ORLANDO, Fla. — Police officers in Florida say George Zimmerman has been involved in a shooting.
The Lake Mary Police Department said in a Twitter post that their officers responded Monday to a shooting involving the former neighborhood watch leader. The tweet provided no other details, and a spokeswoman didn’t return multiple phone calls.
A lawyer for Zimmerman says his client wasn’t seriously injured in the shooting.
Attorney Don West says a bullet missed Zimmerman’s head, but the gunshot sprayed him with glass from his vehicle’s windshield and other debris.
He says Zimmerman was released from a hospital.
Zimmerman was acquitted in 2013 of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in a case that sparked protests and national debate about race relations.
Since his acquittal, Zimmerman has had several brushes with the law.
Those include two incidents involving allegations of assault by girlfriends, and his wife claiming he smashed her iPad.
Charges were either dropped or not pursued because of a lack of evidence in those cases.
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