San Antonio man accidentally shoots himself in head while playing with pistol

A man playing with a pistol accidentally shot himself in the head during a family gathering early Wednesday morning in Northeast San Antonio, the Express-News reports. Officers from the San Antonio Police Department were called to the 500 block of Lanark Drive near Windcrest shortly after midnight, according to the daily. Eyewitnesses told police that a 22-year-old attending the five-person party found a gun on a table and began playing with it. When another guest told the man to “put the gun down,” he put the weapon to his head and pulled the trigger, firing a live round.
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