A known political activist who falsely claimed that he shot Charlie Kirk while at the event for the conservative star told police that he was doing it to “draw attention away from the real shooter.”
According to Fox 13 in Utah, 71-year-old George Zinn, who was a known “gadfly” and was led away from Utah Valley University in handcuffs after the murder last Wednesday, told police he was trying to distract them from the real killer.
According to the report, Zinn went up to the police right after Kirk was killed and yelled, “I shot him, now shoot me.” Police said he wasn’t carrying a gun and arrested him.
During a police interview, Zinn admitted he did not kill Kirk but said he wanted to cause a distraction “to draw attention from the real shooter,” according to court documents reviewed by Fox 13.
According to court papers, the fake shooter said he “wanted to be a martyr for the person who was shot” after being taken to a local hospital for medical reasons.
