Man fatally shot – IOTW Report

Man fatally shot

After checking if gun was loaded by putting it to his head and pulling the trigger.

NTDWA- A man from Volusia County, Florida, fatally shot himself in the head on Sunday after questioning aloud to a friend if the gun was loaded, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Charles Cooper, 49, had been drinking beer next to a bonfire with a woman at his property in Mims about 40 miles south of Daytona Beach, deputies said. The two had plans to fish and barbecue, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

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25 Comments on Man fatally shot

  1. Im guessing the beer got some blood and brain splatter on it. I’ve seen bullets in the head. It’s a fuckin mess. If you get shot in the leg next to a fully staffed operating room, they can save your life. Easy.
    Bullet in the head…..not so much. Maybe a .22 but a .44 or .357. Nope….your dead.

  2. “Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or education, or legislation. Stupidity is not a sin; the victim cannot help being stupid. But stupidity is the only Universal Capital Crime. The sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically, and without pity.” — Lazarus Long

  3. Simple rules to follow and you’ll never have a negligent discharge or an unintended mishap.

    all guns are always loaded

    never point the muzzle of your gun at anything you are not willing to destroy

    never put your finger on the trigger until your sights are on the target

    always be aware of the target and what is beyond

  4. Mims, Fla? I’ve been there. It has a really good BBQ shack on US 1 but not much else. It’s a nice quiet place (well, except for the occasional gunshot at night apparently).

    If I wanted to move back to Florida and be in the Old Florida that I remember from my childhood with no assholes from New York City moving in next to me and telling me how they ran things better back Up North, then I’d move to Mims.

  5. Had a call like that. White kid, a college student, buying coke in the city projects; wanted to impress the two 15 yo dope runners in the back seat that he was not someone to mess with so he put a Super Blackhawk 44 magnum up alongside his head and cocked the hammer…

    wait for it….

    Yes he pulled the trigger. The bullet actually almost missed his skull completely but the escaping gases carved out a trench about four inches long, an inch wide and an inch deep. The 44 magnum max pressure is 36,000 psi coming out the barrel.

    I think those black kids are still running.

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