According to UnitedGunGroup.com, George Zimmerman has successfully auctioned off the gun he used to kill 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Wednesday.
The final sales price is unclear, with different news outlets quoting a variety of figures ranging from $120,000, according to TMZ, to $138,900, per the Russian news site rt.com.
In a statement, Zimmerman praised the glory of God for the successful auction that has raised money for "several worthy causes." He also said he would not name the winning bidder.
The auction for the Kel-Tec PF-9 pistol, had more than 180 bids placed by nine users. The top bidder was identified as John Smith from Alabama – but it's still unclear whether that bid was legitimate.
At one point, the online auction was hijacked by fake accounts posting enormously high bids.
Early on Friday, the price surpassed $65 million with the leading bidder using the screen name "Racist McShootFace." The site later showed that account had been deleted.
The website for United Gun Group began hosting the auction Thursday after another website, GunBroker.com, took it down, saying it wanted "no part in the listing on our website or in any of the publicity it is receiving."
Hours later, United Gun Group tweeted that it would post Zimmerman's ad. The new link was posted, along with a statement from Zimmerman. The site calls itself a "social marketplace for the firearms community."
Bidding on the pistol began at $5,000.
Critics called the auction an insensitive move to try to profit from the slaying.
Zimmerman told Orlando, Florida, TV station WOFL that the pistol was returned to him by the U.S. Justice Department, which impounded it after he was acquitted in Martin's 2012 shooting death.
The auction listing said a portion of the proceeds would go toward fighting what Zimmerman refers to as violence by the Black Lives Matter movement against law enforcement officers, combating the anti-gun rhetoric of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and ending the career of state attorney Angela Corey, who led Zimmerman's prosecution.
The listing ended with a Latin phrase that translates as, "If you want peace, prepare for war."
Zimmerman, now 32, has said he was defending himself when he killed Martin, an unarmed black 17-year-old, in a gated community near Orlando. Martin, who lived in Miami with his mother, was visiting his father at the time.
Zimmerman, who identifies as Hispanic, was acquitted in Martin's February 2012 shooting death. The case sparked protests and a national debate about race relations. The Justice Department later decided not to prosecute Zimmerman on civil rights charges.
Lucy McBath, the mother of another black teenager shot by a white man during an argument at a Jacksonville convenience store in 2012, said the auction reflected a "deplorable lack of value for human life."
"I am deeply disappointed that the man who killed Trayvon Martin is trying to sell the very gun he used to cut that precious life short to raise money," McBath said in a written statement.
The slaying of her son, 17-year-old Jordan Davis, by Michael Dunn drew parallels at the time to the Zimmerman-Martin case. Dunn told police he had felt threatened by Davis. Unlike Zimmerman, Dunn was convicted of murder.
Since Zimmerman was acquitted, he has been charged with assault based on complaints from two girlfriends. Both women later refused to press charges and Zimmerman wasn't prosecuted. His estranged wife, Shellie Zimmerman, also accused him of smashing her iPad during an argument days after she filed divorce papers. No charges were filed because of lack of evidence. They were divorced in January.
Orlando-based attorney Mark O'Mara has previously represented Zimmerman. A receptionist in O'Mara's office said Thursday that he no longer represents Zimmerman and had no comment.
Martin's parents declined to address Zimmerman's actions in statements made through representatives.
Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, said through an attorney that she would rather focus on her work with the Trayvon Martin Foundation than respond to "Zimmerman's actions."
Daryl Parks, whose firm represented the Martin family during the trial, is now chairman of Fulton's foundation. He says Fulton is pushing for policies that protect youth and address gun violence.
Fulton also founded the Circle of Mothers conference, a three-day event to help mothers who have "lost children or family members" to gun violence. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be keynote speaker at the event in Fort Lauderdale starting May 20.
In the auction listing, Zimmerman cited strong interest from collectors including "The Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC."
Smithsonian spokesman John Gibbons denied any interest.
"The Smithsonian has never expressed an interest in collecting this firearm and has no intention of collecting or displaying this firearm," he said.
Based on reporting by the Associated Press.
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