Spike Lee Incorrectly Tweets

Spike Lee has apologized to a Florida couple who say they were forced to go away their home when a Twitter posting that the director helped unfold listed their address as that of a person who shot an unarmed teenager.

The director retweeted an address said to belong to George Zimmerman, the person who shot Trayvon Martin dead on Feb. 26, to his 250,000 followers, in step with website thesmokinggun.com. however the address was incorrect and has caused the couple to travel into hiding.

David McClain, 72, and his wife Elaine McClain, 70, are currently living in a very hotel and said they are concerned for their safety.

“We’re afraid for our lives,” Elaine McClain told WKMG-TV in Orlando.

McClain said her son’s middle name is George and his last name is Zimmerman, however he hadn’t lived at the residence since 1995.

Elaine McClain has heart issues, and when contacted by ABCNews.com, said she was not doing well and was heading out to a doctor’s appointment. McClain said she and her husband parked round the corner from their home and were briefly stopping by to grab garments and other necessities.



Elaine and David McClain are within their 70s and say they need a son named William George Zimmerman who lived in their Sanford-area home in the mid-1990s. they are saying he is no relation to 28-year-old George Zimmerman who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26.

Lee tweeted late Wednesday: "I Deeply Apologize To The McClain Family For Retweeting Their Address. it had been miscalculation. Please Leave The McClain's In Peace."

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