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A 43-year-old Concrete man died Sunday after accidentally shooting himself in the face with what he thought was an unloaded gun.

The man and his girlfriend were at a residence in the 46000 block of Baker Loop Road taking photos of themselves with the gun when the incident occurred, Skagit County Sheriff’s Office Chief of Patrol Chad Clark said.

The girlfriend reported that the pair had done this several times during the day, with the man apparently removing the bullets and then reloading the gun multiple times.

After the last time, however, a bullet apparently remained in the gun, Clark said.

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Man accidentally kills himself while taking photos with gun

A 43-year-old Concrete man died Sunday after accidentally shooting himself in the face with what he thought was an unloaded gun.

The man and his girlfriend were at a residence in the 46000 block of Baker Loop Road taking photos of themselves with the gun when the incident occurred, Skagit County Sheriff’s Office Chief of Patrol Chad Clark said.

The girlfriend reported that the pair had done this several times during the day, with the man apparently removing the bullets and then reloading the gun multiple times.

After the last time, however, a bullet apparently remained in the gun, Clark said.

Police in West Palm Beach, Fla., said a longtime zookeeper died Friday afternoon after being mauled by a Malayan tiger, local media reported.

Palm Beach Zoo spokesperson Naki Carter said the tiger was not on exhibit at the time of the attack and did not escape its enclosure.

Officials closed the zoo and evacuated patrons after initially telling them to barricade themselves inside a gift shop as a precaution, WSVN-TV reported.

Zoo officials identified the victim as Stacey Konwiser, 38, and said she had just passed her three-year anniversary at the zoo.

“Stacey was an expert," Carter told reporters. "She dedicated her life to her mission of protecting this species."

Konwiser’s husband is also a zookeeper at the facility.

Carter called Konwiser “the tiger whisperer” because of how well she worked with the site’s four Malayan tigers, the Palm Beach Post reported.

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