Ore. man accidentally shoots, kills himself

Ore. man accidentally shoots, kills himself

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Story Published: Dec 15, 2008 at 12:14 PM PST

Story Updated: Dec 15, 2008 at 12:40 PM PST

By Associated Press

LEBANON, Ore. (AP) - A Lebanon man fatally shot himself after a revolver he was handling accidentally fired, wounding him in the lower abdomen.

Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller said Gregory Wayne Fisher, 25, was visiting a home in Lebanon Saturday when he found a holstered .22-caliber revolver on the back of a chair he was sitting in.

Witnesses said Fisher removed the weapon from the holster and, after handling it a few minutes, unintentionally fired it in the living room.

He was pronounced dead at a hospital. The bullet severed his femoral artery.

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