Snohomish family mistakenly linked to Trayvon Martin’s shooter

A Snohomish County family is getting harassed by an
unknown caller just because they have the wrong last
name.

Lori Zimmerman told KING-5 that a man has
called several times accusing her of being related to
George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed 17-year-old
Trayvon Martin in Florida last month. Lorie and her
husband have six kids and four grandchildren, but they
have no relation to George Zimmerman.

“This foul-mouthed man came on the phone and said ‘Lorie,
you must be related to guy in Florida that shot that boy,
maybe you should be shot,'” Zimmerman said of the
harassing phone calls.

The Zimmermans have filed a report with the Snohomish
County Sheriff’s Office after receiving a series of
threatening calls within the past several days.
Investigators told the family that the calls are coming
from a Nebraska area code, but they’ve also been told that
the caller could be disguising his number.

“We are aware of what’s going on,” Zimmerman said. “If
this man did hurt this boy wrong, I hope he gets taken
care
of, but we’re not responsible for this.”