Thursday, August 21, 2008

CYBER SUICIDE


A Bountiful man shot and killed himself Tuesday afternoon as his horrified ex-girlfriend watched from California via webcam.


The man had been chatting with his former girlfriend online and had apparently threatened to kill himself. The man was also using a webcam that allowed the California woman to see clips of what he was doing, but the video feed did not have any volume.

Bountiful police Lt. Randy Pickett said police got a call from the ex-girlfriend around 4:10 p.m. and surrounded his home, as they typically do with a suicidal person.

One officer called the man on the phone and spoke with him. Pickett said the man agreed to come outside and give himself up, but two to three minutes after he hung up, police heard a gunshot.


2 comments:

Awesome James said...

he was probably bummed that he couldn't get a job because of his neck tattoo.

Clinton Sawicz said...

oh, good call james!