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George Hodgson Zinn, 71, faces charges after distracting police at a shooting.

Zinn falsely claimed to be the shooter during Charlie Kirk's assassination at UVU.

He also faces charges for possessing child abuse material found on his phone.

OREM — The man accused of distracting police after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, claiming he was the shooter, is now facing criminal charges in two cases.

George Hodgson Zinn, 71, was charged Thursday in Fourth District Court with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony. On Friday, prosecutors filed an obstruction of justice charge, also a second-degree felony.

The charges stem from an incident on Sept. 10, when a shot rang out at UVU while conservative activist Charlie Kirk was speaking with student

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