TIREMENT COMMUNITY.
BOTH SHOT.
>> FIRST, THOUGH, GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN WANTS TO SELL THE GUN
MARTIN.
THE STARTING BID, $5,000.
THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 6:00.
I'M MATT AUSTIN.
>> AND I'M LISA BELL.
ZIMMERMAN POSTED THE APP ON AN
OPTION SITE SAYING, QUOTE, I AM
HONORED AND HUMBLED TO ANNOUNCE
ICON.
CONTROVERSY.
INFORMATION.
INVESTIGATOR MIKE DeFOREST WHO
HAS MORE ON THIS AUCTION.
MIKE?
>> LISA IT ACHES IS THIS NEW
WEBSITE THAT IS HOSTING THIS
AUCTION MAY HAVE CRASHED.
WE CAN'T GET ON IT RIGHT NOW, BUT
WE BELIEVE IT'S STILL ACTIVE.
>> THE LAST TIME WE SAW GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN'S GUN WAS THREE YEARS
AGO WHEN THE KEL TECHNICAL
9-MILLIMETER WAS INTRODUCED AS
EVIDENCE AT HIS TRIAL.
NOW THAT HE IS ACQUITTED OF
MURDERING TRAYVON MARTIN AND THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS
RETURNED THE WEAPON TO ZIMMERMAN,
THE FORMER NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MAN
IS TRYING TO SELL IT AT AUCTION.
JUST A FEW HOURS AGO ZIMMERMAN
POSTED THIS LISTING ON THE
WEBSITE UNITED GUN GROUP.COM.
STARTING PRICE, $5,000.
IT INCLUDES SEVERAL PHOTOS OF THE
WEAPON WHICH ZIMMERMAN CALLS A
PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY OF THE
ACCORDING TO THE AD, ZIMMERMAN
PLANS TO USE PROCEEDS FROM THE
SALE TO FIGHT BLACK LIVES MATTER
VIOLENCE AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS AND HILLARY CLINTON'S
ANTI FIREARM RHETORIC.
>> HERE IS WHAT WE CALL A
CARTRIDGE THAT'S COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS A BULLET.
>> THE HANDGUN AUCTION QUICKLY
SPARKED CONTROVERSY.
ZIMMERMAN ORIGINALLY LISTED THE
GUNBROKER.COM.
BUT JUST AS BIDDING WAS TO GET
UNDER WAY AT 11:00 THIS MORNING,
THE LISTING WAS REMOVED.
WHILE SOME SUPPORT HIS RIGHT TO
SELL THE WEAPON, THE ATTORNEY WHO
REPRESENTED TRAYVON MARTIN'S
FAMILY STRONGING DISAPPEARS.
>> TRAYVON'S PARENTS ARE OUT
RANGED AS THINK PARENT WOULD BE,
BUT THEY CONTINUE TO REMAIN
FOCUSED ON THE TRAYVON MARTIN
FOUNDATION AND ITS MISSION OF
ENDING SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE.
>> WE COULD NOT REACH GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN PERSONALLY FOR COMMENT
TODAY AND HIS ATTORNEY DID NOT
RETURN SEVERAL VOICEMAILS AND
E-MAILS WE SENT.
MATT AND LISA.
THANK YOU.
>> ALSO WE ARE HEARING FROM THE
PEOPLE WHO ONCE LIVED NEXT TO
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN.
THEY WERE HIS NEIGHBORS BACK IN
2012 WHEN HE SHOT AND KILLED
TRAYVON MARTIN.
COMMUNITY.
NADEEN, HOW IS THE COMMUNITY
REACTING TONIGHT.
>> I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO PEOPLE ALL
ACROSS TOWN.
I SPOKE TO OLD NEIGHBORS OF
ZIMMERMAN, A SPOKE TO A PERSON
WHO DAYS CARE OF THE TRAYVON
MARTIN MEMORIAL HERE IN TOWN AND
I SPOKE TO PEOPLE RIGHT UP AND
DOWNTOWN.
MOST EVERYONE I SPOKE WITH TOLD
ME THAT THEY BELIEVE THIS ISN'T
THE SMARTEST MOVE FROM GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN AND THEY BELIEVE THIS
IS A MOVE THAT HE'S DOING FOR
ATTENTION.
>> IT'S REALLY A BAD -- HE'S A
BAD PERSON.
>> ANTHONY RAMOS LIVED DOORS DOWN
FROM ZIMMERMAN BACK IN 2012 WHEN
HE WAS ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING AND
KILLING TRAYVON MARTIN.
SO WHEN HE HEARD HIS FORMER
NEIGHBOR WAS NOW CAUSE OF
ACTIONING OFF THAT GUN FOR $5,000
HISTORY.
>> IT'S CRAZY.
>> HE WAS STUNNED.
>> HE SHOULDN'T BE SELLING A GUN
THAT HE USED TO KILL SOMEONE
ELSE.
ESPECIALLY HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE
DIFFERENCE OPINIONS ABOUT IT, I
JUST THINK IT'S NOT GOOD.
>> WHAT RAMOS WASN'T SHOCKED
ABOUT, THOUGH, WAS THAT ZIMMERMAN
WAS BACK IN THE NEWS.
>> HE WANTS FOR ATTENTION.
HE WANTS MORE ATTENTION AND
THAT'S WHAT HE'S GETTING.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY HOW FRANCIS
OLIVER FEELS.
SHE TAKES CARE OF THE MEMORIAL IN
THE SECTION OF SANFORD.
>> HE HADN'T SHOT ANYBODY ANYBODY
LATELY, HE HADN'T BEAT UP ANYBODY
LATELY, NOBODY SHOT AT HIM IN
ABOUT A YEAR, SO IT'S STORM FOR
HIMSELF.
>> AND THE PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH
TODAY, THEY HAD ONE QUESTION.
WHO WOULD WANT TO BUY THIS GUN?
LAST WE CHECKED, BEFORE THE
ONLINE AUCTION WEBSITE CRASHED,
THERE WERE ZERO BIDDERS.
WE'LL HAVE MORE REACTION TONIGHT
AT 7:00.
LISA.
SANFORD.
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