Who was behind burglaries in Zimmerman's neighborhood? April 3, 2012 -- Updated 1747 GMT (0147 HKT) nr taaffe zimmerman_00030225 George Zimmerman's friend says black men were behind eight neighborhood burglaries Police reports tie three incidents to black men A fourth incident is less clear Sanford, Florida (CNN) -- A friend of George Zimmerman's said Tuesday on CNN that their neighborhood had suffered eight burglaries, all committed by young black men, in the 15 months prior to Trayvon Martin's shooting. Frank Taaffe's account paints a picture of a neighborhood watch volunteer making rounds in a community suffering a spate of burglaries when he ran across what he thought was another suspicious figure walking the streets. The world knows what happened: Zimmerman fatally shot Martin. The 17-year-old's family and supporters say they think Zimmerman racially profiled and unfairly killed him. Zimmerman's supporters say he was just trying to do the right thing in guarding his neighborhood. "It was just a perfect storm that all of the components were there for this tragedy to transpire," Taaffe said. Here's what police documents have to say about Taaffe's account: City officials posted police reports to the city website detailing eight burglary reports in the neighborhood in the 14 months prior to Martin's February 26 death. In three of those incidents, black males were implicated by witnesses or arrests. A fourth incident was less clear. A homeowner who reported that someone had broken into her home and stolen a video game console referred police to a black man who had previously visited her home asking for her son. Police do not list that man as a suspect in their report. In the other four incidents, there were no witnesses or suspects, according to police reports. That doesn't mean black men were not involved in those incidents, but it's not possible to say they were, either. It was not clear if the documents posted to Sanford's website include all burglary incidents in the time period mentioned by Taaffe. A city spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comments. Taaffe declined further comment to CNN on Tuesday afternoon. In his CNN interview, Taaffe also credited Zimmerman with preventing a ninth burglary by reporting a suspicious black man trying to break into Taaffe's home. City documents show that Zimmerman did call police on February 2 to report a black man was possibly trying to break into the house. By the time police arrived, no one was at the scene, according to a call log posted on the city website. CNN's Tracy Sabo contributed to this report.