Man Taken Into Custody By Police Following Kirk Shooting Facing Charges

It started with a murder.

It turned into a circus.

And now… it’s spiraled into something much, much worse.

When conservative activist Charlie Kirk was gunned down at Utah Valley University, it should’ve been the story. A young conservative voice, targeted and shot — in public, in broad daylight. But no, the media barely had time to process the scene before a 71-year-old man with a flair for chaos took center stage, screaming, “I shot him. Now shoot me.”

Enter George Zinn.

To no one’s surprise (except maybe the local PD scrambling to control the crowd), he wasn’t the shooter. He was just… there. Like always. Zinn has a habit of popping up at protests, political speeches, and anything remotely controversial. Think of him like a recurring background character in the worst kind of political drama — the guy always “just happens” to be on scene. And this time? He managed to confuse everyone long enough for the real suspect, Tyler Robinson, to make his escape.

But what did surprise people — and what should have been the headline — was what came next.

While being interviewed at the hospital (after his mysterious “medical episode” that somehow happened right after his arrest), Zinn allegedly told investigators something straight out of a nightmare: that he used his phone to view and share… well, let’s just say the worst kind of content involving children.

Yes, that’s right. While the country was still reeling from the assassination of a conservative speaker, police discovered that the man who tried to derail the investigation was allegedly hoarding minor sex abuse material on his phone.

And not just one or two images.

According to the Utah County Sheriff’s Office, there were over 20 images found during a preliminary search — all of young minors, in various forms of undress and “posing.”

Let that sink in.