Man Kills Himself While Taking Selfie With Loaded Gun

In the first recorded incident of selfie-mortality, a Mexican man accidentally killed himself while snapping a photo to share.

In the first recorded incident of selfie-mortality, a Mexican man accidentally killed himself while snapping a photo to share. Oscar Otero Aguilar, a 21-year-old from Mexico City, borrowed a gun from a friend in order to take a selfie to share. Unfortunately, the gun was loaded and discharged.

Aguilar’s 57-year-old neighbor Manfredo Paez Paez said, “I heard a gunshot, and then I heard somebody screaming and realized somebody had been hurt.” Paez called the police, who found Aguilar still alive.

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