Police do not suspect foul play after a man suffered a fatal gunshot wound Saturday at a Juneau gun range.
According to a Juneau Police Department news release, Bruce Owens, 63, and a friend went to Juneau Mercantile & Armory in Mendenhall Valley on Saturday to do some recreational shooting.
A 911 caller reported at about 2 p.m. that someone — later identified as Owens – was shot in the head.
Juneau Police Lt. Krag Campbell confirmed that upon arrival, emergency personnel found Owens inside the building with a handgun next to him.
Police reviewed surveillance video and do not suspect foul play, but did not specifically say whether the injury was self-inflicted. A post on the armory’s Facebook page said an individual used a “firearm to harm himself.”
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Owens was pronounced dead Bartlett Regional Hospital.
The body was taken to the Alaska Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.
