Still doubtful . Don't take my word for it , do some research on wound dynamics , along with ballistics and just how a given projectile dumps it's force.
He *may* have gotten some blood on him , it's relatively speaking on the short side of the odds , call it 4 to 1 against even if he's inches away. Nobody has said anything about the *wound* , if it's a contact wound then the " on top of him " postulation may hold some water , the WHY of that and the **who initiated conflict** will tell the story if it turned out to be true.
If there is any powder stippling on either garments or the wound itself then it was quite close , the deeper and more concentrated the stippling the closer the contact , unburned powder directly deposited into the wound channel would indicate a *contact* wound.
Look I'm not outing myself any further on this subject , do the research and you'll find out what I'm stating is true. I'd also be interested in the ***specifics*** of the sidearm in question if they are available. Regardless of what anyone within this thread may say the *type* of firearm may say quite a lot.
Prediction , it will turn out to be a low to medium end 9mm parabellum or .40 s and w , Glock , Taurus , Ruger etc. It won't turn out to be a *real* shooters sidearm such as a Sig , Bauer , Kimber or Brown. There IS a possibility of it being a lower end semi-auto in one of the " Pimp " cartridges such as .380 or .32 acp. If it's a revolver ( which I doubt) it'll be junk such as a Rossi.
The other possibility is that it will be whatever was " New and Bangerific" in the last issue of " Combat Handguns and Testosterone" that Zimmerman perused.
NOW........Flip side time to a degree. *IF* Zimmerman did it as I and others suspect and *IF* he has any humanity , morals and ethics whatsoever............then HE has constructed his own ***lifelong*** living HELL that only death will save him from and which will be a far more effective punishment than anything that we or the law could conceive.
Same thing if it alls turns out to be an accident.
Some food for thought.