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Could have been trying to move away just before the shot was fired. >> at that point you don't know if trayvon martin was backing up, backing away in terms of providing an angle or whether he was going forward, you can't say? >> all i said is it's consistent with his account, mr. zimmerman's account, that's all. >> it's also consistent with trayvon martin pulling back in terms of providing the same angle. >> i told you that, too, yes, sir. >> reporter: the last testimony of the day was from zimmerman's former neighbor too ill to appear in person. she joined a growing witness of witnesses who s...

You're saying when the gun is out already, is that correct? >> that's correct, sir. >> i want to make sure the jury understands that. you're saying by the time he had the gun out already and was pointing it at the person he ended up shooting, correct? >> yes, sir. >> and at that point, you don't know if trayvon martin was backing up, backing away in terms of providing an angle or whether he was going forward. you can't say. >> all that i said was it's consistent with his account, mr. zimmerman's account. that's all. >> but it's also consistent with trayvon martin pulling back in terms of provi...

Somebody leaning over the person doing the shooting. >> that testimony contradicted what two prosecution eyewitnesses said, that it was mr. zimmerman who was on top of martin. the pathologist also said today under a tough cross-examination, he was forced to admit that mr. zimmerman might have been pulling away. which could undercut a claim of self-defense. >> you don't know if trayvon martin was backing up, backing away in terms of providing an angle, or going forward. you can't say. >> all i said it was consistent with his account, mr. zimmerman's account. that's all. >> but it's also consist...

The scenarios you discussed with him, you are confronting a person, in other words, they're saying, they're giving up, they're backing up, you don't shoot them, correct? >> correct. >> i'm assuming, or do you? do the police chief teach you to shoot them? >> no. >> you mentioned about left-hand, right-handed, did you say he had shot the gun left-handed? did i understand correctly? >> he had shot both. >> he was proficient at boerkts he was right handed? . >> pro sufficient a relative word. >> could he pull the target? >> i wouldn't consider that proficient, just familiar. >> so he could shoot t...

>> this is the one prior? >> no, that's the one i thought was suspicious. >> what was suspicious? >> he was looking at the house intently. the same house that, yeah, i had called about before. he stopped and there was a car like backing up, so i closed down. and then i drove around him. and he kept looking at me and when i passed, it was raining and i said he's not walking briskly to get out of the rain. he wasn't -- didn't look like a marathon runner that was train willing in the rain. just walking slowly. so i thought something was off.