where we are nowing george zimmerman was taken. well, the source who i spoke 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.
trayvon on his cell phone leading up to this incident. and i want to read a transcript here that we have of some of what she told you. she said he was walking fast. when he said this man was behind him again. he come and say said he looked like he was about to do something to him and then trayvon said the man was still behind him. and then i said to him, run. paraphrasing what she said word for word. it s available in your report. it will be widely distributed. what did you make of her contribution to our understanding of this? again, it was another contradiction of zimmerman s version of events. for minutes it seemed trayvon martin knew he was being followed by this unidentified prn behind him. at one point he said there s this crazy white dude behind me. i don t know why he s following me. this continues. he tries to run, and then he
this crazy white dude behind me. i don t know why he s following me. this continues. he tries to run, and then he 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
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. for weeks now we ve been seeing that mug shot of his from 2005. he looks rather courtly,