http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...shoots-himself-while-posing-for-a-selfie.html
A young Mexican man has died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while posing for a selfie with a loaded gun.
Oscar Otero Aguilar, who worked in a pet shop, is said to have been drinking with friends in Medero, in the north of the capital, Mexico City, when the accident happened.
A follower of the selfie craze - in which people pose for photographs they take of themselves - Otero Aguilar frequently posted pictures of himself on social media sites.
He had been at home with with his two housemates, Omar Abner Campos Vives and man known only as El Paco, when neighbors heard a gun go off followed by screaming.
One neighbor, Manfredo Paez Paez, 57, said: I heard a gunshot, and then I heard somebody screaming and realized somebody had been hurt. I called the police straight away and when they arrived they found that he was still alive.
A young Mexican man has died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while posing for a selfie with a loaded gun.
Oscar Otero Aguilar, who worked in a pet shop, is said to have been drinking with friends in Medero, in the north of the capital, Mexico City, when the accident happened.
A follower of the selfie craze - in which people pose for photographs they take of themselves - Otero Aguilar frequently posted pictures of himself on social media sites.
He had been at home with with his two housemates, Omar Abner Campos Vives and man known only as El Paco, when neighbors heard a gun go off followed by screaming.
One neighbor, Manfredo Paez Paez, 57, said: I heard a gunshot, and then I heard somebody screaming and realized somebody had been hurt. I called the police straight away and when they arrived they found that he was still alive.