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.