buying the skittles and iced tea shortly before police found his body in sanford, florida. abc s t.j. winick has more. reporter: we now know that trayvon martin, the 17-year-old who was shot and killed by george zimmerman, had the marijuana component thc in his system the night of his death. zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder even though we now know one police investigator wanted him charged with manslaughter. the autopsy also revealed martin was shot from a distance between 1 inch and 18 inches away, bolstering zimmerman s claim he fired during a struggle that landed zimmerman on his back, martin straddling him and banging zimmerman s head on the ground. and pictures at the police station after the shooting show zimmerman s face which appears marked and the back of his head which is clearly lacerated. in this newly released document, an officer on the scene notes zimmerman s nose appeared to be broken. also released, a chilling image of the gun zimmerman used to kill th
kill the unarmed martin. documents show a police officer called the shooting, quote, avoidable had zimmerman remained in his vehicle and awaited the arrival of law enforcement. in a review of the cause, it was determined that george zimmerman yelled help or help me 14 times during approximately 38 seconds. trayvon s own father confirmed the voice on the recordings was not his son s, contradicting statements he would later make. t.j. winick, abc news, new york. a lot of new evidence coming out on this. obviously, 200 pieces. one investigator, to reiterate, said the whole thing could have been avoided if zimmerman had simply stayed in his car and waited for police to get there instead of taking matters into his own hands. again, the key question here is that still not clear who provoked what? what happened? that s the thing. as we ve been saying, that is the black hole in the investigation. how did they end up where they were on the floor during this altercation? that s what ev