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71-year-old arrested after Charlie Kirk shooting charged with multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor

Authorities say they detained George Zinn after he told them he was the person who shot Kirk. Law enforcement said they later found the child sex abuse material on his phone.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) George Zinn — seen here at a 2023 Sutherland Institute event that featured U.S. Sen. Mike Lee — has been charged with multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, after he was arrested in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination at the Utah Valley University campus on Sept. 10, 2025.