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George Zimmerman sells gun used to kill Trayvon Martin on auction site
Source: The Guardian
George Zimmerman sells gun used to kill Trayvon Martin on auction site
Gun appeared to gone for $138,900 on United Gun Group website
in auction disrupted by fake bidders, including one under the name
‘Racist McShootface
Richard Luscombe in Miami
Wednesday 18 May 2016 18.24 BST
George Zimmerman appears to have sold the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin four years ago, bringing an end to the latest controversy to swirl around the notorious former neighbourhood watch leader.
Zimmerman, who shot and killed the unarmed black teenager during an altercation at his Florida housing estate in February 2012, looks set to collect $138,900 for the Kel-Tec PF-9 9mm handgun after bidding closed midday on the website unitedgungroup.com.
But the final hour of the auction was disrupted by the reappearance of the type of fake bidders who wrecked Zimmerman’s two previous attempts to cash in on the firearm during auctions last week on a rival website. At one stage on Wednesday the highest offer of $137,600 was in the name of a user called Racist McShootface, whose profile was quickly deleted.
The eventual top bidder was a user named John Smith, whose successful offer was made in the auction’s final minute. No further details were listed for him on the website other than that he claimed to be based in Alabama.
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Gun appeared to gone for $138,900 on United Gun Group website
in auction disrupted by fake bidders, including one under the name
‘Racist McShootface
Richard Luscombe in Miami
Wednesday 18 May 2016 18.24 BST
George Zimmerman appears to have sold the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin four years ago, bringing an end to the latest controversy to swirl around the notorious former neighbourhood watch leader.
Zimmerman, who shot and killed the unarmed black teenager during an altercation at his Florida housing estate in February 2012, looks set to collect $138,900 for the Kel-Tec PF-9 9mm handgun after bidding closed midday on the website unitedgungroup.com.
But the final hour of the auction was disrupted by the reappearance of the type of fake bidders who wrecked Zimmerman’s two previous attempts to cash in on the firearm during auctions last week on a rival website. At one stage on Wednesday the highest offer of $137,600 was in the name of a user called Racist McShootface, whose profile was quickly deleted.
The eventual top bidder was a user named John Smith, whose successful offer was made in the auction’s final minute. No further details were listed for him on the website other than that he claimed to be based in Alabama.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/18/george-zimmerman-sells-gun-trayvon-martin
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