Man Accused of Shooting at George Zimmerman Is Arrested

A Florida man was arrested Friday on charges of attacking George Zimmerman, the man acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, Reuters reports. Suggested Reading ‘Sinners’ Releases in Black American Sign Language. Here’s What That Means A Burger King Employee Throws a Drink on a Child…

A Florida man was arrested Friday on charges of attacking George Zimmerman, the man acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, Reuters reports.

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Matthew Apperson was charged with aggravated assault and battery with a deadly weapon, as well as with firing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle, the Lake Mary Police Department said in a statement, Reuters reports.

The shooting occurred Monday on a bustling road in the Orlando suburb and left Zimmerman slightly injured from shards of flying glass after he was shot at through his car window, police say.

โ€œAfter conducting numerous interviews throughout the week, detectives determined that Mr. Apperson did intentionally fire his weapon into the vehicle occupied by George Zimmerman without provocation,โ€ the police said in a statement, Reuters reports.

But lawyers for Zimmerman and Apperson have provided different accounts of what happened, the report says.

Appersonโ€™s lawyer, Mark NeJame, told Reuters that Zimmerman brandished a gun, provoking Apperson to fire his weapon. Zimmermanโ€™s attorney, Don West, said the shooting was unprovoked.

It was Zimmermanโ€™s latest brush with law enforcement since his acquittal in Trayvonโ€™s shooting, which Zimmerman argued was self-defense.

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