PEST CONTROL

The immediate impression one might have of a man who relegates his shooting practice to a hunting club is that the man shows a responsible concern for gun safety. But when the practice involves shooting dragonflies, it’s apparent that person’s interpretation of gun safety is still a bit red around the neck. Sure, the 38-year-old Johnsonville, South Carolina man trying to blast his small, moving targets out of the air might have looked like an ace sharpshooter had he succeeded, but instead he shot the only person witness to his fancy bit of rifling in the head.

Police say they received a call about the shooting with instructions that the victim would meet them at an area high school and a description of the truck in which he’d be waiting. En route to the campus, deputies saw the described truck at a convenience store, the victim within. Police tried talking to the victim, but found his coherency diminished by his preoccupation with the blood gushing from the bullet wound in his skull. After hearing the shooter’s side of the story, investigators decided to rule the whole thing an accident.

by SCOTT SAXON