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The estranged wife of a former neighborhood watchman acquitted in the shooting death of a black teenager called police officers Monday, saying her husband threatened her and her father with a gun.

Shellie聽Zimmerman聽called police shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, said Police Chief Steve Bracknell. In the call, she said George聽Zimmerman聽punched her father in the nose, grabbed an iPad out of her hand and smashed it and threatened them both with a gun.

Shellie聽Zimmerman, who has filed for divorce, initially told an emergency dispatcher that her husband had his hand on his gun as he sat in his car outside the home. She said she was scared because she wasn't sure what Zimmerman聽was capable of doing. But hours later she changed her story and said she never saw a firearm, said Bracknell.

For the time being, "domestic violence can't be invoked because she has changed her story and says she didn't see a firearm," Bracknell said.

"We didn't find a gun," Lake Mary police spokesman Zach Hudson said late Monday night. "We didn't find anything that indicated he had a gun on his person."

Hudson said聽Zimmerman聽was released from investigative detention at around 6:30 p.m. and "he just walked back into the house."

George聽Zimmerman聽was not arrested, Bracknell said. He said the estranged husband and wife blamed each other for starting the fight but that Shellie聽Zimmerman聽would not press charges. Her father also declined to press charges, the police chief said.

Shellie聽Zimmerman聽left the house, which is owned by her parents, after being questioned by police. George Zimmerman聽remained there into early evening and his attorney denied any wrongdoing by his client. Both had been staying in the home until she moved out.

窜颈尘尘别谤尘补苍'蝉听补迟迟辞谤苍别测, Mark O'Mara, said his client never threatened his estranged wife and her father with a gun and never punched his father-in-law. Shellie聽Zimmerman聽had collected most of her belongings Saturday from the house. But she had returned unexpectedly Monday to gather the remaining items. Emotions got out of control, but neither side is filing charges against the other, O'Mara said.

Shellie聽Zimmerman聽said in a divorce petition filed last week that she and her husband separated a month after聽Zimmerman聽was acquitted of any crime for fatally shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last July in Sanford, just a few miles away from Lake Mary.聽Zimmerman's聽acquittal led to protests nationwide.

Last month, Shellie聽Zimmerman, 26, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor perjury charge for lying about the couple's finances during a bail hearing following her husband's arrest after Martin's shooting. She was sentenced to a year's probation and 100 hours of community service. Her husband did not attend the sentencing hearing in the Sanford courtroom.

George聽Zimmerman, 29, said he acted in self-defense when he killed Martin and the polarizing case opened up national discussions on self-defense laws and race. Martin was black.聽Zimmerman聽has a white father and Hispanic mother.

Zimmerman聽has been involved with a domestic case at least once before. In 2005,聽Zimmerman's聽former fiancee filed for a restraining order against聽Zimmerman, alleging domestic violence.聽Zimmerman聽responded by requesting a restraining order against his then-fiancee.

Since his acquittal,聽Zimmerman聽has gotten a speeding ticket in Florida and was pulled over on suspicion of speeding on a highway near Dallas but not ticketed.

Schneider reported from Orlando.