Many people have previously wondered why Matthew Apperson was not charged with attempted murder. Today the State Attorney in Sanford Florida did just that.
SANFORD – Prosecutors today filed an attempted murder charge against Matthew Apperson, the Winter Springs man who shot at George Zimmerman last month.
On May 11 the 36-year-old Apperson fired one round from a .357-caliber handgun at Zimmerman as they drove in separate vehicles on Lake Mary Boulevard.
[…] After the shooting May 11, Lake Mary police Detective Michelle Hernandez wrote in her report, “It appears that Apperson has a fixation on Zimmerman.”
Apperson had been in a mental institution a few weeks prior, according to investigative records.
Today, the State Attorney’s Office in Sanford filed three charges against Apperson: attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault with a firearm and shooting into an occupied vehicle.
If convicted he would face a minimum-mandatory sentence of 20 years in prison under Florida’s 10-20-life statute. (read more)
