Trayvon Martin's parents want to write a book about their son

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Trayvon Martin, 17, was slain in a 2012 shooting in Sanford, Fla., by neighborhood crime-watch captain George Zimmerman. Trayvon's parents want to write a book about their son and are shopping it to interested publishers.

The parents of Trayvon Martin want to honor their slain son's memory in a book.

Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin said they want to recount who their 17-year-old son was, The New York Times reported Friday. The teen was killed in February 2012. The book also will examine Fulton and Martin's grief after neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman, 30, fatally shot the unarmed black teen during a confrontation in a gated Florida community and the ensuing trial.

Trayvon Martin became a household name as the teen's killing and Zimmerman's July acquittal on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges grabbed headlines.

The teen's parents, accompanied by literary agent Jan Miller, shopped the book to interested publishers, according to two publishing executives present at the meetings.