Darwin award nomination.

[Wcross]

03:17 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 18, 2008

By DAN X. McGRAW / The Dallas Morning News
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A 19-year-old man accidentally shot and killed himself Tuesday morning while he was attempting to rob a Grand Prairie home, authorities said.

Cameron Sands, 19, of Fort Worth kicked in the door of the house and then shot himself in the stomach as he pulled a gun out of his pants to shoot the homeowner, Grand Prairie police said. The homeowner was not injured.

After Mr. Sands shot himself, he dropped the gun and ran out of the home. Police found his body around 5:30 a.m. in the driveway of the home in the 2800 block Garden Grove Road, said Lt. John Brimmer, a Grand Prairie police spokesman.

“This is the first that I’ve heard of a robbery suspect killing himself as he is drawing a gun out of his waist band,” Lt. Brimmer said. “The criminal evidence points to that. It certainly isn’t common.”

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner has ruled the death an accident.
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[hobbit709]

1. Definitely a winner

Nothing like self-induced genetic culling.

[man4allcats]

2. More Darwin Award candidates

From the Houston area:

June 18, 2008, 12:25AM
Boys arrested in Fort Bend home burglary

"Officers say one of them reported a backpack and cell phone stolen — the same items found left behind at the crime scene"

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