Man kills himself after mistakenly shooting dead brother while aiming for a bear

[Judi Lynn]

Tragic accident took place in Oregon’s rural Josephine County

Graeme Massie
Los Angeles
1 hour ago

An Oregon man killed himself after mistakenly shooting dead his brother as he took aim at a bear, according to police.

Authorities say the man had grabbed his gun to protect himself from the black bear near his home in the state.

But instead, the man accidentally gunned down his sibling in the tragic incident in Sunny Valley in Josephine County.

Police responded after receiving a 911 call from a man who told them he had “accidentally shot his brother while loading a gun” to use against a bear.

More:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bear-oregon-shooting-brother-death-b2012735.html

[Deuxcents]

1. Good grief..

A sad story but I’m getting to the place of these like Covid tragedies. Just don’t understand the desire to kill wildlife unless it’s to survive. Too many people getting killed on the hunt trips .

[Thtwudbeme]

9. He wasn't hunting

he was defending himself from a bear.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Can we get a statement from the Bear?

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He must seen the whole thing play out.

[USALiberal]

7. I'm glad you think this is funny. nt

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. No. it's really sad, actually.

Without guns this would never have happened. Or maybe the bear would have killed them. I don't know.

[OilemFirchen]

3. Okay. I clicked 'cause of the headline.

Did he shoot his dead brother or did he shoot his brother dead?

When will the British learn to speak English?

[sinkingfeeling]

4. I did the same. Wondered why he would have shot a dead body.

[cinematicdiversions]

5. Hear Hear

[Bristlecone]

12. Ditto

[herding cats]

15. Same.

Horrific headline writing.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. One more episode in

"Guns Make Us Safer".

[Solly Mack]

8. That headline is a poser.

[ret5hd]

11. Wonder if there are any bear tracks around.

Just sayin’.

[live love laugh]

18. Yep. Could've been intentional.

[Coventina]

19. Shaggy bear story?

I had the same thought....

[ck4829]

13. Tragic. And I'm willing to bet that his brother was in no real danger from the bear

As long as you aren't being an idiot, black bears will typically give humans wide berth.

And it wasn't starving, when police arrived later, there was no bear eating remains or refuse, it was long gone.

So I think he panicked and it was unfortunate he did.

[Nevilledog]

14. Accidentally is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

[Coventina]

16. Worst.Headline.Ever

Guns!

They solve nothing, apparently.

[orwell]

17. Buy a gun for protection...

...against living a long life.

Will this crazy fetish ever end?

[Sancho]

20. Man preparing to shoot bear accidentally kills brother, then takes his own life, authorities say

https://abc7.com/oregon-bear-shooting-fatal/11553258/

GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Authorities say a man in Oregon trying to protect his home from a bear instead fatally shot his brother by mistake, then killed himself.

Josephine County Undersheriff Travis Snyder said the man called 911 around 7 a.m. Tuesday and told dispatchers he had "accidentally shot his brother while loading a gun" after being startled by the bear.

The Oregonian/OregonLive reports deputies went to the home in Sunny Valley, an unincorporated community off Interstate 5 in the southwest corner of the state. There they found a man dead from a gunshot wound.

Snyder said they checked the rural residence and found a second man dead. He had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

He was loading a gun...not sure where the bear was (he was in a house?), called 911 and then shot himself.

Hmmm....how do we know the bear didn't shoot someone?