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Feb 05, 1995 Florida, United States Died on 26 Feb 2012 (aged 17)
victim of the 2012 shooting in Sanford, Florida, United States
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About Trayvon Martin
- Trayvon Benjamin Martin (February 5, 1995 – February 26, 2012) was a 17-year-old African-American teenager from Miami Gardens, Florida, who was fatally shot in Sanford, Florida by George Zimmerman.
- Martin had gone with his father on a visit to his father's fiancée at her townhouse at The Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford.
- On the evening of February 26, Martin was walking back alone to the fiancée's house from a nearby convenience store.
- Zimmerman, a member of the community watch, saw Martin and reported him to the Sanford Police as suspicious.
- Moments later, there was an altercation and Zimmerman fatally shot Martin in the chest. Zimmerman was injured during the encounter and claimed he had been defending himself; he was not charged at the time.
- The police said there was no evidence to refute his claim of self-defense, and that Florida's stand your ground law prohibited them from arresting or charging him.
- After national media focused on the incident, Zimmerman was eventually charged and tried, but the jury acquitted him of second-degree murder and manslaughter in July 2013. Martin was born in Miami, Florida, and attended both Norland Middle School and Highland Oaks Middle School, in north Miami-Dade County, Florida.
- He attended Miami Carol City High School in Miami Gardens for his freshman and sophomore years.
- At the time of the shooting, Martin was a junior at Dr.
- Michael M.
- Krop High School in north Miami-Dade. Following Martin's death, rallies, marches and protests were held across the nation.
- In March 2012, hundreds of students at his high school held a walkout in support of him.
- An online petition calling for a full investigation and prosecution of Zimmerman garnered 2.2 million signatures.
- Also in March, the media coverage surrounding Martin's death became the first story of 2012 to be featured more than the presidential race, which was underway at the time.
- A national debate about racial profiling and 'stand your ground' laws ensued.
- The governor of Florida appointed a task force to examine the state's self-defense laws.
- Martin's life was scrutinized by the media and bloggers.
- The name Trayvon was tweeted more than two million times in the 30 days following the shooting.
- More than 1,000 people attended the viewing of his remains the day before his funeral, which was held on March 3, 2012 in Miami, Florida.
- He was buried in Dade-Memorial Park (North), in Miami.
- A memorial was dedicated to Martin at the Goldsboro Westside Historical Museum, a black history museum in Sanford in July 2013.
