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Authorities have said little about what led to last week's violence on Lake Mary Boulevard, but a police report describes the person charged with shooting at George Zimmerman as a mentally unstable man with a possible obsession with the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer.

Other details about Matthew Apperson's past have emerged as well. Law enforcement records show several instances in which Apperson portrayed himself as the victim in calls to Winter Springs Police Department since 2005 including two separate occasions where he said a neighbor's boyfriend threatened to kill him.

The May 11 shooting on Lake Mary Boulevard was the third altercation between Apperson, 35, and Zimmerman since their first encounter during an alleged road-rage incident in September.

It also came a day after a neighbor in Winter Springs accused Apperson of behaving strangely and killing a squirrel in her backyard with a BB gun, records show.

"During the investigation, I learned that Apperson has exhibited unusual behaviors in which he had recently been admitted to a mental institution," an officer wrote in Apperson's arrest report. "It appears that Apperson has a fixation on Zimmerman and has displayed signs of paranoia, anxiety and bipolar disorder."

Apperson was arrested Friday. He is facing several charges in the shooting, including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and firing a deadly missile into an occupied conveyance.

He is currently out of jail on bond. A judge ordered him to avoid contact with Zimmerman. He turned in his guns to deputies on Sunday.

In the first two encounters Apperson told police that he felt threatened by Zimmerman, but Apperson didn't press charges.

Apperson said Zimmerman pointed a gun at him while both were driving on West Lake Mary Boulevard on May 11. "I hope I got him this time," an officer overheard Apperson say after the shooting, according to the police report.

Apperson and his family's attorneys have not shared many details about his background or whether he is, in fact, obsessed with Zimmerman. According to his Facebook page, Apperson is from San Diego, Calif.

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Feb. 19, 2012 -- Trayvon Martin, 17, and Tracy, his father, travel from Miami Gardens to Sanford, Fla., to visit the elder Martin's fiancee in her townhome at The Retreat at Twin Lakes. Photo courtesy of globalgrind.com

Feb. 26, 2012 -- Trayvon Martin is walking to the home of his father's fiancee after purchasing items from a 7-Eleven store in Sanford. George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, spots Martin at approximately 7 p.m. and calls police. "We've had some break-ins in my neighborhood, and there's a real suspicious guy," Zimmerman tells police.

Feb. 26, 2012 -- Roughly seven minutes after Zimmerman's call to police, authorities receive a 911 call from an individual reporting a fight. During the call, the dispatcher hears a gunshot in the background and sends police units to the location. Responding officers discover that Martin has been shot in the chest. The teen is unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene. Police find no identification on Martin and label him a John Doe.

Feb. 26, 2012 -- Questioned by police, Zimmerman informs them that Martin attacked him and he fired his gun in self-defense. Authorities confiscate Zimmerman's 9 mm semi-automatic pistol and take him to the Sanford Police Department for further questioning.

Feb. 27, 2012 -- Following a lengthy interview, George Zimmerman is released from the police station at approximately 1 a.m. Hours later, Tracy Martin contacts police to report his son missing. Investigators soon connect the dots and inform the elder Martin of his son's death. After receiving treatment from a family doctor, Zimmerman meets with investigators and reenacts the events of the shooting at the crime scene.

March 8, 2012 -- Tracy Martin holds a press conference, during which he criticizes the investigation into his son's slaying. "We feel justice hasn't been served," Martin tells reporters.

March 9, 2012 -- Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump tells the Miami Herald he is filing a lawsuit for the release of public records in the case.

March 10, 2012 -- Members of the New Black Panther Party, contending there has been a "miscarriage of justice," rally outside the Sanford Police Department.

March 12, 2012 -- Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee holds a press conference, at which he claims that investigators were unable to arrest Zimmerman because he was protected by Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which allows residents to shoot someone if they reasonably believe they are being threatened. "There is no evidence to dispute Zimmerman's assertion that he shot Martin out of self-defense," Lee says. In response, Martin's parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, post a petition on the Change.org website calling for State Attorney Angela Corey to prosecute Zimmerman. The petition quickly garners support from multiple celebrities and receives nearly 900,000 signatures the first week.

March 13, 2012 -- In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the NAACP expresses doubt in the Sanford Police Department's ability to appropriately handle the investigation, asking the Department of Justice to review the case. "The NAACP has no confidence that, absent federal oversight, the Sanford Police Department will devote the necessary degree of care to its investigation," the letter says. Sanford police announce the completion of their investigation and turn the case over to the State Attorney's Office for Brevard and Seminole Counties. "Trayvon Martin and his family, interested persons, and the public-at-large are entitled to no less than a thorough, deliberate and just review of the information provided, along with any other evidence that may or may not be developed in the course of the review process," State Attorney Norm Wolfinger's office says in a statement.

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A man was arrested in Florida today and accused of "intentionally" shooting at George Zimmerman's car earlier this week, police said.

Detectives said they determined Matthew Apperson "did intentionally fire his weapon into the vehicle occupied by George Zimmerman without provocation," the Lake Mary Police Department said in a news release this evening.

Apperson was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and firing a deadly missile into an occupied conveyance, police said.

Apperson turned himself into the police early this evening and was taken to the John E. Polk Correctional Facility, police said.

According to an arrest report released by the Lake Mary police, Apperson "has exhibited unusual behaviors" and "It appears that Apperson has a fixation on Zimmerman."

Apperson's attorney, Mark NeJame, said in a statement tonight, "the case will proceed through the criminal justice system appropriately and ultimately a determination will be made as what truly happened. Mr. Apperson will continue not to comment until such time as it may be deemed appropriate."

NeJame said "bond is set at $35,000 and his release has been arranged."

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PHOTO: In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, file photo, George Zimmerman listens in court, in Sanford, Fla., during his hearing on charges including aggravated assault stemming from a fight with his girlfriend.

Zimmerman had flagged down an officer in Lake Mary Monday, saying someone shot at him and his car, the police said. At the same time, someone called 911 on behalf of Apperson, reporting that he had said he shot Zimmerman, police said.

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Matthew Apperson turned himself in to authorities Friday and was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and firing a deadly missile into an occupied conveyance, an arrest report said.

Apperson posted bail and was released Saturday, according to the Seminole County Jail.

Zimmerman and Apperson have been in an ongoing dispute, police said, with Apperson calling them last year because he felt threatened by Zimmerman.

On Monday, Zimmerman flagged down a Lake Mary police officer shortly after 1 p.m., saying he had been involved in a shooting. At about the same time, someone called 911 for Apperson to say he was the other person involved in the shooting. Zimmerman was taken to the hospital for treatment and released.

In a later interview with police, Zimmerman said he was driving when a man in a car threatened and shot into his truck, an arrest report said.

Apperson later told police Zimmerman made a threat and pointed a gun at him while he was in his car, so he fired one shot at Zimmerman's truck, the report said. Zimmerman told police he didn't point a gun at Apperson.

Zimmerman became well known after he was charged with fatally shooting unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. A jury acquitted him in 2013.

He's made news with other incidents since then.

In November 2013, police arrested Zimmerman at his then-girlfriend's home in Apopka, Florida, after an apparent fight. The woman later asked that the charges be dropped and Zimmerman was not prosecuted.

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Matthew Apperson is under investigation over a shot fired into Zimmerman's car earlier this week Apperson, 35, was said by neighbors to be 'irrational and unstable' in days leading up to Zimmerman confrontation Friend of George Zimmerman tells Daily Mail Online he is shaken but feels God was 'watching over him that day' Zimmerman, who was cleared of the death of Trayvon Martin, is now thinking of quitting Florida because he gets 'trouble' there Decision due within days on whether Apperson will be charged over shot fired at Zimmerman which he says was self-defense

By Paul Thompson In Lake Mary, Florida For Dailymail.com

Published: 10:05 EST, 14 May 2015 | Updated: 21:39 EST, 15 May 2015

George Zimmerman has told friends he is lucky to be alive after narrowly avoiding being shot during an alleged road rage incident.

The former neighborhood volunteer told a friend 'It just wasn't my time to go.'

But the near miss has shaken up the 38-year-old so much that he is now considering leaving Florida for good to start a new life in another state.

Police in Lake Mary, Florida, are investigating the incident in which a bullet entered Zimmerman's car through the passenger window and lodge in the roof of his SUV.

Zimmerman suffered minor injuries from flying glass - but has acknowledged to friends he could have been killed.

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Shot: The bullet hole can be seen in the passenger window; Zimmerman suffered injuries from flying glass

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