Teh One Who Knocks
09-27-2011, 11:01 AM
The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A 53-year-old man accidentally shot himself in the hand early Sunday after threatening himself with a gun.
Sgt. Eric Hodges of the Charleston Police Department said the man went to his ex-girlfriend's house on Charleston's West Side at about 2 a.m. Sunday, distraught over the couple's recent breakup. The girlfriend told police he put a .380-caliber handgun to his head and threatened to shoot himself if she didn't take him back.
The man eventually put the gun down, but accidentally shot himself in the left hand and left foot.
Hodges said police later discovered the gun was reported stolen in Georgia.
Police are not releasing the man's name.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A 53-year-old man accidentally shot himself in the hand early Sunday after threatening himself with a gun.
Sgt. Eric Hodges of the Charleston Police Department said the man went to his ex-girlfriend's house on Charleston's West Side at about 2 a.m. Sunday, distraught over the couple's recent breakup. The girlfriend told police he put a .380-caliber handgun to his head and threatened to shoot himself if she didn't take him back.
The man eventually put the gun down, but accidentally shot himself in the left hand and left foot.
Hodges said police later discovered the gun was reported stolen in Georgia.
Police are not releasing the man's name.