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Wife of George Zimmerman reverses story, says she didn't see a gun

Shellie Zimmerman, the estranged wife of George Zimmerman, called 911 Monday to say he was threatening her with a gun. She has now dramatically changed her story.

By Fabien Tepper, Contributor

Just hours after Sherrie Zimmerman frantically called 911 Monday and told police that her recently estranged husband, George, had punched her father in the nose and threatened both of them with a gun, she recanted, saying that her father would not press charges and she had seen no gun.聽

Her turnaround put brakes on a fresh police investigation into the man who was acquitted in July of murder and manslaughter in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

Florida law treats domestic violence as "a criminal act rather than a domestic matter," so police could still pursue the case and arrest Mr. Zimmerman after viewing video footage gathered from home surveillance cameras and police squad cars.

But police told AP they did not find a gun on Mr. Zimmerman, and Lake Mary, Fla., Police Chief Steve Bracknell said that 鈥渄omestic violence can鈥檛 be invoked because she has changed her story and says she didn鈥檛 see a firearm."

According to CNN, Mr. Zimmerman was sitting in his truck when Ms. Zimmerman called police on Monday:

The same report points to some discrepancy about reports of the alleged gun:

In a July police video taken when a traffic policeman pulled Mr. Zimmerman over for speeding near Dallas, the officer refers clearly to a firearm in Zimmerman's glove compartment.

"Just take it easy, go ahead and shut your glove compartment.聽 Don't play with your firearm, OK?"

Zimmerman got off with a warning, but it was his second return to the public eye within two weeks of his shooting verdict. Days earlier, he had made headlines for helping to rescue a family of four who were trapped in their car, after it rolled over on a highway in Sanford, Fla.

Since then, he has remained visible by earning a speeding ticket in Florida, touring the factory of the of the gunmaker that manufactured the weapon he used to kill Trayvon, and his wife's choice to file divorce. "I have a selfish husband," Sherrie Zimmerman told ABC in a video interview, "and I think George is all about George."