Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin 'taken over' by leftist ideology while FBI probes wider plot: Bongino

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino stated Monday that investigators are probing whether Charlie Kirk s alleged assassin acted alone or as part of a broader plot while also revealing troubling signs that the suspect had been taken over by ideology leading up to the shooting Bongino communicated Fox News' America s Newsroom that although one suspect is in custody the Bureau is looking into workable accomplices If this was a larger effort if there was any aiding and abetting whether it be financial or someone who knew the specifics of it and failed to assessment that we re looking into that he described Bill Hemmer Monday There s not going to be a stone left unturned KASH PATEL'S FALSE START ON CHARLIE KIRK KILLER DRAWS SCRUTINY BUT FBI NABBED SUSPECT IN THE ENDInvestigators are scrutinizing video showing the gunman leaping from a rooftop after the fatal shot Bongino reported the video was critical in helping the agency crack the episode When you re watching the video it appears that the gun is either in the backpack or on him he explained This is where we got a critical portion of the forensic evidence which was the key piece of information that cracked this thing open COMPLETE COVERAGE OF CHARLIE KIRK WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW The deputy director verified reports that the suspect had voiced violent intentions before the attack You see this a lot in targeted violence cases assassinations school shootings where the individual expresses in advance his desire to do these specific things That appears to be the affair here as well he disclosed ENGRAVINGS ON SHOOTER'S AMMO EXPOSES CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION MOTIVEFamily and coworkers Bongino revealed stated investigators the suspect had grown more political and withdrawn in the time leading up to the Sept assassination of -year-old Kirk It appears from the input we ve accumulated that this ideology had infected him and had taken over Bongino mentioned He was intent on making Charlie his target and people may have known in advance TIMELINE OF CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION While stressing that the event is still evolving Bongino mentioned the motive is clear It s fairly obvious this was an ideologically motivated attack Charlie Kirk is a conservative commentator who sadly and tragically gave his life underneath a sign asking people to challenge his ideas the very essence of our constitutional republic he explained Bongino who described Kirk as a close personal friend added that the FBI s rapid response should reassure the citizens We got our guy in hours Next time when there s a emergency we ll look at what we can do well and what we can do better he declared We can do better than that