The 71-year-old Utah man detained immediately after the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk is a well-known local gadfly who has “no current ties to the shooting,” according to the Utah Department of Public Safety.

Video of George Hodgson Zinn surrounded by police went viral on social media, with active speculation that the septuagenarian was the gunman who shot Kirk, but that story wilted fast once police identified and interviewed Zinn.

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“We initially took in George Zinn as a suspect. He was later released and charged with obstruction by UVU police,” the UDPS said in a statement. “A second suspect, Zachariah Qureshi, was taken into custody and released after interrogation wi

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