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As the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin becomes national news, the man who killed the high school junior continues to claim his innocence saying it was all in self-defense.

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But as we delve deeper into the background of 28-year-old George Zimmerman, we see a man who wanted to be a cop so badly that he carried a gun and appointed himself neighborhood watch captain of the Retreat of Twin Lakes Townhomes association.

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On Feb. 26th, Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon while he was walking home from 7-Eleven. Zimmerman called 911 telling them that there was a “suspicious person” in the neighborhood. When police told Zimmerman not to confront Trayvon he did anyway, the two got into a confrontation and Trayvon ended up dead from a gunshot wound to the chest.

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Zimmerman claims he acted in self-defense, and police never considered the case as anything but possible manslaughter.

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Zimmerman’s past suggests that he wanted to be, at one time, a law enforcement official as he attended the University of Central Florida while studying criminal justice.

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He had a concealed-weapons permit to carry and patrolled his neighborhood while carrying his 9mm handgun.

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Zimmerman is an ideal candidate to identify with “Hero Syndrome,” an affliction related to people who seek heroism or recognition. It’s a syndrome associated with people who have a yearning for self-worth.

Once a criminal justice student and now captain of the neighborhood watch, Zimmerman wanted to be a hero. Here a few other things to know about the man who killed Trayvon Martin.