"Dutson said that he handcuffed Zinn and asked him where the gun was, but Zinn said he was not going to tell him. After taking him to the university police station, Dutson told Zinn that he did not think he was the shooter, and Zinn said he was going to be in trouble either way and that he would like a lawyer."
"It wasn't true, but it delayed officers' efforts to find the shooter. The man, a political gadfly named George Zinn, was arrested on suspicion of obstruction of justice, a felony, with police saying that he had delayed investigators' hunt for the actual perpetrator. Zinn was one of two people that police had detained for questioning Sept. 10 after Kirk was killed."
"Zinn "stated he did it to draw attention from the real shooter," the officer wrote in the affidavit, and later said that he was glad he had falsely confessed "so the real suspect could get away." Videos on social media posts at the time showed police escorting Zinn away from the scene, his pants around his knees, as students screamed at him, assuming he was the assailant."
Moments after Charlie Kirk was killed, a 71-year-old man, George Zinn, falsely told police that he had shot Kirk and asked officers to shoot him. He later said he had falsely confessed to draw attention from the real shooter and help the assassin escape. University officer Michael Dutson handcuffed Zinn, asked about the gun, and took him to the campus station, where Zinn requested a lawyer. Police arrested Zinn on suspicion of obstruction of justice for delaying investigators. Officers initially detained two people; neither was involved. Authorities later arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson on suspicion of murder.
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