but his lawyer says there was a gun in that car, as well, but he didn t draw or bran additiondish it in any way. what it zimmerman s attorney have to say about george s involvement if all this? one of the key defenses being used by apperson s attorney is if my client were the aggressive sore, why would he initiate the 911 call. i asked the attorney his response. i m not sure that he did in the sense that as soon as the shot was fired, george zimmerman stopped his vehicle and was trying to decide what to do about it and he saw a police officer and flagged him down. so he immediately contacted law enforcement. reporter: the lawyer for apperson, who i ve also spoken to, said that s nonsense the fact is that when shots were fired, zimmerman s vehicle careened off the road my client
almost hit zimmerman s head leading to him suffering a minor injury from the shattered glass. this is not the first time zimmerman and naperson have crossed paths. they were involved in a previous road rage incident. and zimmerman has had frequent run-ins with the law ever since he was acquitted of trayvon s murder. police in texas pulled zimmerman over for speeding. he had a gun in the vehicle, apparently legal, and he was let go with a warning. in november 2013, police in florida arrested him on aggravated assault charges after an apparent fight with his then girlfriend. then in january of this year, another fight with a girlfriend. and another domestic abuse
investigation in florida after a road rage incident. but police say this time george zimmerman was on the receiving end of gunfire. an officer from lake mary police department was flagged down by george zimmerman in his vehicle on westlake mary boulevard, okay. he reported that he had just been involved in a shooting. simultaneously lake mary police department received a 911 call from a third party on behalf of a matthew apperson a white male who stated that he had just been involved in a shooting with george zimmerman. reporter: that 911 caller says apperson told him zimmerman was waving a gun and that s when apperson fired. however, zimmerman says apperson pulled up behind zimmerman and started flashing his lights honking at him and screaming obscenities. apperson fired a shot which allegedly almost hit zimmerman s head leaving to zimmerman suffering a minor injury from
a rebuttal case, and then we could be seeing this last another two or three days. the rebuttal case, if you were on the prosecution s side in terms of the strategy meeting, what do you think needs at this point, we don t know what is going to be presented tomorrow. what do you think needs to be rebutted? well, there are a few things you could do in closing argument or rebut. for instance, nobody has touched on the fact that if trayvon martin is holding a can of iced tea, if he was the aggressor, he could use that can of iced tea as a weapon. he could use that in his hand and punch or hit zimmerman in the face, on the body, anywhere with this can of iced tee tae as a weapon there is no evidence that that occurred there is no evidence that he was the aggressor using this potential weapon. so there is a number of different things. you could go through a lot of different avenues in this case and potentially rebut, or you could put it in as and weave it into your closing argument, usi
reality that he s got the state of florida trying to say that what he did to save his own life was a crime. that s a frightening position to be in. thank you. coming up, another witness on the stand, someone who made a 911 call after hearing screams. the key issue, was it zimmerman or martin heard screaming? we ll tell you what they said on the stand. back in a moment. i m part of an american success story, that starts with one of the world s most advanced distribution systems, and one of the most efficient trucking networks, with safe, experienced drivers. we work directly with manufacturers, eliminating costly markups, and buy directly from local farmers in every region of the country. when you see our low prices, remember the wheels turning behind the scenes,