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A man from Utah who was later led away in handcuffs Charlie Kirk’s assassination attempt It was charged after the police claimed that he had deflected the authorities in the minutes after the shootout by wrongly claiming that he was the perpetrator.
George Zinn, 71, triggered confusion in the moments Campus of Utah Valley University Last week when the police said he turned to an officer and shouted: “I shot him, now shooting”, according to a probable affidavit, which Fox News received.
Tin was also hit with four cases of sexual exploitation of a minor after he had searched the authorities and informed them that he was using his phone to see children’s sex abuse, said the Sheriff’s office in Utah County.
The founder of the United States, the founder of the USA, arrives Charlie Kirk to speak in front of the former President of the Republican President, former President Donald Trump, during a campaign rally in the Thomas & Mack Center on October 24, 2024 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
After Kirk was shot and Zinn claimed to be the shooter, according to the document, The officer I did not watch Zinn, who was wearing a gun, but ultimately arrested him after screaming: “I shot him, now I shoot me.”
When asked where his weapon was hidden, Zinn allegedly refused to tell the official who carried out a search and was still unable to find a weapon.
Tin continued to the police claim that he shot Kirk When he was led in handcuffs, he told the officer that he should “simply shoot”.
His arrest led to confusion in the crucial minutes immediately after the recordings, with videos of tin removed in handcuffs, which circulated online, with false claims that the perpetrator had been recorded.
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When the campus for UVU students were reopened, who were looking for resources for mental health and employees who returned to work, monuments filled the grass outside the campus. (Deirdre Heavy for Fox News Digital)
After tin arrived in the police, he reported that he was admitted to shot Kirk and asked for a lawyer. While he was asked by the authorities who were passed on to tin that they did not believe that he was the real shooter, he allegedly admitted that the false claims to “attract the attention of the real shooter”.
Zinn was then taken to a local hospital to receive medical help, where he later added, “he wanted to be a martyr for the person who was shot,” said the police.
As a result of Zinn’s distracting comments, the Utah police said that the examination of the murder of Kirk was delayed because the law enforcement authorities wasted the resources that were necessary for the search for the real shooter, the authorities said.
Charlie Kirk speaks on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah, before the attack at Utah Valley University. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
Almost 33 hours after the shootout, the police arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson in connection with Kirk’s death. He will appear in court on Tuesday to raise charges.
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After the authorities were custody, the authorities carried out a search for Zinn’s telephone, which allegedly unveiled pictures of child pornography. Zinn was then taken into custody and, according to the authorities, in the prison of Utah County due to four sexual exploitation of a minor and a number of judicial disabilities.
The Sheriff’s office in Utah County did not immediately answer a comment on Fox News Digital’s request. Fox News Digital could not find a lawyer for tin immediately.
