Posted on 05/10/2016 12:10:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Deltona man shot himself while cleaning a handgun but did not discover the bullet hole in his arm until three days later when he changed shirts, Volusia County sheriff's deputies said.
Deputies were called to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City on Saturday where Michael Blevins, 37, had checked himself after discovering the bullet wound, investigators said.
Blevins told deputies that on Thursday he was cleaning a .22 caliber pistol in the living room of his Whitewood Drive home, a report stated.
Blevins could not be reached Monday as his voicemail was full.
The Deltona resident told deputies he held the gun against his chest so his dog wouldn’t jump up near it. But as Blevins stood up he felt a sharp pain, causing his back to give out, and he fell face down. Blevins said he heard a loud gunshot and then he hit his face against the edge of a glass coffee table, the report said.
Blevins said he did not feel any pain from the gunshot, possibly because of the medicine he takes for an old back injury, and only felt pain above his left eyebrow that got cut when he hit the table, deputies said.
Blevins said he was wearing a black, long-sleeve shirt and did not notice the injury on his left arm as he went about his normal routine for the next two days.
It was not until the third day on Saturday when Blevins changed into a light brown shirt, which revealed the blood stains, deputies said.
Blevins removed the shirt and noticed an entrance and exit wound on his arm that was barely bleeding at the time because the wound had cauterized, deputies said.
Deputies accompanied Blevins to his home after he was discharged and, after examining the scene, determined Blevins accidentally shot himself, the report concluded.
Someone with poor hygiene.
3 days on the same shirt. Was he in deer camp?
I’ll take the latter.
Liar.
Three days later when he changed his shirt?
“I’ve had worse.” — The Black Knight
I hate it when that happens.
I read a story some years ago about a woman who died from a .22 caliber round that penetrated her skull just below and behind the right ear. She didn't feel it but died some days later.
She was driving along somewhere in New York along the water...perhaps near the airport...with her car windows open. Someone fired a round that traveled over the water at a low angle, skipped off the water and entered the vehicle through the right rear open window.
How the cops ever figured that one out is beyond me.
Mystery solved.
“possibly because of the medicine he takes for an old back injury”
Three days in the same shirt leads me to lean toward the Idiot side.
AS for his not knowing he was shot; My best guess is the blow to the head hurt more than the five and a half millimeter flesh wound in his arm. That plus what ever medication (prescription or otherwise) he was enjoying.
Three days in a shirt in Florida! Phew. P U
“Tis but a flash wound”
No - a Bernie voter - still had 11 days to go on the shirt.
Let’s see, cleaning his gun with a round in the chamber...I’ll go with idiot.
Mr. Stinky is a bad liar.
I’ll focus on the “didn’t feel it” aspect.
The momentary shock of the event blocks out the feeling.
I am leaning toward idiot. Idiot who should put on a clean shirt more often.
Idiot should clear any weapon he is about to clean.
Storyteller.
Forget it, Jake, it’s Florida.
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