Shooting of Travon Martin

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Shooting of Travon Martin Florida state is charging Zimmerman with second degree murder with an affidavit of probable cause (Zimmerman had profiled Martin) Travonne martin a seventeen year old was fatally shot in an altercation with George Zimmerman On Feb. 26 2012. According to George Zimmerman, he was on his way home from the store when he observed a young man walking in the rain between townhomes. George Z then called police to report the incident, stating that he looked suspicious. (He never made a comment pertaining to martin’s race). Zimmerman claims that the young man started running and that he got out of his vehicle a pursued him ( Not to capture him but to ascertain in what direction he was headed.) According to the Dispatcher, Zimmerman was instructed not to pursue, and George stated ok followed by a short discussion on where he would meet police. As George was walking back to his car, It was then that Travonne Martin appeared out of his left rear and confronted him making a threatening comment. Travonne proceeded to beat the hell out of Zimmerman, by punching him in the face as well as slamming his head into the ground repeatedly. George shouted for help and in that moment felt that his life was in danger and after a brief struggle with travonne over the gun he shot him. Eyewitnesses and EMT can account that martin was the aggressor and that Zimmerman sustained injuries to the back of the head and nose while pinned beneath martin. Tavonne received a fatal injury due to a gunshot wound along with a small abrasion to his left ring finger just below the knuckle, which could be an injury sustained by repeatedly striking someone. There are only two people that actually know what happened on that day and varieus witnesses who only So was there an intent to cause death (actus rea) along with the ( mens rea) if we look at the facts according to

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