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RandySF

(80,475 posts)
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 12:03 AM Aug 2014

Natural Selection: Illinois Man Thinks Gun Isn't Loaded, Fatally Shoots Himself In The Head

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An Evanston, Ill. man fatally shot himself Sunday night while showing off a shotgun he thought wasn't loaded to a group of friends, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Police were called to an Evanston home for an accidental shooting. They found Eric Zyzanski on the floor with a shotgun wound to the head, lying next to the shotgun.

He was taken to the hospital and died about two hours later, according to police.

According to witnesses, Zyzanski was in his apartment with friends, where he took out a shotgun and "began showing it off."

His friends told him to put the gun away, so he proceeded to take two or three rounds out of the gun, according to police. He then pointed the gun at his cheek, said the gun was empty and pulled the trigger, witnesses said.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/illinois-man-fatally-shoots-self

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Natural Selection: Illinois Man Thinks Gun Isn't Loaded, Fatally Shoots Himself In The Head (Original Post) RandySF Aug 2014 OP
This guy. Only he doesn't look the same now. Loudly Aug 2014 #1
wow easychoice Aug 2014 #2
Locking. Sissyk Aug 2014 #3
 

Loudly

(2,436 posts)
1. This guy. Only he doesn't look the same now.
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 12:32 AM
Aug 2014

easychoice

(1,043 posts)
2. wow
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 12:47 AM
Aug 2014

I bet that left a mark.

Sissyk

(12,665 posts)
3. Locking.
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 04:30 AM
Aug 2014

Please review the pinned thread in GD.

Local stories about gun crime and "gun porn" threads showing pictures of guns or discussing the merits of various firearms are not permitted under normal circumstances and should be posted in the Gun Control and RKBA Group.

Thank you!

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