Hearing shots, 71-year-old retrieves gun, accidentally shoots self

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A 71-year-old man in the Bluffton Edgefield subdivision heard the shots fired in the tragic Christmas Eve fatality over parking, and so he got his guns out as a precaution -- an action that later led to him shooting himself.

Head over to The Island Packet for this odd story.

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