MYRTLE CREEK, Ore. (AP) — Douglas County sheriff’s officers say a Myrtle Creek, Ore., man was using a gun as a prop while telling a story when he fatally shot himself in the head.
Sheriff’s spokesman Dwes Hutson says deputies found 30-year-old Lee Allan Miars on the floor with a gunshot wound when they responded to a home Sunday.
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