Not plausible. Shoot yourself in the chest with a shotgun, necessarily are zero range, then throw it 30 feet?
Sound like a bought-and-paid-for cover story.
Sounds like a job for Mythbusters!
Wonder if this ridiculous scenario is being given as a subtle reminder that he was murdered without saying so.
Nah, he didn’t have to throw it. It had a FIERCE recoil.
Either that or the squirrels all got together and moved it.
“Not plausible.”
Have you been to the scene? How do you know he wasn’t at the top of an incline which the shotgun may have just slid down?