Police Question George Zimmerman After Wife Calls 911

09 Sep, 2013

George Zimmerman, the Florida man who was acquitted of murder two months ago in the shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, was questioned on Monday by police after his estranged wife called 911 saying he threatened her with a gun.

“He’s in his car and he continually has his hand on his gun and keeps saying step closer … and he’s gonna shoot us,” a breathless and clearly scared Shellie Zimmerman told the police emergency operator, according to the 911 call released by police.

“He’s just threatening all of us with his firearm,” she added.

Shellie Zimmerman, who filed for divorce last week, also said her husband had punched her father in the nose and smashed her iPad. Shellie, 26, and her father arrived on Monday with a truck and a trailer to remove her belongings from the house after she filed for divorce last week.

“I don’t know what he’s capable of. I’m really, really scared,” she told the 911 operator.

Lake Mary, Florida, police spokesman Zach Hudson said no one had been arrested or injured after police officers were called to a house belonging to Shellie Zimmerman’s father, David Dean.

At one point she told her father to take cover. “Dad, Dad, get inside the house. George might start shooting at us,” she can be heard shouting.

“Oh my God, oh my God,” she added, breaking down in tears.

Lake Mary Police Chief Steve Bracknell later said Shellie and her father did not to plan to press charges.

Zimmerman, 29, was briefly put in a patrol car and later the former neighborhood watchman accused his wife of being the aggressor in the incident, he said.

“There was an altercation and one party put their hands on another party,” Hudson added. “We’re still trying to figure out who touched whom.”

Zimmerman’s attorney Mark O’Mara confirmed Zimmerman had his gun on him.

Reuters

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