The state attorney handling the Trayvon Martin case says she will hold a news conference with new information soon.

Angela Corey's office announced Tuesday night that Corey will hold a news conference within the next 72 hours. The newsmedia will only get three hours notice ahead of the news conference. The announcement also said the news conference would be in either Jacksonville or Sanford.

Again, the announcement also said Corey would release new information.

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George Zimmerman opens new website

The man who has claimed he shot and killed Trayvon Martin in self-defense has finally broken his silence with a new website.

The website, called TheRealGeorgeZimmerman.com, was set up over the weekend, and George Zimmerman's attorney has confirmed it was, indeed, launched by his client.

On the site's front page, Zimmerman thanks his supporters, saying the website's sole purpose is to ensure his supporters that they are receiving his full attention:

"I have been forced to leave my home, my school, my employer, my family and ultimately, my entire life."

Besides audio from 911 calls released by Sanford police, this is the first time the public has heard directly from George Zimmerman since Trayvon Martin's death.

The site also includes a "Donate" link attached to an account on PayPal. The account is supposed to help pay for legal fees.

According to the website's registration information, TheRealGeorgeZimmerman.com was registered Sunday through GoDaddy. That company is listed as the site's administrative contact, so Zimmerman's personal contact information can remain private.

The website temporarily went down Monday night after initial reports of its existence because of capacity problems.

Meanwhile, Zimmerman's lawyers are no longer representing him. They held a news conference Tuesday, saying that he had stopped contacting them.

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No grand jury means no first-degree murder charge

Monday's announcement that the investigation into Trayvon Martin's death will not go to a grand jury means George Zimmerman will not be charged with first-degree murder.

There must be a formal indictment from a grand jury to bring a first-degree murder charge to trial.

Lawyers, however, said the move away from that step in a case like Trayvon Martin's is not unusual.

Florida state attorney Angela Corey made the announcement Monday that she had decided not to use a grand jury, which would have convened Tuesday. Her office has had the case for more than two weeks.

Corey's decision does not change the investigation, and the prosecutor said it also doesn't change whatever her final decision may be.

When that final decision will be made remains a mystery, but the Sanford Police Department said it has a plan on how to handle things when Corey does make her decision.

Police officials would not immediately go into details about that plan.

Shots fired in Sanford

Shots were fired late Monday night in the same neighborhood at the center of the Trayvon Martin investigation, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office confirmed Thursday morning.

Investigators said the gunfire hit an unoccupied vehicle in the Retreat at Twin Lakes subdivision, in Sanford.

The car was parked across the street from the same complex where Trayvon Martin was shot.