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Man shoots self near 200 at pier
BY JUAN ORTEGA
FLORIDA TODAY
COCOA BEACH - A surfer apparently fatally shot himself in the head Monday evening while in the water south of Cocoa Beach Pier and in the presence of about 200 beachgoers, police said.
...The man, in his mid-20s, was pronounced dead about 8 p.m.
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About 7:30 p.m., the surfer paddled farther past other surfers on a tan and red-stripe surfboard. He carried a white plastic bag, and later sat atop his board, Cocoa Beach police Lt. Buddy Ayres said. No weapon has been retrieved, Ayres said.
When pulled from the ocean, the surfer apparently had a bullet wound to the head. He was sandy and bleeding so profusely that police could not see the wound clearly, Ayres said.
Worried beachgoers, who saw blood in the water, initially thought the incident might have been a shark attack.
Cocoa Beach police are investigating the case as a suicide.
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Man shoots self near 200 at pier
BY JUAN ORTEGA
FLORIDA TODAY
COCOA BEACH - A surfer apparently fatally shot himself in the head Monday evening while in the water south of Cocoa Beach Pier and in the presence of about 200 beachgoers, police said.
...The man, in his mid-20s, was pronounced dead about 8 p.m.
...
About 7:30 p.m., the surfer paddled farther past other surfers on a tan and red-stripe surfboard. He carried a white plastic bag, and later sat atop his board, Cocoa Beach police Lt. Buddy Ayres said. No weapon has been retrieved, Ayres said.
When pulled from the ocean, the surfer apparently had a bullet wound to the head. He was sandy and bleeding so profusely that police could not see the wound clearly, Ayres said.
Worried beachgoers, who saw blood in the water, initially thought the incident might have been a shark attack.
Cocoa Beach police are investigating the case as a suicide.
