BREAKING NEWS THIS NOON IN
THE SHOOTING INCIDENT INVOLVING
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN.
LAKE MARY POLICE SAY THEY'RE
STILL INVESTIGATING TO DETERMINE
WHETHER CHARGES WILL BE FILED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M MICHELLE
IMPERATO.
I'M STEWART MOORE.
WE HAVE ALSO JUST RECEIVED THE
911 CALLS MADE FOLLOWING THIS
INCIDENT ON LAKE MARY BOULEVARD
YESTERDAY INVOLVING GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN AND MATTHEW APPERSON.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THE
BREAKING NEWS TODAY.
RIKKI KLAUS WILL HAVE THE 911
CALLS FOR YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT FIRST, WE BEGIN WITH WESH
2'S BOB KEALING LIVE AT THE LAKE
MARY POLICE STATION WITH MORE ON
THE BRIEFING THAT JUST ENDED.
WE KNOW THE LAKE MARY POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS BUILDING A CASE OF
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY
WEAPON WITHOUT INTENT TO KILL IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SHOOTING
INCIDENT INVOLVING GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN YESTERDAY.
WE ALSO KNOW FROM A NEWS
CONFERENCE WITHIN THE HOUR THAT
THEY HAVE RECOVERED A .357
MAGNUM HANDGUN THAT BELONGS TO
MATT APPERSON, THE MAN BELIEVED
TO HAVE FIRED THE SINGLE SHOT
INTO GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S VEHICLE
WOUNDING HIM ONLY SLIGHTLY.
BUT WHAT DON'T THEY HAVE IS THE
QUESTION AND ACCORDING TO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY DO NOT
YET HAVE SWORN STATEMENTS FROM
EITHER MAN INVOLVED IN THIS
INCIDENT.
THEY DO HAVE SEARCH WARRANTS.
THEY HAVE SEARCHED THE CAR THAT
APPERSON WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE
BEEN DRIVING DURING THIS
INCIDENT.
BUT THEY HAVE NOT YET GOTTEN
INTO GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S HONDA
SUV TO RECOVER WHAT COULD BE A
VERY CRITICAL PIECE OF EVIDENCE
WHICH WOULD BE THAT SLUG THAT
WE'RE TOLD BY HIS ATTORNEY
LODGED IN THE WINDOW FRAME JUST
ABOVE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S HEAD.
ALL OF THAT BEGS THE QUESTION AS
TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL HAVE
CHARGES AND/OR AN ARREST IN
CONNECTION WITH THE MAN
SUSPECTED OF FIRING THAT SHOT.
HERE'S WHAT POLICE HAD TO SAY.
OUR DETECTIVES ARE WORKING
DILIGENTLY TO HAVE A VERY
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION THAT'S
IMPARTIAL AND SO THEY ARE DOING
IT METHODICALLY AND THAT WILL
TAKE SOME TIME.
AND AT THIS POINT IN THE
INVESTIGATION, THEY ARE NOT
READY TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT
THERE ARE ANY OR IF THERE WILL
BE ANY CHARGES FILED.
I SPOKE WITH GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN'S ATTORNEY AT LENGTH
THIS MORNING.
HE SAYS ZIMMERMAN IS STILL IN A
STATE OF SHOCK BASICALLY.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY TRAUMATIC
EVENT FOR HIM HE SAYS, DON WEST
TELLING HIS CLIENT JUST TO BE
QUIET AT THIS POINT, DON'T MOVE.
ZIMMERMAN IS NOW LIVING OUT OF
THE STATE AND HERE MORE MOTHER'S
DAY AND HE HAD PLANS TO LEAVE
TOWN TODAY BUT THAT, OF COURSE,
HAS NOT CHANGED.
ZIMMERMAN ARE NOT OPPOSE
BRINGING CHARGES IN THIS CASE
AND THEY ANTICIPATE MEETING WITH
THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, HE
SAYS.
I'M BOB KEALING, WESH 2 NEWS.
WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, LAKE
MARY POLICE RELEASED PART OF THE
FIRST 911 CALL MADE AFTER THE
SHOOTING.
RIKKI KLAUS LISTENED TO THE
PART THEY RELEASED AND CONTINUES
OUR TEAM COVERAGE IN LAKE MARY.
LAKE MARY POLICE WITHHELD
SOME OF THE REPORTS WE ASKED FOR
BUT RELEASED A PORTION OF THE
911 CALLS.
LISTEN ON BYSTANDER KENNETH
CORNELL MAKING THE CALL ON
BEHALF OF THE ALLEGED SHOOTER
MATT APPERSON.
YEAH, A GUY SAID HE HAD TO
PULL A GUN ON A GUY AND THE GUY
RIGHT HERE SAID HE HAD TO SHOOT
SOMEONE THROUGH HIS WINDOW SO HE
WANTS THE POLICE TO COME.
THAT HE SAW SOMEBODY SHOOT
SOMEBODY OUT OF HIS WINDOW?
DO WHAT?
SAY THAT AGAIN.
HE SAW WHAT?
HE HAD TO SHOOT AT SOMEBODY.
IS HE THERE WITH YOU RIGHT
NOW?
HE'S THERE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW,
SIR?
YES, THE GUY SAID HE HAD TO
SHOOT AT HIM.
OKAY.
CORNELL THEN PUT APPERSON ON THE
PHONE, BUT THAT PORTION OF THE
CALL HAS BEEN REDACTED.
SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HEAR THAT
EXCHANGE.
AS THE PHONE CALL IS BEING MADE,
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WAS FLAGGING
DOWN AN OFFICER AND DEALING WITH
THE GLASS AND DEBRIS THAT FLEW
INTO HIS FACE DURING THE
SHOOTING.
HE HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED FROM
THE HOSPITAL.
POLICE ALSO JUST SENT THE MEDIA
A LIST OF THE ELEMENTS IN THIS
INVESTIGATION THEY REFUSED TO
RELEASE TODAY.
THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT SHARING
THAT PIECE OF -- THOSE PIECES OF
EVIDENCE BECAUSE THEY SAY THIS
IS AN ACTIVE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION AND THERE'S A LOT