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The Utah County Sheriff’s Office has released information on the arrest and booking of George Zinn, aged 71, on charges of obstruction of justice and possession of child sex abuse material. Zinn was present at the Utah Valley University (UVU) event where Charlie Kirk was shot and killed last week.
George Zinn, 71, was charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor Monday after investigators found more than 20 images of kids as young as 5 years old, at least partially naked and “posing” in a “sexual” way, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Tuesday.
Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at a Turning Point USA rally at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10. As people were fleeing the area after the shooting, the Utah County Sheriff's Office alleged that George Zinn, 71, was seen yelling that he had shot Kirk.
George Zinn, a 71-year-old man who claimed to be the shooter, confessed to the FBI that he did so "to allow the actual suspect to flee."
George Zinn, the Utah man who falsely confessed to killing Charlie Kirk moments after last week’s shooting, now stands accused of felony sexual exploitation of a minor.
Here's what we know about George Zinn, the Utah man arrested on suspicion of obstruction of justice at Utah Valley University on Wednesday after the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
George Zinn arrested for misleading police and possessing CSAM during a Utah Valley University shooting incident.
George Zinn, a man arrested at Utah Valley University shortly after Kirk assassination, has been accused of possessing child sex abuse material (CSAM).