Man Convicted Of Shooting At George Zimmerman’s Car Sentenced To 20 Years

Defendant Matthew Apperson reacts to testimony from George Zimmerman during Apperson's hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Apperson is charged with attempted murder of Zimmerm... Defendant Matthew Apperson reacts to testimony from George Zimmerman during Apperson's hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Apperson is charged with attempted murder of Zimmerman for shooting into Zimmerman's vehicle in May, 2015. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, Pool) MORE LESS
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A Florida man convicted of firing at George Zimmerman last year during a road rage incident was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison.

A jury found Matthew Apperson guilty of attempted second-degree murder, armed aggravated assault and firing into a vehicle, according to a report by the Orlando Sentinel. Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson sentenced Apperson to 20 years in prison.

Apperson was charged in May after shooting at Zimmerman during a traffic run-in. Zimmerman sustained minor facial injuries in the incident.

Zimmerman said on Monday that Apperson showed no regard for human life during the altercation, even seeming joyful at the mistaken thought that he had killed Zimmerman, the Sentinel reported.

Since 2013, when a jury acquitted Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman has had a number of encounters with law enforcement.

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  1. It would be wrong to say that it’s too bad his aim wasn’t better.

  2. He made the mistake of leaving his victim alive to tell his side of the story.

    George Zimmerman knew better.

  3. Avatar for dweb dweb says:

    Anybody see the irony in sending a guy who fires at Zimmerman’s car, to jail for TWENTY years, while Zimmerman, who killed Travon Martin under highly suspicious “self defense” grounds, walked? Buehler…anybody?

  4. I suspect if his aim had been better his sentence would be shorter.

  5. Yet Zimmerman, the ultimate deplorable, still walks the streets.

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