Police documents suggest the chaos following Charlie Kirk’s assassination may not have been accidental. Investigators now believe coordinated distractions inside the crowd helped the real shooter slip away, with one man even attempting to draw police attention by falsely confessing to the crime.
The man, identified in police reports as 71-year-old George Zinn, was seen shouting at officers in the immediate aftermath of the shooting at Utah State University, where Kirk was struck in the neck in front of thousands of students.
According to documents obtained by Fox13, Zinn repeatedly yelled, “I shot him, now shoot me,” despite carrying no weapon. His actions temporarily diverted police resources, leading to his arrest on charges of obstruction of justice.
Investigators say Zinn’s bizarre outburst was not an isolated event but part of a broader pattern of confusion that unfolded in the crowd—delays that may have provided the actual gunman precious minutes to make his escape.
Independent report: Once he was in police custody, Zinn asked for an attorney and then said he had not, in fact, shot Kirk but had made the unfounded claims “to draw attention from the real shooter.”
Zinn later made similar comments, the report said, adding he “wanted to be a martyr for the person who was shot”.
Police said dealing with Zinn delayed their response to Kirk’s shooting and took up resources needed to help with the investigation into who had actually shot the conservative influencer.
Authorities have not yet determined a whole motive for the shooting, but FBI director Kash Patel said Robinson was radicalized online and subscribed to a “leftist” ideology.
et glaring gaps remain in the official narrative—contradictions that investigators warn ‘don’t add up,’ raising fears this could become another modern-day ‘Grassy Knoll’ debated for generations.