George Zimmerman Taken Into Custody After Incident With Gun, Police Say

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George Zimmerman has been taken into custody in Central Florida after his estranged wife called police saying he threatened her and her father with a gun.

[WATCH LIVE: Sky 6 over scene after Zimmerman taken into custody]

Lake Mary police say they were called Monday afternoon to Shellie Zimmerman’s parents’ house on Sprucewood Road. Shellie Zimmerman’s parents, David and Machelle Dean, live at the home.

Lake Mary police spokesman Zach Hudson said police are “trying to determine what exactly happened.”

A spokesman for former Local 6 legal analyst Mark O’Mara, who represented George Zimmerman in his murder trial, said he had no comment at this time.

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10 comments

Jayleia Mon, Sep 9, 2013 12:23:19pm

Is there anyone who did NOT see something like this coming months ago?

thecommodore Mon, Sep 9, 2013 12:45:42pm

re: #1 Jayleia

Is there anyone who did NOT see something like this coming months ago?

I don’t know if the prosecution could have made a case based on his past behavior or not, legally speaking, but remember that he was arrested for assaulting a police officer (although the charges were later dropped), a restraining order was taken out against him by his ex-fiancee (though the judge also granted one against the fiancee too…a case of birds of a feather flocking together, I suppose), and he lost a job as a security guard because he was too aggressive.

It’s clear that Zimmerman has anger management problems, as this incident further illustrates. Unfortunately, the other participant in the infamous altercation that night is now dead, but it seems to me that his recent past, plus the agitation in his voice when he told the dispatcher, “they always get away,” plus his disregard of the dispatcher’s request not to follow the kid could have and should have been effectively introduced to portray Zimmerman as the aggressor in this incident.

nines09 Mon, Sep 9, 2013 12:47:22pm

“Don’t you know who I am, bitch?” Bet it went just about like that. Georgie boy thinks he’s 8 feet tall and untouchable.

No Country For Old Haters Mon, Sep 9, 2013 12:51:49pm

This CNN article says a gun was found, but not involved in the altercation.

He can probably abuse his wife just fine without a gun. He just needs the gun for black kids.

Skip Intro Mon, Sep 9, 2013 1:02:23pm

“He’s in his car and he continually has his hand on his gun and he keeps saying step closer and he’s just threatening all of us,” Shellie Zimmerman said in the 911 call.

How Stand Your Ground works when used by an expert.

Jayleia Mon, Sep 9, 2013 1:18:05pm

re: #5 Skip Intro

Yeah the “step closer” bit, sounds like he was trying to set it up so he literally could get either get away with murder, or get away with murder again.

majii Mon, Sep 9, 2013 5:37:47pm

On some sites, the GZ lovers are demonizing Shellie and closing ranks around her soon-to-be ex. The excuses are flying fast and furiously. I’ve said more than once that it’s only a matter of time before GZ ends up in trouble again. When it happens, I will be very interested in seeing how his defenders will react to being forced to face the whole ugly truth about him. They’re so sure that those of us who thought GZ got away with murder are wrong about the type of person he is. If I were a betting person, my money would be on those of us who are pretty good at discerning what’s underneath someone’s public facade and who know that focusing on a single issue (SYG) doesn’t always show who/what someone is.

Flavia Mon, Sep 9, 2013 8:45:56pm

Oh, look - this is my shocked face: :-|

sattv4u2 Tue, Sep 10, 2013 2:08:52pm

Lake Mary Police are now calling into question several statements Shellie Zimmerman made to 911

Read more: abcactionnews.com
abcactionnews.com

“We did not find a gun, did not locate a weapon,” said Zach Hudson, public information officer with the Lake Mary Police Department. “Nobody ever saw a gun. A gun is not part of this story.”

blueraven Tue, Sep 10, 2013 3:26:13pm

re: #9 sattv4u2

Lake Mary Police are now calling into question several statements Shellie Zimmerman made to 911

Read more: abcactionnews.com
abcactionnews.com

“We did not find a gun, did not locate a weapon,” said Zach Hudson, public information officer with the Lake Mary Police Department. “Nobody ever saw a gun. A gun is not part of this story.”

That doesn’t mean he didn’t have a gun. His attorney said he did.

“I think everybody got out of hand. There was touching, pushing,” O’Mara said. It was a case of emotions boiling over, he said.
O’Mara also said his client didn’t threaten anyone with his gun: “The gun was holstered under his shirt, and it stayed there the whole time.”

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