A 16-year-old friend of Trayvon Martin — the last person to hear from the teenager before he was killed — is speaking out, according to ABC News.
The teenager, described on “Good Morning America” as Martin’s girlfriend, is not being identified by ABC based on instructions from her family. She says that Martin told her he was walking home from the store. ABC obtained call logs from Martin’s cell phone.
“He said this man was watching him, so he put his hoodie on. He said he lost the man,” Martin’s friend said.
“I asked Trayvon to run, and he said he was going to walk fast. I told him to run but he said he was not going to run,” she said.
The phone dialog reportedly shows a parallel account of the last moments of Martin’s life, which have become embroiled in controversy. According to the Martin family’s attorney, the cellphone log contradicts George Zimmerman’s claim that he acted in self-defense.
She heard the 17-year-old ask, “What are you following me for?”
Then a man said: “What are you doing around here?”
That man is presumably Zimmerman, who shot Martin on the evening of February 26. Zimmerman was the captain of the neighborhood watch in a gated community in Sanford, Florida.
Source: Craig Johnson
