For Pete's sake, doesn't everyone know to make absolutely, positively sure that a gun is unloaded before cleaning it?!?
Woman Shot, Killed While Cleaning Handgun
A woman who San Antonio police said accidentally shot herself while cleaning her gun in a North Side apartment Saturday has died, authorities said.
Rebecca Ginn, 55, was pronounced dead at University Hospital on Saturday around 4 p.m., shortly after she was hospitalized, according to the Bexar County medical examiner's office.
Police were called to Ginn's apartment in the 3200 block of Northwest Loop 410 Saturday afternoon, when Ginn discharged her .38 caliber handgun while cleaning it. She was sitting on the couch, police said, and was shot once in the chest.
Although police did not suspect foul play, the medical examiner's office has not yet determined if Ginn's death was an accident.