Oregon Man Used Nail Gun In Assault, Suicide Attempt
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - An assault charge has been filed against an Oregon man accused of shooting a woman in the back of the head with a nail gun before doing it to himself.
Oregon State Police Capt. Bill Fugate said Tuesday that troopers responded to a call last week about a man and a woman who had nails sticking in their heads after attempting suicide.
Fugate says the 46-year-old Creswell man and the 31-year-old woman from Eugene rented a nail gun with air compressor and drove to a spot east of Lowell where a passer-by found them with serious injuries and called 911.
The man recovered and was arrested Monday. The woman remains in critical condition at a Springfield hospital.
Fugate says the man told the passer-by it was a suicide attempt, and detectives are trying to determine if that was the case.
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