Social media users believe they may have identified the person in the images posted by the FBI.
The person in the viral claims uses the name Skye Valadez, appears to be a biological male who identifies as “she/her” on social media, resides in the Salt Lake City metro area, and has a song titled “Charlie Kirk’s Death Isn’t Enough for Me” on their SoundCloud.
Photos of Valadez compared to the images of the shooter released by the FBI were posted to X by multiple people on Thursday afternoon.
Guess I found more images showing Skye Valadez. The body and shoulder structure looks similar to what @FBISaltLakeCity posted imho. Justice for Charlie! pic.twitter.com/ZfhDmWQPPh
— D. (@devtilldeath) September 11, 2025
4chan intel identified suspect Skye Valadez
>had a soundcloud with a track that was uploaded with a track a month ago titled “Charlie Kirk Dead at 31”
>deleted the track and changed his location to “leave me alone”
>lives in Utah
>troon pic.twitter.com/JTye3IsHgF
— A. Westgate (@a_westgate) September 11, 2025
I think I might have found the shooter’s facebook. Looks a lot like him. Skye Valadez is the same guy with the soundcloud: https://t.co/9uH4NlW22bhttps://t.co/5CGrwocsl7https://t.co/qTghWlQypG pic.twitter.com/lz9UPNMOzr
— wildgoose (@wildgooseALT) September 11, 2025
Valadez had a music project titled “God’s Finest Scalpel” and released a digital album in April called “Death to American Scum,” which reportedly included the track titled “Charlie Kirk’s Death Isn’t Enough for Me.”
“Skye Valadez” of Ogden, Utah had a music project called “God’s Finest Scalpel” and in April released a digital album called “Death to American Scum” which included a track called “Charlie Kirk’s death isn’t enough for me”. (1/2) https://t.co/XbiR7tDKiZ pic.twitter.com/zZDFDaBqCk
— Trevor Sutcliffe (@TrevorSutcliffe) September 11, 2025
A friend named Emily Ver had a photo with Valadez on social media, but pulled it down as buzz began about him potentially being the person the FBI is seeking.
Is this who you are looking for? if so you should just say it pic.twitter.com/73MFrGBEtN
— Dailymindvirus (@dailymindvirus) September 11, 2025
Is this Skye in this picture? pic.twitter.com/0HTZGCyXJp
— Tmc3 (@Tmc318) September 11, 2025
My research shows that the person that shot Charlie Kirk is Skye Valadez, of Riverdale, Utah. All of his/her friends are posting in celebration of Charlie Kirk’s death. Please look into this person @FBI @FBIDirectorKash @FBIDDBongino pic.twitter.com/ROpK7YqSo3
— TH3VIP (@TH3VlP) September 11, 2025
As The Gateway Pundit was screenshotting and archiving his Facebook account, it was pulled down by either Valadez himself, or Meta.
The Gateway Pundit attempted to reach out to Valadez, but the social media account was removed too quickly.
As TGP reported earlier on Thursday, a leaked document from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) claims that the weapon found near the site of Kirk’s assassination was equipped with cartridges engraved with symbols and phrases tied to transgender and Antifa ideology.
Conservative political commentator Steven Crowder obtained the document and posted it to X on Thursday morning before the press conference.
BREAKING: Alleged Leaked ATF Doc Claims Weapon Near Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Site Had Cartridges Engraved with Transgender and Antifa Phrases and Symbols
The document, which Crowder claims to have obtained from a credible source, describes the cartridges as bearing etched symbols including the transgender flag colors and phrases such as “Trans Rights Are Human Rights,” hinting at a premeditated act driven by radical beliefs.
EXCLUSIVE: This morning my team received an e-mail from officer at ATF.
The email included a screen shot from what appears to be an internal message describing a weapon and cartridges located by an ATF and other law enforcement near the scene of the Charlie Kirk shooting at… pic.twitter.com/UKtOUPY5DC
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) September 11, 2025
The document reads:
“On September 10, 2025, at approximately 12:24PM, Conservative political influencer Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at the Utah Valley University in Orem, UT. Mr. Kirk was speaking at the University as part of the American Comeback Tour. Multiple SLC I and III agents responded immediately. The suspect fired one shot from an elevated position on a rooftop in an adjacent building on the campus and surveillance video shows the suspect, jumping off and fleeing the area on foot. ATF and other law-enforcement located an older model imported Mauser .30-06 caliber bolt action rifle wrapped in a towel in a wooded area near the campus. The location of the firearm appears to match the suspects route of travel. The spent cartridge was still chambered in addition to three unspent rounds at the top fed magazine. All cartridges have engraved wording on them, expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology. An emergency trace has been submitted an ATF SLC is working leads generated by the trace. The firearm and ammunition have been taken by the FBI for DNA analysis and fingerprint impressions. Upon completion of forensics, the firearm will be disassembled for additional importer information. Multiple people of interest having contacted or detained because of eyewitness testimony and review of video footage. The primary suspect is yet to be identified. ATF is assisting the investigation with multiple other federal, state, and local partners and the case is co-led by the FBI and Utah SBI.””
Crowder was the first person to obtain the leaked manifesto written by Nashville Covenant School shooter Aiden Hale.
On Wednesday, Kirk, 31, was fatally shot in the neck from approximately 200 yards away in broad daylight while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, an attack Governor Spencer Cox has labeled a “political assassination.”
The shooter remained on the loose as of Thursday afternoon.
No suspect has been publicly named.
A scheduled press conference was postponed due to new developments in the case.
This is a developing story and no suspects have been named at this time. The person mentioned in this post is presumed to be innocent of all wrongdoing until proven guilty.
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