This sounds a little fishy to me! A man claims he was lifting weights at his home in Cali when he dropped a dumbbell on a bullet and in turn the bullet shot up to his shoulder. The police are investigating the incident and found no gun, but shell casings at the scene. Read more below.
A California weightlifter says he accidentally shot himself by dropping a dumbbell on a bullet.
The man was wounded in the shoulder.
He told Modesto police officers he was lifting dumbbells in his home Wednesday night when he dropped one on a .22 caliber bullet. The man’s name hasn’t been released.
Modesto police investigators say the man’s story is suspicious, but not impossible.
Officers did not find a gun but did find the shell casing.
Neighbors did not see anyone leaving the man’s home.