He said the buyer was a woman who had wanted the gun as a birthday present for her son. But Mr Zimmerman said he would not reveal the buyer's identity, adding: "The winning bidder will ultimately decide if they want their information to be maintained in confidentiality.
Mr Zimmerman called GunBroker "Nazi loving liberal liars". Mr Zimmerman said some of the proceeds would serve to "fight [Black Lives Matter] violence against law enforcement officers".
But Martin family lawyer Benjamin Crump told Fox the sale was "offensive, outrageous and insulting". The year-old former neighborhood watch volunteer -- seen by some as a national pariah and by others as a hero -- announced plans to sell the Kel-Tec PF-9 weapon last week.
In February , Zimmerman called police to report what he described as a suspicious person -- Martin, an unarmed African-American teen -- walking in his neighborhood, then disregarded police instructions not to confront him. He said the teen attacked him and he shot in self-defense. A jury acquitted him in Martin's family declined to comment last week, saying it was working to end gun violence through the Trayvon Martin Foundation. He treated him like a dog without a leash. Zimmerman has had several run-ins with the law since the shooting, including domestic abuse charges and an alleged road rage incident.
Facebook Twitter Email. Auction ends for gun that killed Trayvon Martin. Show Caption. The Smithsonian Museum quickly rebutted this claim in a tweet, saying it "never expressed interest in collecting George Zimmerman's firearm. The sale has also attracted the attention of Hillary Clinton, who tweeted a message of support to Martin's mother. The GunBroker. Nearly 50, people visited the page before the listing was taken down. It has been more than four years since the fatal confrontation took place in a gated community in Sanford, Florida.
Martin, 17, was returning to a relative's house after leaving a convenience store when he was shot by Zimmerman.
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