A video has emerged that appears to show a bearded man celebrating and looking in the direction of the gµns*høt moments after Charlie Kirk was assassinated.

Footage shared widely online, and ripped from TV feeds, shows a young man wearing a black T-shirt and a backwards baseball cap pumping his fists and cheering in the immediate aftermath of the s*høt that k*lled the young conservative activist on a college campus in Utah on Wednesday afternoon.

He appears to be looking backward in the direction of where the s*høt came from.

Bearded man celebrating in a crowd.
A mystery bearded man was seen appearing to celebrate the s*høøting of Charlie Kirk.
The unidentified man, with long hair and a beard, remained standing while other spectators threw themselves to the ground in the wake of the gµns*høt, which hit Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two, in the neck as he spoke at an event at Utah Valley University.

Screenshot of a video showing a large crowd of people, with a figure visible on a rooftop in the background.
A figure was visible on a rooftop in the background after the s*høts rang out.
“This guy happens to know where the s*høøter was and is looking back, cheering him on after the lifeless body of Charlie Kirk has fallen to the ground,” one user wrote on X sharing the clip.

“This guy cheered after Charlie Kirk was assassinated. I have no words left,” another X user wrote.

“How psychotic do you have to be to cheer as Charlie Kirk gushes bl00d and di3s, while others scream and cower?” a third added.

The Utah County Sheriff’s Department said it has been contacted about the video.

The manhunt for Kirk’s assassin continued as politicians from both sides of the aisle condemned the k*lling.

Charlie Kirk speaking at an event.
The conservative influencer, 31, was speaking at an event in Utah when he was k*lled by a single gµns*høt.AP
The FBI and the Utah Public Safety Department have both said the s*høøting was a targeted attack, but no motive has been given for the k*lling.

The FBI’s Salt Lake City field office released photos of a “person of interest.”

Horrific footage shared on social media in the immediate aftermath of the gµns*høt shows Kirk recoiling.

Bearded man celebrating at an American Comeback event.
In the immediate aftermath, a man was seen pumping his fists and cheering.

Crowd reacting after Charlie Kirk is shot.
Panicked crowd members run after Charlie Kirk is s*høt during Turning Point’s visit to Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.AP
He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he di3d shortly afterward.

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance have changed their travel plans in order to visit Salt Lake City on Thursday and pay their respects to Kirk’s family.