![]() ![]() Sanford Police Departmentīill Lee had been chief of the Sanford Police Department for ten months when the shooting of Martin occurred. ![]() Zimmerman and his wife moved to The Retreat at Twin Lakes in 2009. Zimmerman's height was shown as 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) and his weight at 200 lb (91 kg) on the Sanford Police Department Offense Report for February 26, 2012, the night of the shooting. Īt the time of his arrest on April 11, 2012, Zimmerman's height was reportedly 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m) and his weight 185 lb (84 kg), according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office Inmate Booking record. In one of his interviews with the police, he said his goal was to become a judge. He had been working toward an associate degree in criminal justice at Seminole State College. At the time of the shooting, Zimmerman was employed as an insurance fraud investigator. George Michael Zimmerman was born in Manassas, Virginia and is the son of Gladys (née Mesa) Zimmerman, born in Peru, and Robert Zimmerman Sr., a retired Virginia magistrate. ![]() The incident was reviewed by the Department of Justice for potential civil rights violations, but no additional charges were filed. In a widely reported trial, Zimmerman was charged with murder of the second degree for Martin's death, but acquitted by the jury after claiming self-defense. Zimmerman became suspicious of Martin and called police Zimmerman was injured during a physical altercation between the two and shot Martin with a pistol he was licensed to carry. Zimmerman, a 28-year-old man who self-identifies as Hispanic, was a neighborhood watch coordinator for the gated community where Martin was visiting relatives at the time of the shooting. On the evening of February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, United States, George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American. Second-degree murder, lesser included offense of manslaughter. (See aerial views of points of interest.)Ģ8☄7′35″N 81☁9′47″W / 28.79295°N 81.32965°W / 28.79295 -81.32965 ( The Retreat at Twin Lakes Community in Sanford, Florida)įractured nose, lacerations to the back of the head. ![]()
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