Man kills self in front of children at Bellevue gun-safety class
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
By Levi Pulkkinen, seattlepi.com staff Published: Mar 14, 2013 at 10:06 AM PDT
BELLEVUE, Wash. - A 50-year-old man shot and killed himself during a gun-safety class at a Bellevue gun range.
Brian J. Parry is believed to have shot himself in the head with a pistol Sunday during a class at West Coat Armory, a gun range and dealer with outlets in Bellevue and Issaquah.
Bellevue police spokeswoman Carla Iafrate confirmed that police are investigating the shooting but refused to release details. She said the investigation into Parrys death is ongoing.
The King County Medical Examiners Office earlier this week ruled Parrys death a suicide. He died of a contact gunshot wound to the head.
In an email, a man describing himself as a witness to the shooting said the dead man identified by the Medical Examiners Office as Parry stood in front of more than a dozen people participating in the class and ended his life.
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bunnies
(15,859 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Then there are those who have a complete personality change when you hand them a gun.
Then there are those who "just do it" as if they don't really believe in it. These are the types that are so self centered they can't picture the world existing without them so of course they can pop a cap in their crown and walk away from it. They're Superman.
Paul E Ester
(952 posts)Rented a gun and shot himself.
Since then they will not rent you a gun if you come by yourself unless you bring your own gun too.
The assumption is that you're not going to kill yourself at the range, if you already have a gun or come with a buddy.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)At least he didn't take them with him.
That will happen again. The odds have risen with the idiocy of the right to put guns in classrooms.
bobclark86
(1,415 posts)It was at a private business... some people just see what they want to see, though.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)I didn't say it was in a school. It's the NRAGOP that want this scenario in schools.
mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)GUN NUTS!
Walk away
(9,494 posts)himself.
That's a lesson in gun safety those kids will never forget. I'm guessing that after seeing that the kids with brains will never go near a gun again.
Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)samsingh
(17,598 posts)cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)do not shoot yourself in the head.