with early is this morning didn t make that clear. but what is clear is that this case was investigated a a very high level. at the highest level. we re talking a sunday night, after dinner time. the chief of police went to this the scene of the shooting, which in it of itself is unusual. but then there was a confrontation between the chief, the guy who s charged with supervising criminal investigation for the department, and according to this source, the state attorney, the guy who would eventually get this case from police and have ultimately recused himself because he wanted to avoid an appearance of a conflict of interest. the high level at the decision not to arrest and not to charge zimmerman, that in it of itself is noteworthy. there s usually a special circumstance for that. it involves the shooting of a police officer, the shooting of a notable person. the whole world is wondering now, what about this particular crime? what about this incident, if it was not a crime?
walks. and then he thinks he loses zimmerman. and zimmerman catches up to him. trayvon martin asking zimmerman, why you following me? zimmerman responding what are you doing here? and the next thing this 16-year-old girl heard was a scuffle. trayvon s treasured phone falls to the ground. she hears the rustle in the grass, and then the phone cuts out. not she was terrified. math, quickly before you go, you talked to her. what s her credibility? i i think she s credible. i don t think she has anything to hide. i have no reason to believe that she s lying. obviously, you know, at some point this may or may not go to court, and she could be subpoenaed. but at the very least i think that it s obvious since her number is in the phone record, which is how we talked the to her, that the police should have talked to her, at least interviewed her, but they never have. they still haven t. that s one of the most
income to lower middle income city to lake mary, where the more affluent people live. zimmerman s father owns a home there. george zimmerman lived with his father. his name was on the deed to the house for a while. so the question is, that i would have obviously, would be did george zimmerman call his dad? i know my share of police officers. i even know a police chief or two. i don t know too many that come out of their homes on a sunday night to go to the scene of a shooting. and it s not as if this community hasn t had prior crimes, egregious crimes. i was told of a number of really heinous murders where you didn t see the chief of police show up. so i think the combination of that and wofinger getting directly involve saying don t charge him, we don t have enough to hold him, blue the inconsistencies in george zimmerman s story raise a lot of questions. eugene, o donnell, what brings out the top level plays for this situation?
george zimmerman s father lives in lake mary. sanford, just to give you a lay of the land, is a sort of middle income to lower middle income city to lake mary, where the more affluent people live. zimmerman s father owns a home there. george zimmerman lived with his father. his name was on the deed to the house for a while. so the question is, that i would have obviously, would be did george zimmerman call his dad? i know my share of police officers. i even know a police chief or two. i don t know too many that come out of their homes on a sunday night to go to the scene of a shooting. and it s not as if this community hasn t had prior crimes, egregious crimes. i was told of a number of really heinous murders where you didn t see the chief of police show up. so i think the combination of that and wofinger getting directly involve saying don t charge him, we don t have enough to hold him, blue the inconsistencies in george zimmerman s story raise a lot of questions. eugene, o donnell,
captain robert o conner, the investigation supervisor who made the decision to release george zimmerman from those handcuffs on the night of february 26th after consulting with state attorney norman wofinger in person. the state attorney was there. it s not known whether that in-person meeting took place at the scene of the shooting or inside this police station that you re seeing right now where george zimmerman was questioned by police. we are joined now by abc news matt gutman, a reporter who obtaind this video of zimmerman on the night of the shooting. it first aired on abc world news tonight. matt, what do you see as the significance of this video in terms of helping us with the evidence of what happened here? it s the first time we see anything of zimmerman, lawrence, and it s quite remarkable.