There is about a one-minute gap during which police say they're not sure what happened.
Zimmerman told them he lost sight of Trayvon and was walking back to his SUV when Trayvon approached him from the left rear, and they exchanged words.
Trayvon asked Zimmerman if he had a problem. Zimmerman said no and reached for his cell phone, he told police. Trayvon then said, "Well, you do now" or something similar and punched Zimmerman in the nose, according to the account he gave police.
Zimmerman fell to the ground and Trayvon got on top of him and began slamming his head into the sidewalk, he told police.
Zimmerman began yelling for help.
One witness, who has since talked to local television news reporters, told police he saw Zimmerman ("the guy in the red") on the ground with Trayvon("the guy in the hoodie") on top, pounding him — and was unequivocal that it was Zimmerman who was crying for help.
Zimmerman then shot Trayvon once in the chest at very close range, according to authorities.
When police arrived less than two minutes later, Zimmerman was bleeding from the nose, had a swollen lip and had bloody lacerations to the back of his head.
Orlando Sentinel
Trayvon was 6'3", Zimmerman is 5'9" and in the dark probably had no idea how old Trayvon was or if he was armed.
I still think he should have been charged w/ manslaughter because he pursued the suspicious person and should have waited for police.
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