Matthew Apperson, the man who shot at acquitted murderer George Zimmerman — but missed, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison.
Apperson, of Seminole County, Florida, shot at Zimmerman during a road rage incident on May 11, 2015.
Apperson, 38, was convicted last month of attempted second-degree murder, armed aggravated assault and shooting into an occupied vehicle.
Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson sentenced Apperson to the state-mandated minimum: 20 years in prison.
Zimmerman, who spoke after Apperson’s sentencing, laughably said Apperson showed no regard for human life by shooting at him.
Apperson had been free on bail awaiting his sentencing, but a judge locked him up after he urinated in a neighbor’s yard.
In 2013, a majority white jury acquitted Zimmerman, 33, of the senseless murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, whom he stalked as the teenager returned from a trip to a convenience store.
