Suspect in Charlie Kirk Murder has been released
Unverified reports claim identity of killer
Zachariah Ahmed Qureshi was taken into costudy, and released following an investigation.
Based on his Linkedin page, Qureshi is a Senior Analyst at EPIC Ventures, a venture capital firm in Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm invests in companies in healthcare, security, and future of work sectors.
He is completing a bachelor’s degree at Brigham Young University, with a double major in Middle East Studies and Arabic Language and a minor in Global Business.
He also studied Arabic language and literature at the Qasid Arabic Institute in Amman, Jordan, as part of the CASA Fellowship program.
He previously worked as a Foreign Policy Research Intern at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. and volunteered as an Arabic Linguist for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, providing live dictation and recordings in Modern Standard Arabic. He also served as a Business Advisor for TTi, supporting entrepreneurship programs in Jordan (2023–2024).