Posted on 02/14/2007 5:08:58 AM PST by Past Your Eyes
MANCHESTER A 19-year-old man accidentally killed himself Monday night while playing a game of Russian roulette with a .357 magnum revolver.
Anthony Santiago Cadiz Jr. of Manchester was at the home of a friend at 250 East High St. when he whirled the cylinder on the handgun and pulled the trigger, sending a bullet into his head.
His father, Anthony Santiago Cadiz Sr., said his son had called him an hour earlier to say he wanted to talk to him and would be coming over. He waited, but Anthony never showed. Instead, his father received a telephone call telling him of the shooting.
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Well, you don't make the news playing Russian Roulette and winning.
Again, agree that it was a stupid move. Just of the opinion that it doesn't warrant such disrespect when a human dies--stupid or intelligent they may be.
Oh, I don't know. This guy is a TV star and he said to his wife Nancy on the show last night that he was playing it at the Gun Club and won.
"I think he is the quintessential Darwin Award candidate. The very model for others to emulate. I think he did a bang-up job."
The kind of idiot that thinks one-in-six odds in a you-bet-your-life parlor game is acceptable would probably think a lottery ticket was a good investment, too.
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