Haunting Video shows figure lying in wait and then fleeing rooftop after Kirk shooting as police under fire

Haunting video showed a figure lying flat on a rooftop just moments before Charlie Kirk was fatally shot as chaos erupts at the Utah event.

The chilling footage also showed the person frantically flee at the Utah Valley University event, where 31-year-old Kirk was speaking on Wednesday afternoon.

Witnesses claim there were no security measures in place. University police said only six officers were at the campus event that hosted about 3,000 people.

The conservative commentator was struck in the neck by a single bullet while addressing the crowd about mass shootings.

An elderly man was initially taken into custody by police following the shooting but was later released after being confirmed not to be the gunman.

Hours afterward, a second ‘person of interest’ was detained, however, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed to X that this individual was also released after interrogation -as the manhunt for the shooter continued.

Security protocols and local police at the event are now facing fierce backlash as haunting footage emerges of an unknown figure lurking on the roof.

‘I was expecting when I got here that I’d have to pass through some kind of security, but that just wasn’t a thing,’ witness Tyler McGettigan told NBC News.

McGettigan arrived at the event equipped with a valid ticket featuring a scannable code, yet remarkably, his ticket went unchecked as he entered the amphitheater where Kirk was scheduled to speak.

‘No one checked the barcode or the QR code,’ he told the outlet. ‘There was no checkpoint to get in. It was literally anyone could walk in if they wanted.’

Justin Hickens, who said he was about 20 yards from the shooting, told NBC there were no metal detectors at the event entrance. The only security he observed was a small group of personnel stationed near Kirk himself.

Another attendee, Raydon Dechene, echoed concerns about the minimal security, noting that there were no bag checks – a detail that ‘felt off’ to him, as reported by CNN.

During a press conference, University Police Chief Jeff Long described the event as taking place ‘in kind of a bowl area here on the central campus,’ where Kirk was positioned in a lower section surrounded by buildings.

In addition to Kirk’s personal security team, plainclothes police officers were already present within the crowd.

‘We trained for these things. And you think you have things covered. And these things, unfortunately, they happen. You try to get your bases covered,’ Long said. ‘And unfortunately, today we didn’t, and because of that, we had this tragic incident.’

In the new video footage shared on X, a figure is seen lying flat and motionless on the roof of the Losee Center – roughly 200 yards from Kirk – just moments before the shot rang out.

Another video shared to X, captured in the moments after the shooting from what appears to be inside a campus building, pans across the room – and in a brief moment, an individual can be seen sprinting across the same rooftop.

The only footage of the suspect came from campus CCTV, which authorities immediately began analyzing.

‘We do have that we’re analyzing it, but it is security camera footage, so you can kind of guess what the quality of that is,’ Utah Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said.

‘We do know dressed in all dark clothing. We don’t have much better description,’ he added.

Just after 12pm, Kirk was answering his second question on the topic of mass shootings – specifically, whether he knew how many had involved a transgender shooter.

He responded and began to take another question – but before he could answer, a shot rang out.

‘We just saw Charlie Kirk’s neck turn to the side and it appeared that he had been shot in the neck,’ reporter Emma Pitts told The Guardian. ‘There was blood, immediately a lot of blood.’

University student Sawyer Carr, 18, told the Daily Mail that although the sound resembled a ‘large clap,’ Kirk was immediately bleeding profusely.

‘I hear a gun fire. Then his neck drops back, he starts gushing blood, and he just folds over,’ Carr said.

The father-of-two, known for his fierce MAGA views and thrilling debates with college kids across the country, collapsed immediately after being hit by gunfire.

Students at the event were seen running and screaming in shock after witnessing the bloody scene unfold in front of their eyes.

Zachary Morris, who attended the event with his 3-year-old daughter, described a wave of confusion followed by ‘mass panic’ in the crowd the moment the shot was fired.

‘All I could think was that I gotta get my daughter out of there,’ the father told the NYT.

Sara Tewell, a student at Utah Valley University, told ABC News: ‘Blood was gushing everywhere.’

‘A friend and I ran into a building and ran out and down the street just trying to get to safety,’ she added.

Conservative activist Greg Adams was also at the event, seated at ground level near the back of the crowd when he heard the single deadly shot – and described the gory aftermath as nothing short of shocking.