Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Cops: Fleeing gunman wounds himself

Breaking news from Tucson:

A man who had fired a gun during a dispute accidentally shot himself while fleeing Sunday, Tucson police said.

The 30-year-old Tucsonan was arguing at an apartment complex in the 3200 block of East Bellevue Street when he fired one shot from a handgun, but no one was injured, Tucson police Officer Dallas Wilson said.

The man then ran to a bus stop a short distance away at East Speedway Boulevard and North Country Club Road, accidentally shooting himself on the way, Wilson said.

Police caught him at the bus stop, where they found him with injuries that were not life-threatening, he said. He did not say where the man shot himself.

The man's name has not been released, but he is facing at least two counts of aggravated assault, Wilson said. He did not explain the dispute that sparked the shooting.

[This is Nelson's apartment building in Tucson - the one he was trying to sell. I think the asking price just went down. The article doesn't say where the guy shot himself... let's just say he is missing a testicle or two.]

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