LEVIS, Que. – A 75-year-old Quebec man who rigged a rifle to rope to defend his mobile home may have been killed by his own trap.
Quebec provincial police ruled out a suspicious death Thursday and are now saying it was a tragic accident.
Jos Lawrence Potvin had apparently installed a gun so it pointed towards the door of his room and connected a string to the firearm’s trigger. But somehow he set off the weapon by mistake, mortally wounding himself.
“He was a victim of his own fear,” said police spokeswoman Ann Mathieu.
The man’s body was discovered by a friend Thursday morning. Family members had asked him to visit the man when they became worried after not hearing from him in a while.
According to police, the accident took place a few days ago.
The victim lived in an isolated section of Levis, a town just east of Quebec City. Neighbours say he was as a quiet man who led an uneventful life.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/10/21/15780301.html
Quebec provincial police ruled out a suspicious death Thursday and are now saying it was a tragic accident.
Jos Lawrence Potvin had apparently installed a gun so it pointed towards the door of his room and connected a string to the firearm’s trigger. But somehow he set off the weapon by mistake, mortally wounding himself.
“He was a victim of his own fear,” said police spokeswoman Ann Mathieu.
The man’s body was discovered by a friend Thursday morning. Family members had asked him to visit the man when they became worried after not hearing from him in a while.
According to police, the accident took place a few days ago.
The victim lived in an isolated section of Levis, a town just east of Quebec City. Neighbours say he was as a quiet man who led an uneventful life.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/10/21/15780301.html
