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>> HE SAID GET OUT OF THE HOUSE
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>> Matt: BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW, THE BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE INVESTIGATING A
DEADLY SHOOTING.
A HOME IN UNINCORPORATED COCOA
IS TAPED OFF WITH CRIME SCENE
TAPE.
INVESTIGATORS GOT A CALL FROM A
PERSON WHO SHOT SOMEONE, TRYING
TO BREAK INTO THEIR HOME.
THE CALLER SAID THE MAN WAS SHOT
AFTER TRYING TO GET IN THROUGH A
BACK WINDOW.
THE SUSPECT DIED AT THE SCENE.
A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
FOUND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A
SECOND SUSPECT, BUT DEPUTIES
HAVE NOT FOUND ANYONE.
RIGHT NOW, HOMICIDE
INVESTIGATORS ARE COMBING FOR
CLUES.
AS SOON AS WE LEARN MORE, WE’LL
LET YOU KNOW ABOUT IT.
>>> DEVELOPING AT 5 NOW, GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN SUES THE FAMILY OF
TRAYVON MARTIN AND OTHERS FOR
$100 MILLION.
I’M MATT AUSTIN.
>> Lisa: I’M LISA BELL.
ZIMMERMAN WAS ACQUITTED OF
HOMICIDE IN THE SHOOTING DEATH
OF TRAYVON MARTIN BACK IN 2012.
HE NOW CLAIMS THE MARTIN FAMILY
GAVE FALSE TESTIMONY ABOUT THE
CASE IN A DOCUMENTARY.
NEWS 6’S JERRY ASKIN IS LIVE IN
THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE ON THIS.
>> Reporter: YES.
THIS LAWSUIT WE GOT AHOLD OF
TODAY QUESTIONS THE CREDIBILITY
FROM A KEY WITNESS WHO TESTIFIED
IN COURT DURING THE TRIAL WHICH
ZIMMERMAN SAYS LED TO HIS
ARREST.
THE SAME WITNESS HE SAYS WAS AN
IMPOSTER AND FAKE.
>> GEORGE ZIMMERMAN IS NOW SUING
TRAYVON MARTIN’S FAMILY AND
PROSECUTORS AND MANY OTHERS FOR
$100 MILLION.
ACCORDING TO HIS NEWLY FILED
LAWSUIT HE CITES A DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT THE CASE ACCUSING MARTIN’S
FAMILY OF LYING ABOUT A WITNESS
WHO TESTIFIED.
>> THIS IS VERY SURPRISING TO
ME, THAT SOMEONE IS -- SEEMS TO
HAVE EVIDENCE OF A REPLACEMENT
WITNESS.
>> WE THE JURY FIND GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN NOT GUILTY.
>> Reporter: GEORGE ZIMMERMAN
WAS ACQUITTED IN THE 2012 FATAL
SHOOTING OF TRAYVON MARTIN.
ACCORDING TO HIS LAWSUIT, THE
DEFENDANTS, MANY OF THEM, LIED
AND COVERED UP WHO WAS REALLY ON
THE PHONE WITH MARTIN BEFORE HE
WAS KILLED.
BY SUBSTITUTING WHAT HE CALLS AN
IMPOSTER AND FAKE WITNESS.
>> WHAT THEY’RE SAYING IS THAT
THEY SUBSTITUTED RACHAEL GENTEEL
FOR THE PERSON WHO WAS ACTUALLY
ON THE PHONE WITH TRAYVON
MARTIN.
>> Reporter: MARK O’MARA WAS
ZIMMERMAN’S TRIAL LAWYER BUT NOT
REPRESENTING HIM ANYMORE.
HE SAID THERE WERE RED FLAGS
ABOUT THE TESTIMONY EVEN AT
TRIAL.
>> WE NEVER THOUGHT SHE WAS A
FAKE WITNESS IN THOSE TERMS, BUT
IT WAS TROUBLING OR UNSETTLING
THAT THERE WAS CERTAIN THINGS
THAT JUST MADE NO SENSE.
>> Reporter: TODAY NEWS 6
REACHED OUT TO PROSECUTORS AND
THE ATTORNEY FOR GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN AND WE’RE STILL
WAITING TO HEAR BACK.
WE JUST GOT A RESPONSE FROM
TRAYVON MARTIN’S FAMILY LAWYER,
CALLING THIS LAWSUIT UNFOUNDED.
WE’LL HAVE MORE OF WHAT HE HAD
TO SAY COMING UP ON NEWS 6 AT 6.