Matthew Apperson, the 37-year-old man who shot at George Zimmerman's car, has been convicted of attempted murder, according to the Associated Press.
Apperson and Zimmerman had a confrontation in Lake Mary, Fla. in May of 2015, several months after Apperson alleged that Zimmerman threatened him in a bout of road rage. In this more recent incident, Zimmerman testified that he was driving to the doctor and noticed a car was in pursuit. He claimed the driver pulled up and fired at his car. "I heard a bang and my ears started ringing," he alleges. According to CNN, Zimmerman was cut by shattered glass from the car window.
Apperson claimed that Zimmerman flashed his gun first, but the prosecutor countered that Apperson could not have even seen a gun because the windows on Zimmerman's car had a very dark tint.
Apperson was convicted of attempted second-degree murder, shooting into a vehicle, and aggravated assault with a firearm. He will be sentenced in mid-October.
Zimmerman first came to public attention in 2012 when he shot and killed Trayvon Martin in a racially-charged incident that made headlines nationwide. Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder charges for the killing.
Since then, he has made headlines for numerous arrests and run-ins with the law, as well as for auctioning off the gun he used to kill Martin. The weapon eventually sold for $138,900. Zimmerman has also auctioned off paintings and attempted to set up a celebrity boxing match with DMX.
