‘Racist McShootFace’ bids $65m for George Zimmerman pistol

An online auction for the gun George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin has been hijacked by fake accounts posting astronomically high bids.

At one point early yesterday, the bidding surpassed $65m (€57m) with the leading bidder using the screen name ‘Racist McShootFace’.

The website for United Gun Group began hosting the auction on 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”.