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Police in Connecticut say an 81-year-old man who was lying in wait with a rifle for a pesky raccoon accidentally shot himself after sneezing and falling from a chair.
New Haven police say James Pace Sr. shot himself in the shin at his home Saturday night. The injury wasn't life-threatening.
Pace told authorities that a raccoon had been scratching at his back door for several days and he was waiting for it with a .22-caliber rifle.
Police say he sneezed and fell from his chair, then realized he had accidentally shot himself.
Pace's son drove him to Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Police detectives seized the rifle and are investigating the shooting.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Man-Shoots-Himself-Sneezing-Rifle-Raccoon-New-Haven-Connecticut-221209411.html
I bet the guy's in trouble...I think CT has a trap and release law, or at the very least the guy should have contacted animal control...
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)malaise
(268,664 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,505 posts)contributing to the gene pool? I think it's doubtful that an 81 year old man is still a candidate.
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)ChazInAz
(2,556 posts)My own sneezes tend to be of a rather volcanic, seismic nature.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)I think he just wanted shoot something. Too bad he shot himself instead.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Go racoons!