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SteveABG

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5. Mother Jones confirmed

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 02:04 PM

Mar 2012

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/03/george-zimmerman-gun-trayvon-martin-police-evidence

George Zimmerman is free to walk the streets of Sanford, Florida. But the gun he used to shoot and kill 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is in police hands, Mother Jones has confirmed.

A spokeswoman for the city of Sanford says that the Sanford Police Department took into evidence the gun that Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain, fired at Martin on February 26. That was the day that Zimmerman had called 911 to report "a real suspicious guy" clad in a hoodie, who turned out to be a kid walking home from a nearby 7-Eleven with a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea. Zimmerman's pursuit of Martin led to a physical altercation between the two, wherein Zimmerman shot and killed Martin.

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Did the Sanford police actually collect evidence the night Trayvon Martin was killed? [View all] hedgehog Mar 2012 OP

From what I understand SteveABG Mar 2012 #1

Do they have the gun, or did they return it that evening? hedgehog Mar 2012 #3

Mother Jones confirmed SteveABG Mar 2012 #5

Why would they keep his firearm? He was never arrested. Rex Mar 2012 #4

Well SteveABG Mar 2012 #7

Good. Rex Mar 2012 #10

I think about the only evidence they collected... Kalidurga Mar 2012 #2

The current state attorney assigned to the case said they did ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #6

That one investigator filed an affidavit in favor of charging him EFerrari Mar 2012 #8

What I fear is that the evidence was collected, then discarded hedgehog Mar 2012 #9

Many of my questions are answered here: hedgehog Mar 2012 #11

Aside from the gun. No they did not. vaberella Mar 2012 #12

They appear to have collected other evidence too. savalez Mar 2012 #13

When he reached the police station he was in handcuffs malaise Mar 2012 #14