jr_roosa
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Sometimes the most dangerous assailant you will encounter will be yourself.
Be careful out there.
-J.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/0327gl-shooting0327-ON.html
Be careful out there.
-J.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/0327gl-shooting0327-ON.html
Glendale man accidentally shoots himself while driving
Brent Whiting
The Arizona Republic
Mar. 27, 2008 03:14 PM
A motorist was discovered Thursday with a gunshot wound to the leg, an injury that Glendale police later determined to be self-inflicted and unintentional, officials said.
The victim, Joseph Michael Rivera, 23, of Phoenix, told police that a handgun in his pickup truck accidentally discharged, said Sgt. Jim Toomey, a Glendale police spokesman.
Rivera was transported to a Valley hospital for treatment of the wound, Toomey said.
Rivera was discovered about 5 a.m. after people phoned police to report traffic problems at the north end of the 51st Avenue bridge over Grand Avenue.
When officers arrived, they found Rivera slumped over the steering wheel and a gun in the cab of the truck, Toomey said.
Rivera later told investigators that he was carrying the gun for his protection.