Officials: Teenager dies after playing Russian Roulette

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 4:47 pm, Thursday, November 2, 2017

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a Mississippi teenager who shot himself while playing Russian Roulette has died.

Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant told news media that 17-year-old Tovaris Deloach died Wednesday afternoon at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Officers found Deloach in a bedroom with an apparent gunshot wound to the head Tuesday.

Columbus police spokesman Joe Dillion says three other males in the room told officers Deloach was discussing Russian Roulette as he took out a revolver and removed the bullets.

Dillion says Deloach put a bullet in the chamber, held the gun to his head and pulled the trigger, but the gun didn't discharge. He later pulled the trigger for a second time and the weapon fired.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Teenager-critically-injured-while-playing-Russian-12325504.php

[left-of-center2012]

1. "He later pulled the trigger for a second time and the weapon fired"

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again"
should not apply to Russian Roulette.

[barbtries]

2. he had 3 other people in the room

and they all just watched? WTF

[IronLionZion]

6. They probably pressured and shamed him, like teenage boys would do

[gopiscrap]

3. that's how a good friends of mine died

when he was 14 he was a student at a prestigious Roman Catholic private school

[FakeNoose]

4. Who owned the gun and why wasn't it locked up?

Somebody is negligent, and my first guess is the kid's parents.

[Drahthaardogs]

8. Oh bullshit, he was 17 not 7

Come on. My grandparents were married and working adult jobs at 17 and the bar has now been lowered where 17 year olds aren't culpable for playing Russian Roulette?

[Codeine]

13. If you're 17 fucking years old and stupid enough

to put a loaded gun to your head then that shit is entirely on you.

[truthisfreedom]

5. Same thing happened to a classmate of mine. At a party, his dad out of town, he took his dad's gun

loaded with one bullet, spun the cylinder, said "watch this" and ended his life in front of a handful of his friends. Never made it to 10th grade.

[mdbl]

7. stupid is as stupid does

that's the only explanation for that.

[Locrian]

9. wtf with the last sentence in the article at link?

Authorities said an apparent retaliation shooting happened hours after later. No one was injured

[lagomorph777]

14. That's weird.

[snooper2]

10. I didn't see anything about him having reproduced yet- So prime Darwin here

Who all is up for 2017?

[LanternWaste]

11. The important thing is that..

The important thing is that you're much more clever than he was.

It's a fun thing to advertise, regardless of what is actually says about ourselves.

[snooper2]

12. I would say so, I'm still alive LOL

Fast acting black gunpowder + Colgate shaving cream can + fuse = big BOOM!


I was clever enough not to sit on it

[Raine]

15. Happened to a girl at my high school

she was with some friends they passed the gun around, it went off on her turn killing her instantly.