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http://www.theindychannel.com/news/15720036/detail.html

Police: Man Shoots Self Multiple Times In Staged Assault Man Wanted Friends, Ex-Girlfriend To Think He Was In Gang POSTED: 7:36 am EDT March 27, 2008 UPDATED: 7:37 am EDT March 27, 2008

BROWNSBURG, Ind. -- A man shot himself several times in what police called a staged assault designed to prove to his friends and ex-girlfriend that he lived a secret life as a gang member.

Brownsburg police said the sordid tale began with a false report from Zachary Booso (pictured), 19, 6News' Renee Jameson reported.

According to police, Booso said he was driving to a friend's house in a Brownsburg neighborhood Saturday when a man flagged him down. He said he stopped at a clubhouse, where the man demanded his wallet and shot him.

Booso phoned a friend and told him he was shot. His friend's father called 911.

Booso's story that someone had shot him four times began to unravel when medics and his mother said his wounds might have been self-inflicted.

When pressed by police, Booso confessed to shooting himself in the cheek, shoulder and thigh with a pellet gun.

"Attacking a major crime as we should, we found that he had possibly made a false report," said Brownsburg police Capt. Jeff Gray.

Police said Booso, a member of the U.S. Navy who is on leave, had a history of prescription drug abuse.

According to officers, Booso told them he did it to try to prove to his friends and ex-girlfriend that he led a secret life as a gang member.

"Nobody believed him, so this was going to … show all of them that he had been involved in a gang," Gray said.

Booso was taken to a hospital and then to jail, where he bonded out the same day. He faces a misdemeanor charge of false informing.

Submitted on 03/27/2008

Submitted by: Judith
Reference: theindychannel.com, March 27, 2008

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Trying to show off by shooting yourself is pretty darned stupid. Trying to convince your girlfriend that you're a gangsta by shooting yourself multiple times with a pellet gun is downright ludicrous. This guy should change his last name from Booso to Bozo. Thanks, Judith!


Tracy said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
It's a fairly stupid thing to do - however, I'm concerned about the phrase "Police said Booso, a member of the U.S. Navy who is on leave, had a history of prescription drug abuse" - this may mean he was under the influence, and that would exclude it in my eyes


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