REGION: Navy man accidentally shoots self in head

NBC San Diego | Posted: Thursday, January 5, 2012 9:00 am

*Editor's note: Officials had earlier stated the man had died. They now say the man is on life support.

A U.S. Navy service member has accidentally shot himself in the head at a home in Pacific Beach, according to investigators.

The victim had returned home from a bar and was trying to show his female friend that the gun wasn't loaded at about 2.08 a.m. Thursday at a home at on Grand Ave., according to police.

The woman refused to take the gun, police said.

To show her it wasn't loaded, police say the man put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger.

The gun was loaded.

The man was transported to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, according to police.

Source: North County Times media partner NBC San Diego

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