Colorado Springs Police: Man dies in accidental shooting

Generic Colorado Springs Police

Posted: 09/29/2012
Last Updated: 235 days ago

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Police say a 38-year-old man died after accidentally shooting himself at an apartment complex in Colorado Springs.

The Gazette reports authorities were called to an apartment in the eastern part of the city at about 3 a.m. Saturday. Police say the man was in another room when his sleeping fiance heard the gunshot.

The man, whose name has not been released, died at a downtown hospital.

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