George Zinn Admitted to Falsely Claiming He Shot Charlie Kirk to Help Real Assassin Escape

[00:02] want to take you out to

[00:03] some of this video that

[00:04] you may have seen on the

[00:05] day of that assassination

[00:07] here as investigators now.

[00:10] say the man who they

[00:11] initially thought was Charlie

[00:13] Kirk's assassin. admitted

[00:14] to screaming that he was

[00:15] the gunman to allow the

[00:17] real shooter to get away.

[00:19] earlier today, The Utah

[00:20] Department of Public

[00:21] Safety explained. George,

[00:23] Xin had attended that event

[00:25] and after the Gunshot was

[00:26] fired, he screamed that

[00:28] he had shot Charlie Kirk.

[00:30] viral videos like this

[00:31] 1 showing Zen as he was

[00:33] quickly. taken into custody

[00:34] by authorities there. When

[00:36] he was brought to the

[00:37] University Police

[00:38] Department. in allegedly

[00:40] refused. To speak with

[00:41] investigators, but was later

[00:43] transported to the hospital

[00:44] for some type of medical.

[00:46] emergency. That is where

[00:48] Utah officials say it's in

[00:49] confess that he did not shoot

[00:52] Kirk, but that he wanted

[00:53] to hinder the investigation

[00:55] and allow the real shooter

[00:56] time to get away. Zen also

[00:58] faces charges for possession

[01:00] of child sex. Abuse

[01:01] material. after

[01:03] investigators, say they

[01:04] found disturbing images. in

[01:06] his phone involving.

[01:07] children. the Utah

[01:08] Department of Public

[01:09] Safety says there is no

[01:11] evidence that Zen worked

[01:12] with the shooter in any

[01:13] way, but the investigation,

[01:15] they say is still ongoing

[01:17] again, this is some of the

[01:18] video that came in on the

[01:20] day of that assassination,

[01:22] as this was 1 of 2 people

[01:24] that investigators thought

[01:26] could have been the shooter

[01:27] they were taken into

[01:28] custody both detained

[01:29] and then released However,

[01:31] as you can see there, we

[01:32] also know that that uh,

[01:34] George is in there was

[01:36] back into custody, where he

[01:37] does faced several charges.

[01:39] We'll keep you updated on

[01:40] all of that, as we always

[01:41] do here. on live now from

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