Posted on 07/13/2010 2:11:07 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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Man kills self inside Valpo gun range
By Ken Kosky ken.kosky@nwi.com | Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:00 pm
VALPARAISO | Valparaiso police said a 60-year-old Valparaiso man shot himself to death Tuesday afternoon inside the gun range at Blythe's Sport Shop, 2810 N. Calumet Ave.
The man, whose name was not immediately released, was taken to Porter Valparaiso Hospital Campus after the shooting for treatment of a gunshot wound to the head. He died a short time later, according to Porter County Coroner Bob Schulte.
Valparaiso police spokesman Sgt. Michael Grennes said the man was in the range test-firing a handgun belonging to Blythe's when he turned the gun on himself. He fired a single shot to the head, Grennes said. Grennes said the man obtained the gun by expressing interest in buying it.
Grennes said all indications are that the shooting was not an accident, that the man intentionally shot himself.
The shooting occurred about 12:20 p.m. Tuesday and the man was transported by Valparaiso Fire Department medics.
I am sure others have pointed this out but many ranges utilize a mandatory “buddy” system with no rentals to lone individuals.
I will admit that I admire the Lord, I certainly don’t fear him. Why would I worship anyone who I’m afraid of? I guess our religious beliefs are worlds apart. I feel that if you’ve led a good life then there is no need for this fear you speak of.
“Porter County Coroner Bob Schulte says the man’s death was caught on camera, which shows the man shooting himself. No one was with him, but there were bystanders in the area.”
Man, 60, shoots self in head at Valparaiso range
A Valparaiso man shot himself to death on Tuesday while test-firing a handgun at the Blythe Sports Shop shooting range, in what the Porter County Coroner’s Office is calling a suicide.
Valparaiso Police did not release the man’s name.
The incident occurred around 12:30 p.m., Cpl. Mike Grennes of the VPD told the Chesterton Tribune on Tuesday, after the 60-year-old man entered the store at 2810 Calumet Ave. purportedly to shop for a handgun. The man chose a handgun of unspecified make and model and asked to test-shoot it at the range, Grennes said, and once inside the range shot himself in the head.
Coroner Robert Schulte said that the man first fired several test shots with the .357 caliber handgun and then “turned around and used the gun on himself.”
Valparaiso Fire Department EMS personnel transported the man to Porter Valparaiso Hospital Campus, where he was pronounced dead at 1 p.m.
Schulte has ruled the man’s death a suicide.
Schulte said that the incident was recorded by a surveillance camera installed in the range and witnessed by bystanders but that the man came into the business by himself.
No autopsy has been ordered, Schulte added, but the results of a toxicology screen are pending.
http://www.chestertontribune.com/PoliceFireEmergency/714108%20man_shoots_self_at_blythes_shoot.htm
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