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SAPD: Man dies after slipping, shooting himself while taking out the trash
San Antonio Express News ^ | By Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson, Staff writer

Posted on 08/06/2024 6:02:11 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

A man accidentally shot and killed himself when he slipped while taking his trash to an apartment dumpster. The man in his 50s or 60s was carrying his gun and trash at about 6 a.m. Tuesday, according to a preliminary San Antonio police report. The gun discharged when the man slipped in a wet area.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: accidental; banglist; shooting
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Just Damn.

I’m familiar with this area. It’s not really the area where one feels compelled to arm oneself simply to take out the trash.

But oh well.

1 posted on 08/06/2024 6:02:11 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

According to police, a man in his 50s or 60s was walking to a nearby dumpster while carrying both his trash and a gun. That’s when, police say, the man slipped in a wet area and somehow the gun went off, wounding him the chest

Police said the man, however, continued to walk down the hill to the dumpster where he was later found. He was taken by ambulance to an area hospital, where he later died.
SAPD said investigators found a gun near the trash bags.

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/08/06/man-taking-trash-to-dumpster-with-gun-slips-shoots-and-kills-self-accidentally-police-say/


2 posted on 08/06/2024 6:05:44 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

What’s wrong with an ankle holster? Was it a .44 magnum? Like the condoms I wear?


3 posted on 08/06/2024 6:07:55 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Responsibility2nd
That’s when, police say, the man slipped in a wet area and somehow the gun went off, wounding him the chest

Something tells me there's more to this story.

4 posted on 08/06/2024 6:09:46 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: Responsibility2nd

5 posted on 08/06/2024 6:10:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Probably gun violence


6 posted on 08/06/2024 6:11:51 PM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
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To: Responsibility2nd

We must ban dumpsters....,....,


7 posted on 08/06/2024 6:13:36 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Any bears or coyotes there?


8 posted on 08/06/2024 6:13:52 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Reminds of the guy that died because he fell down the stairs while holding a bowie knife and accidentally stabbed himself in the back 25 times.


9 posted on 08/06/2024 6:14:27 PM PDT by know.your.why
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To: xoxox

The article made it sound like he was actually carrying the gun and the trash. If he had his finger anywhere near the trigger, I could see that happening when he slipped.

He could have also dropped the gun and tried to catch it. I was taught to let it fall, no matter how expensive it is; nothing is worth risking one’s life.

Either way, a quality holster would have prevented this outcome.


10 posted on 08/06/2024 6:16:17 PM PDT by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

If your neighborhood is so dangerous you have to be armed to take out the trash, it’s time to find a new neighborhood.


11 posted on 08/06/2024 6:19:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: scott7278

It’s like the old saying, a dropped knife has no handle.


12 posted on 08/06/2024 6:20:29 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: scott7278

There is a weapons trainer whose first instruction is to clear your pistol, hold it at arm’s length and drop it. He says to get used to it and NOT try to catch it.


13 posted on 08/06/2024 6:21:47 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants ("Gays for Gaza is like Chickens for KFC"- B. Netanyahu )
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To: Tijeras_Slim
It’s like the old saying, a dropped knife has no handle.

So true!

14 posted on 08/06/2024 6:29:05 PM PDT by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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To: know.your.why

Arkancide?


15 posted on 08/06/2024 6:29:52 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: xoxox

Something tells me there’s more to this story.

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Hillary has No Comment.


16 posted on 08/06/2024 6:34:11 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
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To: know.your.why

accidentally stabbed himself in the back 25 times.

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Well sure. He fell down 25 steps.


17 posted on 08/06/2024 6:35:52 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
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To: scott7278

“I could see that happening when he slipped.”
^

Me too. I agree.


18 posted on 08/06/2024 6:39:33 PM PDT by Does so ( 🇺🇦......Say it fast...Kamala D. Harris = KALAMITY Harris...)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I actually had someone say that they did not follow that advice, and they dropped an expensive weapon and went to catch it.

He was staring down the barrel when he caught it and would have pulled the trigger if the safety weren’t on.

That’s scary stuff.


19 posted on 08/06/2024 6:40:06 PM PDT by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Paging Plaxico Burress. Paging Plaxico Burress.


20 posted on 08/06/2024 6:42:06 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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