Muskogee man dies after playing with gun he thought was unloaded

Muskogee Now ^ | Saturday, June 2, 2018, 4:13 PM | Leif M. Wright

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Han Howard, a former smoke shop employee who lived in Muskogee but was from Oktaha, died Thursday night after a gun he was playing with went off, according to two sources in the Muskogee Police Department.

The sources, who asked to not be identified by name, said Howard had been on a date, and as the evening was winding down, he started playing with a revolver. He apparently opened the revolver and emptied out the bullets, but one bullet stayed in, without his knowledge, the police said.

Howard then allegedly began to play Russian Roulette with the pistol, which he thought he had emptied. On the third trigger pull, the bullet that had escaped his attention fired, mortally wounding him.

No funeral home or service have yet been announced.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Not much I can add to this one...

[Reno89519]

Darwin Award winner.

[PAR35]

Sounds almost stupid enough to play Russian Roulette with a semi-auto.

[SMGFan]

Idiotest

[Noumenon]

Yep. Just think of it as evolution in action.

[KirbDog]

a gun he was playing with went off

When will people learn that guns aren't toys. SMH

[Robert DeLong]

Yeah, I always used to play Russian Roulette on my dates, as it was without a doubt so impressive to the women. /sarcasm

[SIDENET]

Not the sharpest brick in the refrigerator.

[PeterPrinciple]

he was playing with

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That is so strange to me. The concept that a gun is a toy.

Toy guns were toy guns, but we knew the difference....

[neverevergiveup]

How many times do we have to hear this same story about someone not knowing there was a bullet left in the chamber? Also, real guns are not toys to be played with.

[Bryanw92]

The family has to stick with that story for the life insurance.

[NativeSon]

This is sad, Rest In Peace. The title should be “accidental suicide” or some such, remove any indication that the gun “went off” - he pulled the trigger.

[Pravious]

Couldn’t he have just told her he didn’t want a second date?

[BlackbirdSST]

Shoulda seen it! Darn thing just went BANG by it’s lonesome!

[patro]

I bet he ain’t going to be going on another date with her anytime soon.

[Fhios]

Just goes back to what my mother told me as a child. “Empty guns are in some ways more dangerous than a loaded gun”.

[hal ogen]

This former live person really had bad judgment. “Playing” with a gun is really stupid.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

The title should be “accidental suicide”...

No, sadly, just plain suicide.

[PROCON]

The family has to stick with that story for the life insurance.

Insightful, probably happens more often than not.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Hopefully the moron had not had a chance to procreate.

Sorry to sound so cold, but facts are facts.