Originally Posted by kane

My understanding is that there was a confrontation that led to a fight. Martin ended up on top of Zimmerman and was hitting him in the face. Zimmerman had some damage to his face and head and said Martin told him he was going to kill him so he shot him in self defense.

Supposedly his wounds and the gunshot corroborate most of this. The problem is, since there were no witnesses, we only have Zimmerman's account of how the fight started and what really went on during the fight.

In the end, Zimmerman willingly put himself in harms way and ended up killing someone.