of these MAGA influencers because they live on their social media bubbles,

but I think the most concerning one came from the president of the United States, who, again, before we even identify, a shooter before somebody's been taken into custody and charged, because a couple people have and then they were subsequently released. He's already blaming the radical left. He's saying the radical left are the people who did it. Take a look at what Trump said in his statement from the Oval Office about the shooting. Here's those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country today,

and it must stop right now. My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it, as well as those who go after our judges, law enforcement officials, and everyone else who brings order to our country. Yeah, that's terrifying. Can you imagine if Joe Biden or Barack Obama sat in the Oval Office after the assassination of a left-leaning activist, creator, influencer, whatever you want to call them, and said, yeah, we're going

after Republicans now. I'm going to use my administration to go after Republicans. Can you imagine that? And of course, this is just weeks after, a month, maybe, a month after, I should say. The lawmakers in Minnesota were killed in their house. Two Democratic lawmakers and Donald Trump didn't give a speech in the Oval Office. He didn't talk about using his administration to go after people who do things like that. But now he does.

And it's a shame that the president of the United States is using this as a political point, as political fodder to go after his enemies. I guess I don't really expect anything different from Donald Trump, but you'd hope in a moment like this that people could maybe put aside that difference and come together, but Trump seemingly not. So look, I just want to conclude with this. I'm really worried with what I'm seeing online right now. I think it could be possible that the loudest voices in the room are the minority,

and they do just happen to be the loudest people on social media, and maybe things die down. But with the way that some of these MAGA influencers are talking about, are talking just generally, calling folks like myself and you at home terrorists, you know, it's un-American. So I just wanted to bring this to your attention because genuinely very worrisome, but I'll leave the video there. All right. So the last 24 hours in the United States has been truly tragic and heartbreaking. I mean, it's just been a very rough day for America, whether it be the shooting of Charlie Kirk, the school shooting in Colorado, another tragedy taking place in America, or a tragedy taking place outside of the United States in a different country.

things have been rough. A lot of people's hearts are heavy right now. A lot of people are struggling, but with that, I do think it's important for people to stay informed. So I want to bring you all the latest updates on the FBI investigation into the shooting of Charlie Kirk, the manhunt for the suspect, and more. The FBI has released quite a bit of information in just the past couple of hours and overnight, including photos of a person of interest who they are looking for right now and they're asking for the public's help in identifying them, which we will talk about in just a moment. But before we look in those photos and dive in a little bit further there, I do want to give you some background information that the FBI has released just very recently. And of course,

make sure to subscribe to the channel down below. You guys keep it going. Drop a like on the video as well. Comment. Let me know how you're holding up with all of this. I know it's been very tough. And of course, let me know your thoughts. I always like hearing from you guys. But regardless of that, let's just start here. Of course, the shooter is still at large, which I think is a given. Authorities believe the shooting suspect is of college age, but also cautioned that the investigation is currently in its early stages. And this is pretty much all of the identifying information we have so far about the suspect. The public really doesn't have anything more than what we're looking at right now from the Wall Street Journal. Also, a high-powered rifle, including ammunition, engraved with

transgender and anti-fascist ideology was recovered in a wooded area where the suspected shooter fled. Investigators say it's unclear how far the suspect might have traveled overnight. So I want to stop here and just talk about this for a second because this has sparked a lot of debate online. People on the right are trying to run with this and establish a motive already before a suspect has even been arrested by the FBI. but it's especially controversial because the New York Times just completely contradicted that report from the Wall Street Journal, which is an important perspective to see in all of this. They just reported on the preliminary internal report circulated inside the Bureau of Alcohol, tobacco, and Firearms ATF, and of course it has these statements expressing transgender

and anti-fascist ideology on the bullets. But according to the New York Times, again, a senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation, cautioned that report had not been verified by ATF analysts. It did not match other summaries of the evidence, and it might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted. In fast-moving investigations, such status reports are not made public because they often contain a mixture of accurate and inaccurate information. So I've always been committed to bringing what we know about stories to you. but I do want to caution that this part of the Wall Street Journal article or their updates so far

might prove to be completely false. It might prove to be a complete misinterpretation by whoever is behind this report, you know, someone in the ATF or FBI, whatever it might be, might be that. And I do want to present, you know, kind of the both sides of it of, you know, this is what the New York Times reporting, this is what the Wall Street Journal is reporting, and give you as much information as I possibly can. Trump is set to speak with the Kirk family today and J.D. Vance is traveling to Utah to pay his respects. And of course, Kirk was married to Erica Kirk and had two young children. Here's another just brief update that you should know about in regards to the search for the

suspect. Investigators claim to have found images of the suspect, which will look at us just in just a moment, as well as footwear impression and imprints of the suspect's palm and forearm, according to officials. Agents cleared the woods where a high-powered rifle, believed to be the shooter's weapon, was found. So these things are pretty significant. Foot imprints or the bottom of the suspect's shoe and a palm print especially will go an incredibly long way into locating the suspect and hopefully bringing them to justice. So this is kind of the background information we have so far from the Wall Street Journal, from the FBI. And I do want to dive into these photos now because the FBI said we are

asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. And this is the photo of the man. You can see the photo is pretty consistent with what early law enforcement reports were saying, folks on the scene of the shooting of Charlie Kirk. It was somebody wearing dark clothing. There's been some footage circulating of somebody running off of a roof who people believe to be the shooter and the shooter or the person in that video was wearing similar clothing. And so the images here are pretty consistent with what we heard initially. And here's another angle that the FBI released. It wasn't just this one. They included this one as well of the alleged shooter. And of course,

they're wearing a hat, sunglasses, a dark shirt. And people have already identified the shoot that the, the shirt that the person appears to be wearing. I only got like three hours of sleep last night. So struggling right now, but it's okay. This is the shirt that appears to have been worn by the person. It is a photo of a eagle. American flag says land of the free, home of the brave. And if you look at these side by side, this is perhaps the better image to do this. Looks pretty identical to me.

Of course, the image is very grainy. CCTV footage is never great. But if you just look at them side by side, looks pretty consistent. I think that's probably the shirt. And so shout out to the people who have identified the shirt. already. That's really good investigative work. And so hopefully that might provide any kind of information to the FBI that they can use. But throughout all of these updates, I'm giving you right now, throughout all the discourse we've seen in the past 24 hours, it's incredibly sad that members of

our government, elected members of the Republican Party are stoking the flames and instead of trying to put them out. I just saw this disgusting quote from Representative Derek Van Orden. He's a Wisconsin MAGA Republican. And he told reporters to that, quote, the media, every one of you is responsible for Charlie Kirk's death. You are responsible for this because you are echoing the horrifically horrible political violent rhetoric produced by the Democratic Party. A reporter followed up by saying, how can you say that when we don't even know who the shooter is? And he said, you know what? Knock it off. So he couldn't even back up his view. And it's really gross to see people like Derek Van Orden, who has been a disaster in Congress,

I might add, play politics here. And try. try to say the Democrats are doing all this violent rhetoric that's leading to violence and all this crap, when we don't even know what the shooter is, who the shooter is, what their motive was, anything like that. With conflicting reports of the bullets had this or this, I mean, so much information is up in the air. And it's just so irresponsible for people elected in our government to be speaking like this.

And, you know, it's just so crazy to see MAGA reps have this kind of energy when it comes to Charlie Kirk, but not when it comes to the assassination of Minnesota. lawmakers, right? There was no, oh, you know, the Republicans can tone down the rhetoric. Matter of fact, some senators made fun of it. Remember Mike Lee making fun of the shooting, the tragedy, these people's lives being taken in their own homes? You know, it's just a shame. It's just a shame that this is where we are in America. And it's a shame that people on the Republican side are saying things like this. And I want to reiterate that this doesn't represent every Republican in America. These MAGA reps who are elected in Congress are just so in their

They're such in this niche of the world where they think that this actually represents people. It just divides people. It's really gross. So anyway, I just wanted to provide you the latest updates we have on the FBI investigation into the shooting of Charlie Kirk. I will keep you updated here. And as I always say, I greatly appreciate you. And I hope you have an amazing rest of your day.