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Man shoots self during Watchmen screening
April 7, 2009EUGENE - Police said a 24-year-old man shot and killed himself early this morning during a movie screening at a Eugene theater.
About 10 people were seated in the Regal Cinema theater at Valley River Center when the man used a handgun to commit suicide midway through a showing of the film “Watchmen,” Eugene police spokeswoman Jenna LaBounty said.
The closest patrons were seated two rows in front of the man, who was a Eugene resident.
LaBounty said police were called to the theater just after midnight, after patrons reportedly heard a loud “popping sound” behind them. Investigators determined that the man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
LaBounty said theater managers stopped the movie and refunded patrons’ money following the shooting.
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