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George Michael Zimmerman (born October 5, 1983) is an American man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American, in Sanford, Florida, on February 26, 2012. On July 13, 2013, he was acquitted of second-degree murder in Florida v.
George Michael Zimmerman was born in Manassas, Virginia, [15] and is the son of Gladys (née Mesa) Zimmerman, born in Peru, [3] and Robert Zimmerman Sr., a retired Virginia magistrate. [16] At the time of the shooting, Zimmerman was employed as an insurance fraud investigator. [ 3 ]
George Zimmerman was a criminal prosecution of George Zimmerman on the charge of second-degree murder stemming from the killing of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012. On April 11, 2012, George Zimmerman, a Hispanic, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin , a Black teenager.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- George Zimmerman had moved out of Florida recently, hoping for a fresh start. In the two years since his acquittal in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, the one-time ...
George Zimmerman was back in court Wednesday to testify in the trial of a man accused of trying to shoot and kill him on a Florida highway last year. But just listening to his testimony, you would ...
By RYAN GORMAN George Zimmerman has reportedly threatened to kill a man. Zimmerman's latest run-in with the law reportedly came Tuesday during a road rage incident in Lake Mary, Florida, just ...
Stand-your-ground laws were not used as a legal defense in the trial of George Zimmerman and had no legal role in his eventual acquittal. [60] [61] [62] In March 2012, Martin's parents created the Trayvon Martin Foundation, which is dedicated to helping families that have lost children to gun violence. [63] [64]
The following is a timeline of the events surrounding the death of teenager Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida.Martin was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman during a physical altercation.