A 71-year-old man who falsely claimed to have shot conservative activist Charlie Kirk and distracted police immediately after the shooting has been charged with possessing child sex abuse material.

The bizarre twist was reported by the Utah County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday after police searched George Zinn's phone during an investigation following the scene he caused at the shooting.

'Agents did see several images on the phone of prepubescent girls scantily dressed.'

Video from the shooting showed Zinn being dragged away by police as he yells, "Shoot me!" as his pants fall to the ground.

He later allegedly admitted to investigators that he was trying to distract the police to help the real shooter escape. Zinn is known for crashing numerous political and entertainment events

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