George Zimmerman involved in Florida shooting
05/11/2015 23:31
George Zimmerman was involved in a shooting Monday in Lake Mary, Florida.
According to WESH, the shooting involved two men and Zimmerman suffered a minor gunshot wound and was taken to a local hospital.
"The injuries are not serious," Lake Mary Deputy Police Chief Colin Morgan said.
"I don't know exactly what precipitated it, but another motorist pulled up alongside him and fired a shot at him," Zimmerman's attorney Don West said. "I believe that the window of the vehicle was broken. As I understand it he was shot through the passenger window and the bullet narrowly missed his head and lodged the roof."
Morgan said the other man reportedly has been involved in other cases with Zimmerman in the past.
He added that Zimmerman will be brought to the police station when he leaves the hospital.
“[Zimmerman] walked normally into the ambulance, so he wasn’t being helped or nothing,” witness Ricardo Berrare told WESH.
Zimmerman was acquitted in 2013 of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in a case that sparked protests and national debate about race relations.
The Justice Department later announced it was not bringing a civil rights case against Zimmerman.
Since his acquittal, Zimmerman has had several brushes with the law.
Those include two incidents involving allegations of assault by girlfriends, and his wife claiming he smashed her iPad.
