Man saves his friend (from suicide), shoots self

A Kelso man had no sooner wrested a loaded gun from his close friend and tried to unload it when it went off, sending a bullet through his wrist and leg.

Damien Alan Albertini will have surgery Saturday to remove the bullet, which broke his left femur (thigh bone). He was listed in satisfactory condition Friday morning at St. John Medical Center.

Albertini, 28, told Cowlitz County sheriff's deputies that he, Ambrosia M. Rodriguez, 18 of Kelso, and Jay Dee Powell Jr., 18, of Longview were in a pickup shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday when Powell held a 9mm semiautomatic pistol to his own head. Albertini said he grabbed the weapon from Powell, then attempted to unload it when it accidentally fired.

The bullet went through Albertini's left wrist, causing a slight fracture, then into his left upper leg, deputies said. Most of the bullet is lodged in his leg. Neither Powell nor Rodriguez, who was driving, were injured.

Staff at St. John Medical Center alerted law enforcement when Albertini came to the emergency room. After learning that Powell allegedly left with the weapon, police began looking for him.

Longview police located Powell at around 1 p.m. Friday and took him to the sheriff's office for questioning regarding the shooting and an earlier hit-and-run accident in which he reportedly was the driver.

Deputies said that about 30 minutes before the shooting, Powell attempted to pass a vehicle driven by Lindsey John Halverson, 46, of Longview in the 100 block of Alpha Drive. Witnesses told deputies that Powell's pickup ran into Halverson's truck and a concrete mailbox before leaving the scene without stopping. No one was injured.

Powell was booked into jail in lieu of $5,000 bail on suspicion felon in possession of a firearm.

Just damn.

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Powell shoulda listened to Freddie Mercury:

Don't do it, don't you try it baby
Don't do that, don't, don't, don't
Don't do that, You got a good thing going now
Don't do it, don't do it... Don't

Don't try suicide, nobody's worth it
Don't try suicide, Nobody cares
Don't try suicide, you're just gonna hate it
Don't try suicide, nobody gives a damn

So you think it's the easy way out?
Think you're gonna slash your wrists... this time
Baby when you do it all you do is get on my tits
Don't do that, try, try, try, baby
Don't do that, you got a good thing going now
Don't do it don't do it... Don't

Don't try suicide, nobody's worth it
Don't try suicide, nobody cares
Don't try suicide, you're just gonna hate it
Don't try suicide, nobody gives a damn

You need help, look at yourself you need help
You need life, So don't hang yourself
It's ok, ok, ok, ok
You just can't be a prick teaser all of the time
A little bit attention, you got it
Need some affection, you got it
Suicide, suicide, suicide, bid
Suicide, suicide, suicide, bid... Suicide

Don't do it don't do it don't do it babe (yeah)
Don't do it don't do it don't, do it... Yeah
Don't put your neck on the line
Don't drown on me babe, blow your brains out
Don't do that (yeah)
Don't do that, you got a good thing going baby
Don't do it (no) don't do it (no) don't

Don't try suicide, Nobody's worth it
Don't try suicide, Nobody cares
Don't try suicide, You're just gonna hate it
Don't try suicide
Nobody gives, nobody cares, Nobody gives a damn

BUBBA KNOWS EVERYONE

Bubba was bragging to his boss one day, "You know, I know everyone there is to know. Just name someone,
anyone, and I know them."

Tired of his boasting, his boss called his bluff, "OK, Bubba how about Tom Cruise?"

"Sure, yes, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it."

So Bubba and his boss fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom Cruise's door, and sure enough, Tom Cruise, shouts,
"Bubba! Great to see you! You and your friend come right in and join me for lunch!"

Although impressed, Bubba's boss is still skeptical. After they leave Cruise's house, he tells Bubba that he thinks
Bubba's knowing Cruise was just lucky.

"No, no, just name anyone else," Bubba says.

"President Bush," his boss quickly retorts. "Yes," Bubba says, "I know him, let's fly out to Washington." And off they
go.

At the White House, Bush spots Bubba on the tour and motions him and his boss over, saying, "Bubba, what a
surprise, I was just on my way to a meeting, but you and your friend come on in and let's have a cup of

coffee first and catch up."

Well, the boss is very shaken by now, but still not totally convinced. After they leave the White House grounds, he
expresses his doubts to Bubba, who again implores him to name anyone else.

"The Pope," his boss replies.

"Sure!" says Bubba. "I've known the Pope a long time." So off they fly to Rome.

Bubba and his boss are assembled with the masses in Vatican Square when Bubba says, "This will never work. I
can't catch the Pope's eye among all these people. Tell you what, I know all the guards so let me just go upstairs and
I'll come out on the balcony with the Pope." And he disappears into the crowd headed toward St. Peter's.

Sure enough, half an hour later Bubba emerges with the Pope on the balcony. But by the time Bubba returns, he
finds that his boss has had a heart attack and is surrounded by paramedics. Working his way to his boss's side,
Bubba asks him, "What happened?"

His boss looks up and says, "I was doing fine until you and the Pope came out on the balcony and the Japanese
tourist next to me asked, 'Who's that on the balcony with Bubba?"

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