El 26 de febrer de 2012, George Zimmerman, vigilant d'un barri de Sanford, a Florida (Estats Units), va abatre d'un tret el jove Trayvon Martin mentre sortia de la botiga on acabava de comprar uns caramels.
On February 26, 2012, George Zimmerman, a 'Neighborhood Watch Volunteer' in Sanford, Florida, USA, shot and killed 17 year-old Trayvon Martin while the latter was coming out of a store with freshly-purchased candy.