Sunday, October 16, 2011

Veteran used pistol in his clothing bag to fatally wound himself at VA

Police report says veteran used pistol in his clothing bag to fatally wound himself
Published: Saturday, October 15, 2011
By Dominique Fong, The Oregonian

A 67-year-old veteran used a pistol in his clothing bag to shoot and kill himself Thursday while he was a patient at the Portland VA Medical Center, according to a Portland police report.

On Thursday, nursing staff alerted the hospital’s security officers that the man had shot himself in a first-floor room. Portland police then arrived.

According to the report, hospital security officers said the man brought a pistol from home and brought it with him in a clothing bag to the medical center.
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