Posted on 07/01/2009 10:54:38 PM PDT by Chet 99
Man Fatally Shot Inside Gun Range
Posted: 10:31 pm EDT July 1, 2009Updated: 11:32 pm EDT
July 1, 2009
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- For the fourth time in four months, there has been a shooting inside a Central Florida gun range.
A man was killed Wednesday night at Rieg's Gun Range on Orange Blossom Trail.
But since people are used to hearing gunshots no one noticed right away until they found him lying on the ground.
Emergency crews swarmed Reig's Gun Range after employees found the man on the ground bleeding from a gun shot wound.
"He did rent a gun, from the business, he was shooting at targets inside," said Spike Hopkins with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
The man, in his thirties, was rushed to ORMC in critical condition. A short time later he died.
Investigators are working the case, but it appears to be a suicide.
They say it is a bizarre situation, since the owners of the business say he had used the shooting range before.
"This person was a repeat customer. So did they think something bad was going to happen? Probably not, because of his other visits, said Hopkins."
His is not the first time something like this has happened. Investigators say there was a suicide at the gun range late last year. Then in April, Marie Moore opened fire and killed her son Mitchell Moore then turned the gun on herself inside the “Shoot Straight Gun Range” in Casselberry. Three weeks later inside the same gun range,” 26-year-old Jason McCarthy shot and killed himself.
In each of the cases the shooter used a rented gun.
"We don't really know why people are doing this copycatting each other but we have had a few in the Orange County area,” said Hopkins. The man's name has not been released. Investigators will only say he's a Hispanic male in his thirties.
Suicide, or a pit bull sniper?
It actually makes some sense.
No waiting period.
No real expense.
And the perception that it is a quick painless death.
A pretty cheap, easy and quick way to kill yourself.
Man Commits Suicide Inside Gun Range.
Exactly, that headline was misleading.
Pit Bull Scares Man Into Committing.....
LOL - Good one!
What a ****ing stupid headline!!
Wouldn’t it make more sense to write: “Man Commits Suicide At Gun Range”??
They write it in a way that leads someone to believe someone shot another person and killed them. They so want to write about shootings, they resort to manipulating headlines regarding a story about a suicide!
If someone stabbed and killed themselves with a knife in a restroom, would they write: “Man Fatally Stabbed In Office Restroom”?
Prayers for the families. No matter how it occurs, suicide is horrible for the families. May God have mercy on his soul.
Tragic as it is, somewere this will be added to political fodder to blame guns for these deaths.
Wackos out there seem to think guns cause these types of tragedies.
They write it in a way that leads someone to believe someone shot another person and killed them.
I predict legislation banning the rental of guns at the range in FL.
Roger Dat!,,,Lib-Dems,,,No Gun Of Their Own...
Florida AGAIN?!?
Isn’t this the range you go to sometimes?
Never Mind, I see they glommed all the suicide at gun ranges in Fla folks into this one article. My quick reading and lousy comprehension skills...
BUSH’S FAULT.
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