SK Man Hurts Himself Trying to Loosen Lug Nut -- With a Shotgun

Kitsap Sun ^ | November12, 2007 | staff reporter

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SOUTH KITSAP

A 66-year-old man shot himself in both his legs Saturday afternoon while trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut with a 12-gauge shotgun.

Kitsap County sheriff's deputies were called to the residence on the 10800 block of SE Olympiad Drive at 2:57 p.m. after the shooting was reported to 911 emergency dispatchers, said Deputy Scott Wilson, a sheriff's office spokesman.

"Nobody else was there and he wasn't intoxicated," Wilson said.

South Kitsap Fire and Rescue medics treated the man at the scene. He was taken to Tacoma General Hospital. Wilson said his injuries were "severe but not life-threatening."

Deputies at the scene reported the man blasted "double-ought" buckshot at the wheel from "arm's length," Wilson said.

The deputies described the man's legs as "peppered" from his feet to his mid-abdomen with pellets, pieces of the wheel and other debris. Some injuries went as far up as his chin.

The man had been repairing the Lincoln Continental for two weeks, and had removed all the lug nuts on the right rear wheel except for one.

"He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," Wilson said, who did not know how long the man had been trying to free the lug nut.

The deputies did not take a statement from the man beyond what they were able to gather while he was being treated by medics.

"I don't think he was in any condition to say anything," Wilson said. "The pain was so severe, and the shock."

[bert]

I thought he was going to place the barrel over the lug wrench handle to extend the length and get more leverage.

I keep a length of pipe to do that task.

[Daffynition]

Another classic presented for your viewing pleas..... aaaaaaaaHHHHHHHHHH!

[Daffynition]

I thought that stuff was for tooth aches?

[6ppc]

That picture is great! reminds me of Christmas morning when I was four years old. Santa left a toy electric razor which I immediately took apart followed by pushing one of the wires I found inside into a wall socket. It left a scorch mark on the socket which was still there when my parents sold the house many years later.

[Daffynition]

Aren’t we all entitled to one mistake ... should he ever do it again ...well .......;-l

[Billthedrill]

The deputies described the man's legs as "peppered" from his feet to his mid-abdomen with pellets, pieces of the wheel and other debris. Some injuries went as far up as his chin.

Look on the bright side - it sounds like it worked.

[labette]

Rush is talking about this now.

[Cagey]

[Daffynition]

LOL. Your story reminds me of a Christmas when a 4 y/o under my care [OK...OK...it was my son] decided to change the bulb in one of those single candles you put in your window for the holidays. In his curiosity, he put his finger into the open socket and was thrown backwards ...that left a scorch mark too. It’s probably still there. ;-)

[bmwcyle]

[Daffynition]

HAHAHA!

O RLY?

[BTW ...you're nutz! ...certifiable!] ;-D

[Cagey]

Must be a hot ground wire in this circuit!

[Daffynition]

HAHAHA! A new Iron Chef challenge ...blackened squirrel. ;-D

[Cagey]

........and roasted lug nuts.

[Slings and Arrows]

But did he get the lug nut off?

[Freedom2specul8]

Sort of like throwing a brick at the tv..

Poor Guy.......

[Freedom2specul8]

Thanks for the non-ping... LOL~

[mcshot]

I agree but I don’t think it right to shoot anything that isn’t flying. I’m anti ground-swat but a lame Lincoln warrants a Darwin exception. Hell, He’d been better off to use the barrel as a pry bar.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Relative of yours?

[abigailsmybaby]

There’s a redneck joke in there somewhere.