Man found @ ONP campground shot in head....

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cfm
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Man found @ ONP campground shot in head....

Post by cfm » March 6th, 2015, 2:22 am

...with a crossbow, yikes!
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Re: Man found @ ONP campground shot in head....

Post by Lumpy » March 6th, 2015, 12:39 pm

"You'll shoot your eye out, kid."
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Re: Man found @ ONP campground shot in head....

Post by Aimless » March 6th, 2015, 4:43 pm

The victim's sister "says her brother owned a cross bow and used it for target shooting", so the circumstances are somewhat unclear, to say the least.
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Re: Man found @ ONP campground shot in head....

Post by turtle » March 6th, 2015, 6:06 pm

I'm not familiar with cross-bows. How hard is it to shoot oneself in the head?
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Re: Man found @ ONP campground shot in head....

Post by Lumpy » March 6th, 2015, 6:46 pm

Depends on how careless and/or intoxicated one is.
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