On March 22 , 2012 , Florida governor Rick Scott appointed Angela Corey as Special Prosecutor to investigate the killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman . On the evening of February 26 , 2012 in Sanford , Florida , George Zimmerman , a 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer armed with a 9 mm Kel-Tec pistol , shot to death Trayvon Martin , an unarmed 17-year-old , in a gated community . A few hours after the killing , the Sanford Police Department determined that there was no " probable cause " to arrest George Zimmerman , who claimed that he acted in self-defense . Martin was returning to the home of his father 's fiancee after purchasing a can of iced tea and a bag of Skittles candy at a local convenience store . Zimmerman told police that Martin was the aggressor and photos of Zimmerman the night of the incident show him with a bloodied , broken nose and other injuries
killing of Trayvon Martin
Shooting of Trayvon Martin
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