shooting self 
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Man dies after accidentally shooting self
08/07/2002
Staff report
A Denton man who apparently lost count of the number of times he fired a pistol playfully pointed it up his nose Sunday and pulled the trigger. The gun fired, killing him as he sat in a boat with two family members.
Sergio A. Moreno, 36, was declared dead at the scene on Lake Shore Drive at Vacation Village Mobile Home Community east of Denton.
Denton County Sheriff’s spokesman Kevin Patton said Mr. Moreno and the two other men were fishing about 50 yards off the shore on Lewisville Lake.
"He shot a couple of rounds at birds and apparently pulled the trigger a couple of times and nothing happened," Mr. Patton said.
"The other two told him to put it down, but he said it wasn’t loaded. He put it up to his nose and fired."
The men had to row back to shore. They called to people on the shore to get help, the spokesman said, but by the time Denton paramedics reached the scene about 5:40 p.m., Mr. Moreno was dead.
The men told sheriff’s deputies they had been drinking alcohol earlier in the day but had none in the boat, Mr. Patton said. Alcohol most likely contributed to the accident, he said.
the obove is copied and pasted from the papers website, http://www.dentonrc.com/localnews/stories/DRC_Man_dies.670e405f.html
sure sounds like he did society a favor, the reference to alcohol is more of the media 'softening of excuses', let's face it - the guy was just plain dumb Submitted on 08/07/2002
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Anonymous
Reference:
Denton record chronicle, 07aug
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