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Side. and i grabbed it and i grabbed my firearm and i shot him one time. >> in multiple recorded interviews zimmerman never tells police that trayvon martin ever touched his gun. dna testing seems to agree, there was no trace of trayvon mart martins dna on the guns grip. cutors list osstermans book with zimmermans conflicting account as potential evidence possibly to challenge zimmermans credibility. as for his connection to the gun zimmerman was carrying, osterman says its hard to answer the qu...

Want to give you a little background on ossterman. hes his best friend. heres a little bit more about him. this is from david mattingly. >> reporter: when george zimmerman was worried about an aggressive neighborhood dog, he bought a gun and went to his friend, david ossterman. >> once you get married, he changed his perspective in life and that he was not responsible just for himself but his wife. >> ossterman helped zimmerman weigh the prois and cons on how to choose the gun. it was easy to co...

Reason for doing that, if it was on your person, it cant be anywhere else. >> reporter: it was on his person the night he encountered trayvon martin. he told osterman how he grabbed it during the fight. >> according to what he told me, when the head bashing on the concrete stopped and trayvon reached for the firearm that was at his side, grabbed ahold of it. >> reporter: osterman quoted it in a book. somehow i broke his handle on the gun. i got the gun in my hand, raised it towards the guys ches...

Testimony couldnt help zimmerman. >> i only heard the story twice, and whether it was grabbed the gun, grabbed for the gun, i just -- perhaps it was just the intent. but i believed he said he grabbed the gun. >> reporter: months before the trial, osterman, a federal air marshal, described to me in detail how he helped zimmerman weigh the pros and cons before he settled on buying a thin, lightweight .9 millimeters. it was easy to conceal, easy to carry. and acting on ostermans advice, zimmerman c...

Arm and i grabbed my gun and i aimed it at him and fired one shot. >> reporter: dna testing seems to agree. there was no trace of trayvon martins dna on the guns grip. prosecutors list ostermans book with zimmermans conflicting account as potential evidence, possibly to challenge zimmermans credibility. as for his connection to the gun zimmerman was carrying, osterman says its hard to answer the question does he feel regret. >> so, i would wish it would have never happened. however, the reason w...

The jury will have to decide that, and i think once they think about those two things, it will be rather clear whats relevant and whats not. >> benjamin crump, always good to talk to you and thank you very much for taking the time. one of george zimmermans best friends could complicate his defense. mark osterman came to zimmermans aid the night he shot and killed trayvon martin, and the account that he says zimmerman told him about what happened that night doesnt add up to some of zimmermans l...

Afraid? >> no. >> that something may have happened? >> no. the thing was, was he had felt that once he gets married -- once you get married he said that he possibly changed his perspective in life and that he was responsible not just for himself anymore but for his wife. >> reporter: osterman, a federal law enforcement officer, helped zimmerman weigh the pros and cons before he settled on a thin lightweight 9 millimeter. it was easy to conceal, easy to carry, and acting on ostermans advice, zimm...