Here\u2019s what we know: Trayvon Martin is dead.<\/p>\n
On February 26, during halftime of the NBA All-Star game, the 17-year-old high school junior went to a nearby store in the Orlando suburb where he was visiting his father and stepmother in order to buy some candy for his younger brother. He returned to his family a six-foot, three-inch, 140-pound corpse.<\/p>\n
We know who killed him.<\/p>\n
George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old college student who had appointed himself captain of the neighborhood watch for the Retreat at Twin Lakes gated community, admits to shooting Martin with a 9mm handgun. Zimmerman spotted Martin and followed him in his car before placing a 911 call to report a \u201csuspicious” person in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis guy looks like he\u2019s up to no good, or he\u2019s on drugs or something,\u201d Zimmerman told the 911 operator. \u201cHe\u2019s just staring, looking at all the houses.\u201d What happened in the approximately twenty minutes between the time this call took place and when Zimmerman fired the shot that killed Martin is disputed\u2014although recordings of the 911 call provide chilling hints\u2014but what we do know is that Zimmerman claims he shot the young man in self-defense. This was enough for the police to let him go. Zimmerman was not and has, as of this writing, yet to be arrested.<\/p>\n
We also know that Trayvon was black.<\/p>\n
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