Shooting!

Yesterday at work was crazy. We were alerted to a shooting at 9am. The only reason we were alerted is because a dozen or so police vehicles and 4 ambulances showed up in my industrial park, followed by the SWAT team, and barricaded the street. The police went the the surrounding facilities and were talking to people at the doors as the SWAT members assembled behind their vehicle and made their way to the back of the building across the street from us. One of my coworkers ventured outside to ask what was happening, as none of the officers stopped by our building. He was told to get everyone inside because there was an "Active Shooter Situation", or ASS for short. (I think my coworker made that up, but the acronym is fitting...) Naturally, we all gathered by the windows and watched as news crews showed up and police scattered with weapons drawn. That building was evacuated, and the people were patted down and taken to the building next door. We all kept checking our phones. Apparently, multiple gunshots were reported, and no one knew anything more.
Needless to say, we didn't get much done yesterday.
Finally, police vehicles started leaving, and one body was carried out. The news reports eventually trickled in. One 61 year old man was reported dead. The next report was that it was a single shot, not multiple shots. And, finally, the real story came out. One 61 year old man died in his own vehicle due to an "accidental, self-inflicted gun shot wound to the chest." Apparently the guy was on break and somehow shot himself in the chest? Listen, I've handled dozens of guns of different shapes, sizes and calibers. I have no idea how you accidentally shoot yourself in the chest. The foot? Maybe. The head? Yeah, if you're stupid. The chest? How do you even point it at your chest? Try to make a gun shape with your hand and point it at your chest. The angle is stupid and uncomfortable. Even messing around like an idiot, the likelihood of you pointing a firearm backwards at your chest is slim to none. I don't know how this happened, or why, but the police insisted that it was not a suicide. They said there is no indication this was anything more than an unfortunate accident. Why the hell did they tell us it was an ASS then? I mean, I'm sorry for his family's loss and everything, but people who accidentally shoot themselves probably shouldn't be playing with guns in their car on break at the factory, and there's very little more I can say without speaking ill of the deceased. Just Google Menomonee Falls Shooting, and you'll come across the articles. This is the ridiculous nature of my life. Police tell me to run and hide because there's going to be a firefight across the street, and it turns out some poor bastard just off-ed himself in his own car with his own gun on accident at his place of employment. Have a good weekend.