Old man who falsely claimed he shot Charlie Kirk is known ‘gadfly’ who told cops he did it to ‘draw attention real shooter’: report

Source: New York Post

The known political agitator who falsely confessed to shooting Charlie Kirk while in the audience at the conservative star’s event told investigators that he was trying to “draw attention from the real shooter,” according to a report. Court records revealed that George Zinn, 71 — a known “gadfly” who was led away from Utah Valley University in handcuffs after the assassination last Wednesday — told cops he was trying to distract them from the real assassin, local station Fox 13 reported. Zinn approached cops immediately after Kirk was killed and yelled, “I shot him, now shoot me,” the report stated, citing police, who noted that he was unarmed and taken into custody.