Who tries to kill themselves by shooting themselves in the throat?

[Animal Chin]

When I first saw the grainy pictures of Suspect #2, it looked like he had blood on his face and the early reports were that he was "severely injured," and unable to speak. That led me to theorize that he had been shot in the jaw or face during the previous night's firefight. Now, the media are reporting that the wound is consistent with a close-range self-inflicted gun shot.

Does that strike anyone else as strange?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. Some one who is shaking from emotion, fear, and possibly other wounds

Also not clear when he shot himself and with what (its harder to do with a rifle).

Its clear he has a throat wound. When the rest of the details come out, lets see if they pass the smell test then.

[crim son]

21. That was my thought.

And if his hands are intact, he can still write his thoughts i.e. he can still provide testimony.

[graham4anything]

2. No. 35 people a day die violently from guns. 50 gun suicides a day.100s of wounded a day.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. In the movies, somebody will put the gun, kind of under their chin,

to commit suicide. The bullet's supposed to angle up into the brain.

[dipsydoodle]

4. More likely

he put in his mouth - part of his tongue is alleged to be missing.

[FarCenter]

10. There should be powder burns in his mouth.

The effective method is how Ernest Hemingway did it: Suck on a double-barrelled shotgun, pointed up and back.

You want to take out the entire brain stem at once.

[BainsBane]

5. Who said he tried to kill himself?

I haven't heard that. The cops never denied getting into massive shootouts with the guy, and his brother before his death.

[appleannie1]

6. It could be he put the gun in his mouth and the angle was wrong causing the exit wound in the back

of his neck. No one said there was an entrance wound in any of the reports I saw.

[Union Scribe]

17. I read about a (possible) entrance wound this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022726333

The bullet wound to the neck, which has an exit wound in the back of the 19-year-old’s neck, “is very possibly a suicide attempt,” said Miller, a former assistant director at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Dunno if that's accurate or if it's hearsay or dated info. Or the writer may have just garbled the language.

[appleannie1]

19. That was the exit wound but no one has mentioned an entrance wound that I have seen.

[Marrah_G]

7. Maybe someone already injured, aiming for the head or mouth

He was probably pretty shaky.

I think we won't know all the details of this entire episode for quite a while. Media reporting has been less then accurate.

[Orrex]

8. He was shot by the lone gunman on the grassy knoll

[LaydeeBug]

9. Apparently he put the gun in his mouth to end it all, and the exit wound was the neck. nt

[Brickbat]

11. I've read your OP several times and can't figure out what you see as strange.

[Animal Chin]

16. I guess I pictured him pointing the gun at his neck

Which didn't make sense to me. I had not considered him putting it in his mouth as many have pointed out.

[cynatnite]

12. I haven't read or heard about that. n/t

[Pirate Smile]

13. What I heard made me visualize him putting the

gun in his mouth but aiming it more straight or down than up so the bullet came out his throat instead of up into his brain.

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. The weapon he had with him on the boat was an M-4 Carbine

It's easy to see how you might fuck it up with such a weapon, since it's not a "put it to your head" sort of procedure, so much as a "What is your major malfunction, Private Pyle" sorta thing. In a weakened state, laying down, trying to reach that trigger and pull it backwards, as it were. Yeah, you can see how that would have failed.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

25. Where was that announced?

So much gouge out there at this point I am trying to run things like that down

[alcibiades_mystery]

26. The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/us/boston-marathon-bombing-suspects-hoped-to-attack-again.html?hp&_r=1&

Along with determining that the suspects had made at least five pipe bombs, the authorities recovered four firearms that they believe the suspects used, according to a law enforcement official. The authorities found an M-4 carbine rifle — a weapon similar to ones used by American forces in Afghanistan — on the boat where the younger suspect was found Friday night in Watertown, Mass., 10 miles west of Boston.

Gunner shitheads on their gunner shithead forums (friends?) are of course denying it, because NY Times gun grabbers blah blah, or whatever. So I guess we'll see when the latest gunner smoke clears.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

27. There were some reports he took it from the cop they killed, again unverified

Still a lot of haze about some of the details. It will clear up over time.

[Union Scribe]

15. Initially I read that he had both an entry

and exit wound in his neck. If that's really the case then I do find it odd. Even if such an attempt were successful it would be a nightmarish death.

[Warpy]

18. Somebody who's half dead from blood loss

and barely conscious, someone going into shock.

He probably meant to aim upward but was too woozy to lift the gun.

[MineralMan]

20. A badly-injured moron, perhaps.

Did you somehow think that this was a really clever young guy? Stupid people do stupid things all the time.

[OhioChick]

22. He probably wasn't banking on the recoil n/t

[Posteritatis]

23. I wouldn't bank on the finesse and self-control of anyone who's trying to kill themselves. (nt)

[NickB79]

24. A wounded 19-yr old in pain and scared shitless beyond belief. nt