NewsOctober 18, 2016
Man gets 20 years for shooting at Zimmerman's vehicle
SANFORD, Fla. -- A Florida man who fired at George Zimmerman's vehicle during a road-rage confrontation has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The Orlando Sentinel reported at the sentencing hearing Monday morning, Zimmerman said 38-year-old Matthew Apperson showed no regard for human life during the May 2015 confrontation and even seemed joyful because he mistakenly thought he'd killed Zimmerman...
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SANFORD, Fla. -- A Florida man who fired at George Zimmerman's vehicle during a road-rage confrontation has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The Orlando Sentinel reported at the sentencing hearing Monday morning, Zimmerman said 38-year-old Matthew Apperson showed no regard for human life during the May 2015 confrontation and even seemed joyful because he mistakenly thought he'd killed Zimmerman.
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Zimmerman is the former neighborhood-watch volunteer who was acquitted of second-degree murder after fatally shooting unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012.
Apperson was convicted by a Seminole County jury last month of attempted second-degree murder, armed aggravated assault and shooting into a vehicle. Apperson testified at trial he acted in self-defense after Zimmerman flashed a gun. Zimmerman disputed that.
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