A driver called Lake Mary police earlier this week, accusing former Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman of threatening to shoot him during a road-rage incident. 
 
 Zimmerman, 30, was not arrested. 
 
 Lake Mary Police Chief Steve Bracknell said the man, 35-year-old Matthew Apperson of Winter Springs, did not want to press charges, so there would be no arrest. 
 
 Apperson told a 911 dispatcher Tuesday morning that he was driving his Honda Accord on Lake Mary Boulevard, made a U-turn and headed west-bound when a Honda Ridgeline truck pulled alongside and someone inside rolled down his window. 
 
 "George Zimmerman was the driver, and they were threatening to kick my ___ and to shoot me," Apperson told the dispatcher. 
 
 Apperson said he pulled into a Circle K to find a phone so he could call for help when the Ridgeline made a maneuver to block him and "almost hit my car." 
 
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 Zimmerman "said he was going to shoot me dead," Apperson told the dispatcher. 
 
 According to a police report, a store surveillance video showed that as Apperson was walking into the store, the Ridgeline left. 
 
 Apperson said he did not see any weapons in Zimmerman's truck, but police discovered that Apperson was carrying a gun. He has a concealed weapons permit, according to the report. 
 
 Two days later, Apperson called Lake Mary police again to report that he believed Zimmerman had followed him and was watching his movements. 
 
 Police investigated, found Zimmerman in his Ridgeline nearby, pulled him over and questioned him. He told them he had a doctor's appointment in a nearby building. 
 
 They took a handgun from him but returned it near the end of their eight-minute exchange, according to an officer's body video camera and patrol car dash camera. 
 
 Zimmerman appeared relaxed and at ease, especially shortly before departing. He shook hands with the two officers before climbing back into his truck, the video shows. 
 
 Bracknell said Apperson did not want to press charges the second time either. 
 
 Zimmerman was acquitted last year of murdering Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black 17-year-old, whom he fatally shot Feb. 26, 2012, in a Sanford neighborhood. 
 
 Since then, he's had several run-ins with police. He spent two days in the Seminole County Jail in November after his then-girlfriend accused him of threatening her with a shotgun, pushing her out the door of their home and locking it. 
 
 She later recanted, and prosecutors dropped the case. 
 
 Two months earlier, his estranged wife, Shellie, and her father accused Zimmerman of threatening them with a gun as the couple tried to divide up their personal belongings. However, neither Shellie Zimmerman nor her father said they ever saw a gun - only that Zimmerman acted as if he had one and appeared to move his hand toward it. 
 
 He was handcuffed that day but released. 
 
 Sentinel staffer Stephen Hudak contributed to this report. rstutzman@tribune.com or 407-650-65394 ||||| ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police recovered a handgun from George Zimmerman and took two guns from a man accused of shooting at Zimmerman while both were driving, authorities said Tuesday. 
 
 Don West, attorney for George Zimmerman, talks about a shooting incident in Lake Mary, Fla., Monday, May 11, 2015, in Orlando, Fla. Matthew Apperson, who authorities say was involved in the Monday shooting... (Associated Press) 
 
 A truck is towed at the scene of a shooting involving George Zimmerman, Monday, May 11, 2015, near Trailhead Park in Lake Mary, Fla. The man who called 911 to report he was involved in the shooting appears... (Associated Press) 
 
 Matthew Apperson, who authorities say was involved in a shooting incident involving George Zimmerman, enters the Lake Mary Police Department with his attorney Monday, May 11, 2015, in Lake Mary, Fla.... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - In this July 9, 2013, file photo, George Zimmerman leaves the courtroom for a lunch break his trial in Seminole Circuit Court, in Sanford, Fla. Police officers in Florida say Zimmerman has been... (Associated Press) 
 
 Binaca Gillette, a public information officer from the Lake Mary Police Department, conducts a news conference Monday, May 11, 2015, in Lake Mary, Fla., regarding a shooting incident involving George... (Associated Press) 
 
 Police also released a 911 call in which the caller says the other man, Matthew Apperson, told him he was forced to fire his gun Monday at the former neighborhood watch leader on a busy street in the Orlando suburb of Lake Mary. 
 
 "A guy says he had to shoot a guy through the window and he wants the police to come," the man said on the call. "He had to shoot at somebody ... He said it was George Zimmerman." 
 
 Police have not said what led up to the shooting. Apperson's attorney, Mark NeJame, said the shooting was "a good, old-fashioned self-defense case." 
 
 "He is not looking for trouble. He did not want trouble," NeJame said of Apperson. "He's not following George Zimmerman around. He's not wanting anything to do with George Zimmerman, as it relates to any of this." 
 
 Zimmerman suffered minor injuries from flying glass and debris. 
 
 Two guns were taken from Apperson's car, including a revolver that had a spent shell casing. Police officers will also execute a search warrant on Zimmerman's pickup truck, said Lake Mary Police Officer Bianca Gillett. 
 
 Both men had the guns legally. 
 
 Detectives are still investigating and no charges have been filed against Zimmerman or Apperson. Gillett said the investigation could take time. Documents released Tuesday show that detectives are investigating the shooting as a possible aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill. 
 
 "It was a busy time of day on a very busy street," Gillett said. "We are thinking there is someone that saw something that they could come forward and provide that information to the Lake Mary Police Department." 
 
 Zimmerman and Apperson were involved in a road-rage episode last September. Apperson said Zimmerman had threatened to kill him, asking "Do you know who I am?" during a confrontation in their vehicles. Apperson decided not to pursue charges and police officers were unable to move forward without a license plate number or witnesses. 
 
 Two days later, Apperson called police to report that Zimmerman's truck was parked outside, near the disability-benefits office where Apperson works. Zimmerman told police officers that he had an appointment in the same office park, and no charges were filed. 
 
 Zimmerman's attorney, Don West, told WESH in Orlando that Zimmerman no longer lived in the area. He had returned for a Mother's Day visit Sunday and was heading to a doctor's appointment before the confrontation. West didn't return a phone call Tuesday afternoon. 
 
 Other than Monday's shooting and the incidents in September, Apperson and Zimmerman have had no prior relationship, NeJame said. 
 
 "He doesn't know him. They do not have a relationship," NeJame said. 
 
 Zimmerman was acquitted in the February 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in a case that sparked protests and a national debate about race relations. The Justice Department later decided not to bring a civil rights case against Zimmerman. 
 
 Since then, Zimmerman has had several brushes with the law, including two unrelated cases in which he was charged with assault based on complaints from two girlfriends. In both cases, the girlfriends refused to cooperate and charges were dropped. His estranged wife also accused him of smashing her IPad during an argument days after she filed divorce papers. No charges were filed because of lack of evidence. 
 
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 FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, file photo, George Zimmerman, acquitted in the high-profile killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, listens in court, in Sanford, Fla., during his hearing.... (Associated Press) 
 
 LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — A man who shot at George Zimmerman during a confrontation earlier this week along a busy central Florida road has been arrested. 
 
 Matthew Apperson was charged on Friday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and firing a missile into an occupied conveyance, Lake Mary police reported in a news release. Apperson turned himself in at the police department Friday evening. 
 
 Zimmerman's attorney, Don West, has said the former neighborhood watch volunteer had recently moved to another state but came back to the Orlando suburb of Lake Mary for Mother's Day. He was driving to a doctor's appointment Monday when Apperson intentionally fired his gun into Zimmerman's truck without provocation, detectives said. 
 
 Police recovered two guns from Apperson and one from Zimmerman. 
 
 Both men had their guns legally. The passenger window of Zimmerman's pickup had a bullet hole in it, and Zimmerman suffered minor injuries from flying glass and debris. 
 
 Apperson's attorney, Mark NeJame, said earlier this week that the shooting was "a good, old-fashioned self-defense case." He said their encounter on Monday was pure "happenstance." 
 
 Zimmerman and Apperson were involved in a road-rage episode last September. Apperson said Zimmerman had threatened to kill him after Apperson made a U-turn that put him in an adjacent lane, asking "Do you know who I am?" 
 
 Apperson decided not to pursue charges. 
 
 Two days later, Apperson called police to report that Zimmerman's truck was parked near the disability-benefits office where he works. Zimmerman told police officers he had an appointment in the same office park, and no charges were filed. 
 
 Zimmerman was acquitted in the February 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in a case that sparked protests and a national debate about race relations. The Justice Department later decided not to bring a civil rights case against Zimmerman. 
 
 Since then, Zimmerman was charged with assault based on complaints from two girlfriends. In both cases, the girlfriends refused to cooperate and charges were dropped. His estranged wife also accused him of smashing her iPad during an argument days after she filed divorce papers. No charges were filed because of lack of evidence.
– George Zimmerman is making headlines again, and these ones aren't good, either. A man in Lake Mary, Fla., says Zimmerman threatened to shoot him in a road rage confrontation, then showed up two days later near the man's work site, reports the Orlando Sentinel. Though he called police, who arrived and confirmed that it was indeed Zimmerman, the other man declined to press charges and Zimmerman wasn't arrested. Officers briefly confiscated a handgun from Zimmerman, who was acquitted last year in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, but returned it to him, shook hands, and sent him on his way. The incident began Tuesday morning, when 35-year-old Matthew Apperson made a U-turn on Lake Mary Boulevard and a truck soon pulled up alongside. He recognized the driver as Zimmerman, who reportedly said, "Do you know who I am? I will kill you," reports AP. When Apperson pulled off at a gas to phone police, Zimmerman followed but left before officers arrived. Two days later, Apperson called 911 again when he spotted Zimmerman in his truck, near Apperson's place of work. Zimmerman told officers he had a doctor's appointment nearby.