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Unsolved February 26, 2012 Homicide

Trayvon Martin

Status Unsolved
Type Homicide
Date February 26, 2012
Location Sanford, Florida
Victim Age 17
Gender Male

Seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman was acquitted of murder and manslaughter in 2013. His acquittal sparked the Black Lives Matter movement. The case remains controversial and is considered partially unresolved.

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