SANFORD, Fla. — The man accused of shooting at George Zimmerman has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor that will alert Zimmerman if the man is nearby.
Matthew Apperson appeared in court on Friday, where a judge decided he should wear the proximity monitor.
Apperson had been in a mental health facility three weeks before shooting at Zimmerman on Lake Mary Boulevard, according to the motion filed by the state before Friday's hearing.
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On the day of the shooting, Apperson asked his mother for his gun that she was holding onto for safekeeping. His mother refused, so he flashed a second weapon at her, according to authorities.
Apperson had two guns in his vehicle when it was searched by Lake Mary Police and Zimmerman had a gun as well.
The two men know one another from a previous road rage incident in September 2014, which happened along the same stretch of road.
The attorney for Apperson called the new motion for a GPS device ridiculous.
"Mr. Apperson has been abiding by each and every condition of his bond. He's been following the courts orders to a T," attorney Michael LaFay told Channel 9's Ryan Hughes Thursday night.
Investigators claim Apperson has a fixation on Zimmerman, but Apperson's attorney said it was Zimmerman who posed a threat.
"I think that Mr. Apperson has a fair, has a very good case of self-defense," LaFay said.
Originally, Zimmerman requested no GPS tracking for Apperson because he didn't want his address published.
"He went through a remarkably traumatic event. You don't get over that very quickly," said Zimmerman's attorney, Don West.
Zimmerman said he has gotten threats after his acquittal in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, so he has always kept his address out of court documents.
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