By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY – A Florida grand jury will investigate the controversial shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a Florida gated community.
Bernjamin Crump, a lawyer for the Martin family, says a 16-year-old girlfriend in Miami was on the phone with Trayvon at the time of the altercation and heard much of the confrontation between the black teen and George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who claims he killed him in self-defense.
Update at 12:36 p.m. ET: “What Zimmerman said is completely contradicted by the phone log,” says Crump.
He also says voice experts are running through the 911 tapes to see who was yelling for help.
“The dots have all been connected. Arrest George Zimmerman for the killing of Trayvon Martin in cold blood today,” the lawyer says.
Update at 12:32 p.m. ET: “This claim that Trayvon Martin was the aggressor is preposterous and cannot be allowed to stand,” Crump says.
“That is what Zimmerman wants you to believe so he can justify killing this kid in cold blood,” he says. Read the full story at USA Today.com
