Man who shot himself in Lynnwood pawn shop brought ammunition

Published 11:25 pm Wednesday, April 7, 2010

LYNNWOOD — Police say the man who fatally shot himself at a pawn shop near here Tuesday evening brought his own ammunition.

The man walked into Pawn Fathers in the 16400 block of Highway 99, asked to look at a shotgun, loaded the weapon and then shot himself.

He was handed an unloaded gun and used his own ammunition, Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.

The man’s identity wasn’t released.