An employee at the Roseburg Gun Shop reported asingle shot was fired inside the store just after 8 a.m. Wednesday.
The employee told police that a customer, later identified as Charles Hanson, 91 of Roseburg, had come in and asked to look at a handgun. The clerk handed Hanson an unloaded firearm.
The employee turned away for a moment and reported hearing the gunshot. He ran from the building and called police.
Officers set up a perimeter around the Diamond Lake Boulevard business and evacuated employees from nearby stores.
Hanson came out of the store at around 8:17 a.m., covered in blood. Police detained him, and he was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Officers set up a perimeter around the Diamond Lake Boulevard business and evacuated employees from nearby stores.
Hanson came out of the store at around 8:17 a.m., covered in blood. Police detained him, and he was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Officials reported that Hanson died from his injury at the Riverbend Medical Center in Springfield late Thursday afternoon.
The incident is under investigation, but police said Hanson appeared to have a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
The story doesn't really add up, does it?
What do you think^
This sounds like possibly a variation of those who commit suicide at a range that rents firearms. No articles I read mentioned any video cameras, so this one will likely be decided by an autopsy.
ReplyDeleteYeah, sounds like a suicide, but did he load the gun with a round he brought it with him? The article was pretty clear that the clerk handed him an unloaded gun.
DeleteThat's completely possible. We've had similar suicides where people bring one part of the equation. Most recent one the guy brought a 9mm, found that the shop was out of ammo to buy and off himself, and so used it to rob a Dick's, grabbing a shotgun, loading some of the ammo, and shooting himself.
DeleteThis guy could have stolen a round or brought it with him.
Buy ammunition at a big-box store, take one round to the gun shop, load. That's because the gun shop isn't going to allow you to load the gun in the store if the clerks see you trying to do that.
ReplyDeleteIf no one else was in the store, seems he did shoot himself. What is it you think does not add up?
ReplyDeleteThat an elderly, suicidal man was able to bring a round with him and have it match the gun he asked to see. I guess it could happen, but it seems a bit much.
DeleteMaybe he planned it that way.
DeleteIt's soooooo hard to bring in a 9mm round and ask to see a 9mm, or a .45 round and ask to see a .45!
DeleteMikeb, are you that clueless? The article doesn't specify the type of handgun, but there are only so many typically on a store's shelves. I doubt he brought in a round of 7mm Nambu, for example.
DeleteThat clerk should not have turned away and left him to load this gun! That clerk should be fired and the gun shop sued!
ReplyDeleteThe clerk treated Hanson as an adult who isn't an obvious thief. Hanson is solely responsible for what happened.
DeleteAnd this is why we lobby for laws against frivolous lawsuits. Whenever someone is wrongfully denied justice because of one of these laws being written in an overbroad manner, look in a mirror and pat yourself on the back, Kalie, because people like you helped create that situation.
DeleteYou are a coward Tennessean, show your real name!
DeleteThat clerk should be fired and the gun shop sued! Why would a clerk leave anyone alone with a gun???? I hope the clerk sees this and never forgets this man! He helped kill him!
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