LAKELAND, Fla. – Authorities are awaiting the autopsy results for a man fatally wounded at a central Florida shooting range.How do you shoot yourself, in the chest, with a shotgun ... accidentally? Or even deliberately?
The Polk County Sheriff's Office says Larry Simpson of Clermont died of a single gunshot wound to the chest while shooting clays with a friend at the Tenoroc Mine Shooting Range in Lakeland.
According to detectives, Jaime Gonzalez of Orlando said he was at the shooting station and Simpson was operating the remote control for the clay machine. Gonzalez told detectives that he heard a shot directly behind him, and he turned around to find Simpson with a gunshot wound to his chest. Simpson's gun was lying beside him.
Deputies say Simpson died at the scene Sunday. Sheriff's office spokesman Scott Wilder says detectives did not know how Simpson was shot.
Come ON, people!
Shooting clays? All I know is that accuracy counts in the sport of Shooting Clays, and many of the targets are exceedingly ... challenging. So we're talking ... what? A 28" barrel on his shotgun?
(Somebody who knows what they're talking about, help me out here, please.)
I mean, did anyone look at his feet. Did the victim take off his shoes and socks so he could pull the trigger with his big toe?
I've been watching reruns of Ellery Queen on DVD, and we're at that exciting moment near the close of the show where Ellery turns to the camera and says ...
"WTF? How can this be an accident?"
Ellery, please advise the Polk County Sheriff's office to take a very close look at Jaime Gonzalez of Orlando .
He's not telling all he knows.
Frankly, if Mr. Simpson was operating the clay-throwing machine thing-a-my-bob, he didn't have his shotgun anywhere near him.
Anyone who says he did, should run for President; he's a qualified politician.
1 comment:
I've shot there. The standard and safe procedure is to put your gun in the rack until you step up to shoot.
The guy running the remote control switch to throw the clays shouldn't have a gun with him. If nothing else, it isn't safe for the guy in front of him.
It should be pretty easy for an autopsy to determine where the shot came from.
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