In this June 24, 2013 file photo, George Zimmerman, left, arrives in Seminole circuit court, with his wife Shellie, in Sanford, Fla. Shellie Zimmerman called police on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, saying her husband threatened her and her dad with a gun. Zimmerman was acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool, File)
September 09, 2013 - 12:22 PM
ORLANDO, Fla. - George Zimmerman's wife has called police to her father's house, saying the former neighbourhood watch volunteer who was acquitted of murder threatened her with a gun.
Police Chief Steve Bracknell says Shellie Zimmerman called police shortly after 2 p.m. Monday.
Bracknell says Zimmerman hasn't been arrested and officers are at the house trying to determine what happened.
Shellie Zimmerman filed for divorce last week.
In the divorce petition, Shellie Zimmerman says she and her husband separated a month after Zimmerman was acquitted of any crime for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, last July.
Zimmerman's acquittal led to protests across America, and a nationwide debate on race, and gun ownership.
News from © The Associated Press, 2013