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>> when you got behind the townhomes, did you seein? >> i did. >> how many people did you see? >> a quick break. officer tim smith, first officer responding on the scene. hes the one who slapped the handcuffs on george zimmerman. hes setting the scene, a murky, dark, rainy night in february of last year. spokesman i have to look my so bbest on camera.sing whether im telling people about how they could save money on car insurance with geico... yeah, a little bit more of the lime green love yeah.....

Were returning now to sanford, florida. this is officer tim smith. he was the first officer on the scene the night of the shooting. lets listen in. >> how did you get the gate code? >> dispatch. >> all right. >> may i approach the witness? would you dim the lights? >> yes, you may. >> sir, up on the screen is states exhibit 2. do you recognize that? >> yes, i do. >> is that an aerial photograph that includes the retreat at twin lakes complex? >> yes, it is. >> can you show the members of the jur...

>> no. and the investigators and crime scene technicians respond to that scene while you were still present? >> yes, sir. >> and did those officers and technicians take over the scene after that arrived? >> yes, sir. >> did you have any further involvement with the case? >> no, sir. >> thank you, sir. judge, thats all i have. >> thank you, mr. omara? >> good afternoon, officer. >> thank you. >> just a couple of questions. when you -- you had heard, as you were on your way, that officer smith had...

Or perhaps after midnight on the 27th? >> yes, sir. >> thank you, sir. >> i very brief followup. i think it was just a mistake, but i want to clear it up. mr. guy when he suggested his maneuvering for the picture actually lifted up his left arm. you had testified, however, pretty certainly that the gun was on his right side. correct? >> correct. >> and that he lifted up his right arm. >> correct. >> so you have flow question in your mind whatsoever, do you, that the gun of located on his right h...

That is allowed because of the trustworthy nature of it. another neighbor, eyewitness. he was the one out there right at the pinnacle point of time before the shot. and why is this important? because the defense has to show that george zimmerman believed reasonably he was going to die by serious bodily injury. he saw in three stage, w horizontal on the grass, over to the cement and then george zimmerman was yelling for him. then officer tim smith took the stand and said when he arrived just a mi...

>> and the interested parties, in that case, mr. zimmerman, and mr. martin. >> yes, sir. >> okay. from your awareness of it, did officer smith have any concerns with securing mr. zimmerman? was there -- >> no. i mean, he got himself secured. >> okay. >> and tock him to his vehicle and secured him in the vehicle. he was good. >> was mr. zimmerman compliant as far as you were aware? >> yes. >> did you do ever -- did he do everything that officer smith asked him to do? >> yes, he did. >> did he dis...

You? >> i believe it was officer ayala. >> and where did officer ayala do when he arrived to the scene? >> he went to attend to mr. >> he went to attend to mr. >> he attended to mr. martin. >> dollar any other -- do you recall any other officers going trayvon martins body. >> yes. >> whose was that? >> sergeant raimondo. >> were you wearing gloves when you first contacted the defendant and removed his firearm from his holster. >> i was not. >> did you handle the firearm in any special way when y...

And you say that, dont you? >> yes, sir. >> if i had a cell phone, you think it would be appropriate if i had a cell phone, you say, see my hands, to maybe go like this? >> no. >> or even like this? >> no, i would not. >> what would you want me to do that with cell phone? >> drop it where its at. >> why? >> that way we make sure we have no weapons and nothing in your hands. >> okay. when you came on with smith, did you take out your weapon as well? >> yes, sir. >> same reason? >> yes, sir. >> yo...

>> it was determined by the lead marry medic on the scene that the heart rhythm was incompatable to life. >> was trayvon martin then pronounced dead at the scene? >> yes. >> very quiet courtroom during that testimony. and the gun, the pistol owned by george zimmerman, used to shoot and kill trayvon martin, also brought out for the jurors to see yet again, about 20 minutes ago. the first responding police officer from sanford pd, tim smith, testifying that when he pulled up on scene just minutes ...

Initially? >> correct. >> because hes at least a fellow officer potentially in a dangerous situation. >> yes, sir. >> okay. once you realized, did you come to realize that officer smith had that part of the situation including mr. zimmerman under control? did that happen? >> well, i had my weapon out until, well, i was having my eyes on mr. zimmerman and trayvon at the same time. we didnt know what was going on. >> right. >> as soon as he secured zimmerman, i went ahead and focused on trayvon, m...