George Zimmerman, who has been in hiding since he was acquitted of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, emerged to help rescue someone who was trapped in an overturned truck, police said today.
Sanford Police Department Capt. Jim McAuliffe told ABC News that Zimmerman “pulled an individual from a truck that had rolled over” at the intersection of a Florida highway last week. Florida Highway Patrol is now handling the case, McAuliffe said.
The crash occurred at the intersection of I-4 and route 417, police said.
It’s the first known sighting of Zimmerman since he left the courtroom following his acquittal last week on murder charges for the death of Martin. Zimmerman, 29, shot and killed Martin, 17, in Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26, 2012. The jury determined that Zimmerman shot Martin in self-defense.
The acquittal prompted dozens of protests across the country this past weekend and his lawyers have said that Zimmerman has been the subject of death threats. His lawyers said Zimmerman has been wearing a bullet-proof vest when he ventures out in public.
Zimmerman’s parents told ABC News’ Barbara Walters they too have received death threats and have been unable to return to their home.
“We have had an enormous amount of death threats. George’s legal counsel has had death threats, the police chief of Sanford, many people have had death threats,” Zimmerman’s father, Robert Zimmerman said.”‘Everyone with Georgie’s DNA should be killed’ — just every kind of horrible thing you can imagine.”
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Was The person in the truck black? To Al sharpton this is most important other wise the person should have died. This shows where Zimmerman’s mindis at
yitzchoky,
sharpton would say he wnated to kill him himself
Actually Sharpton would say that the accident was staged.
Commenters 1, 2 and 3 must have heard that Mr. Sharpton has laryngitis or lost his bullhorn or is otherwise unable to speak for himself. I do not particularly care what Mr. Sharpton says, given his track record for incredibility, but I had no idea that any readers of YWN were willing to speak up for him in one of his rare moments of speechlessness. If I were interested in what he had to say, I would wait for the moment when he said it, and such additional time as would be necessary to read or hear about it from a reliable source.