An elite American sharpshooter believes the assassin who fatally shot Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University Wednesday was an “internet shooter” and not a trained soldier.
US Army Sergeant Nicholas Ranstad said the unidentified gunman, who remains at large on Thursday morning, was most likely self-taught and didn’t have any military firearm training.
“They’re probably just an internet shooter, not a sniper or trained soldier,” Ranstad said.
He went on to describe the scene where the 31-year-old father of two was killed.
“The security was super light, no crime at that school. So I guess the threat was low apparently,” Ranstad told the Daily Mail. “That’s a buffet for someone who wanted to kill someone.”
Ranstad, who holds the record for longest American kill in Afghanistan, described the open-air area where Kirk was set up as a “fishbowl” that had high ground and multi-level buildings.
“Money for shooters. Shooting down is easy,” he said.
