Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Man Shoots Right Testicle Off During Robbery

Police said a Kokomo man accidentally shot himself in the genitals as he robbed a convenience store early Tuesday.
Kokomo police said they were called to a Village Pantry store at 100 N. Ohio St. at about 4:20 a.m. after a clerk at the store called them.The female clerk told police that a man came into the store with a semiautomatic handgun, grabbed her hair and demanded cash and cigarettes before handing her a white cloth bag.
The clerk said that as she retrieved the cigarettes she heard a gunshot and turned to confront the man, who yelled that he had shot himself.
"The bullet traveled through his right testicle ... and then into the bottom part of his leg," Kokomo police Lt. Don Whitehead said.Police said the man, whom they identified as 25-year-old Derrick Kosch, grabbed the bag full of cash and fled the store.In-store surveillance cameras showed that Kosch shot himself as he placed the gun into the waistband of his pants, police said.
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