CURIOUS AND CURIOUSER: Man Arrested Immediately After Charlie Kirk Assassination Who Was Trying to Help Shooter Escape Hit With Child Sex Porn Charges

These people.

George Zinn was the man first arrested in the immediate wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Zinn says he told police he shot Kirk to distract police so the real shooter could escape.

“I shot him, now shoot me,” George Zinn allegedly said immediately after Kirk was shot.

While speaking to investigators, Zinn said he was trying to “draw attention from the real shooter.” How did he know to be there? To immediately say that? It’s giving Ray Epps vibes

Zinn has now been hit with child porn charges.

The elderly rabble-rouser who allegedly hindered Utah authorities’ response after Charlie Kirk was fatally shot is now accused of keeping “graphic” sexual photos of children on his phone, according to law enforcement.

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.

“Zinn admitted … that he gets sexual gratification from viewing and sharing [child sexual abuse material] images with others, and that his preferred victim age is 5 to 12 years old,” the agency alleged.

George Zinn, the man who admitted to falsely claiming he was the Charlie Kirk shooter so as to create the opportunity for the actual shooter to get away, has been arrested for having child sex abuse material on his phone…

Here is my speculative prediction:

It is going to be… pic.twitter.com/EgTsl097RW

— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) September 16, 2025

NEW: The 71-year-old audience member who was arrested at Charlie Kirk’s UVU event says he told cops he shot Kirk to distract police so the real shooter could escape.

“I shot him, now shoot me,” George Zinn allegedly said immediately after Kirk was shot.

While speaking to… pic.twitter.com/2JiwWXKgR3

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 16, 2025

The original person of interest, George Zinn, 71, has allegedly confessed that he pretended to have shot Charlie Kirk to help the real killer escape.

He is being held without bond and charged with felony obstruction. pic.twitter.com/ltgCG5VAjJ

— National Conservative (@NatCon2022) September 16, 2025

The Strange Case of George Zinn:

George Zinn, 71, arrested at the scene of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and who falsely claimed to be the shooter, has now been charged with felony obstruction of justice and four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after the FBI discovered images of underage girls on his phone.

But who is this George Zinn. This is hardly his first terrorist moment.

George Zinn was a witness to the 9/11 attacks where he described seeing the planes hit the towers. Subsequently, he was arrested in 2013 for emailing a bomb threat to the Salt Lake City Marathon shortly after the Boston bombing, and now he runs interference for Charlie Kir’s assassin to give him time to escape. Coincidence?

Background:

George Zinn just happened to be in a documentary about 9/11.

In 2013 he was charged with bomb threats at a marathon, in the aftermath of the Boston bombing

He claims to have run interference for Charlie Kirk’s murderer

This week he’s been brought up on child p*rn charges. pic.twitter.com/vMsawBV9i8

— Dissident Media (@DissidentMedia) September 16, 2025

George Zinn:

– Witnessed 9/11

– Arrested 2013 for marathon bomb threat “joke”

– Detained after Charlie Kirk’s assassination (Sept 10, 2025)

Odds? 1 in 2 BILLION. Coincidence?pic.twitter.com/B2Mt41ZrJR

— HustleBitch (@HustleBitch_) September 12, 2025

George Zinn just happened to be in a documentary about 9/11.

In 2013 he was charged with bomb threats at a marathon, in the aftermath of the Boston bombing

He claims to have run interference for Charlie Kirk’s murderer

This week he’s been brought up on child p*rn charges.

Man Arrested Immediately After Charlie Kirk Assassination Was Trying to Help the Shooter: Prosecutors

By Jack Davis, Western Journal, September 16, 2025:

The first man arrested after conservative icon Charlie Kirk was shot dead last week has now been locked up on charges.

George Zinn, 71, was taken away from Utah Valley University by police immediately after Kirk was gunned down, but officials later said he had no connection to the crime.

Zinn was arrested on suspicion of obstruction of justice, according to KTVX-TV.

Zinn was admitted to a hospital on the day of the shooting. He was released Monday and locked up in Utah County Jail on suspicion of obstruction of justice in a capital first-degree felony case. The charge is a second-degree felony.

In an affidavit, Utah Valley University Police Detective Michael Dutson said Zinn approached him after Kirk was shot, according to KSL-TV.

“[Zinn] immediately started yelling at me, ‘I shot him, now shoot me,’” Dutson wrote in the document.

“I could see both of his hands and could not see a weapon,” he said.

When asked where the gun was, he replied, “I am not going to tell you,” according to KTVX.

Dutson said that after being taken to the Utah Valley University police offices, Zinn asked for an attorney and said “he did not shoot the individual,” saying that he “did it to draw attention from the real shooter.”

Zinn later told officers he “was glad he said he shot the individual so the real suspect could get away,” the affidavit said. “He also stated to officers that he wanted to be a martyr for the person who was shot.”

Zinn has a history of criminal charges and convictions. In 2013, he was convicted of making a terroristic threat at the Salt Lake City Marathon.