Detroit-area Man kills self demonstrating gun safety
Detroit-area Man kills self demonstrating gun safety

Detroit-area Man kills self demonstrating gun safety

A 36-year-old Independence Township man is dead after he shot himself in the head while demonstrating the gun, deputies reported.

The Oakland County Medical Examiner has ruled his death a suicide.

The girlfriend told authorities that the man had been drinking all day and was explaining to her that his three handguns are safe when they aren’t loaded, according to Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe. He demonstrated by placing the guns against his head and pulling the trigger.

When he pulled the trigger on the third handgun, it discharged. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Three children, ages 7, 10, and 12, were home at the time but didn’t witness the shooting, McCabe said. They weren’t hurt. Authorities said they weren’t the man’s biological children.

Alcohol appears to have been a factor in the shooting, according to the sheriff’s office. The man’s name wasn’t immediately released.

Authorities continue to investigate.

The incident comes on the heels of another accidental shooting that made headlines. On Dec. 30, UAW Vice President General Holiefield was cleaning loaded guns in his Harrison Township home when he shot his wife, who survived the injury.

The labor leader pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of reckless use of a firearm.

Agencies/Canadajournal




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    1. That wasn’t a “suicide”. That was a STUPICIDE.

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