A young Russian woman who posed for a selfie with a 9 mm handgun accidentally shot herself in the head.
Police report that the 21-year-old found the weapon in the building she worked in after a security guard left it behind while he went on vacation.
The victim is alive but in “serious condition” after Thursday’s accident, according to a rep for Sklifosovsky Hospital in Moscow, where the young woman is receiving treatment. “While taking a selfie with one hand, she accidentally pressed the gun’s trigger, shooting herself in the temple at close range,” Hindustan Times reports. Police are investigating how the woman obtained the gun, which reportedly sat unattended for two weeks.
Typically, the biggest risk while taking a selfie is either making a stupid duck face or annoying the people around you, but this incident joins a smattering of unfortunate events in which people have actually died in the pursuit of epicness.
Oscar Otero Aguilar also shot himself in the head during a selfie incident last August — possibly after drinking — and he died of his injuries. Teenagers all over the world are falling off of things. It’s like a selfies arms race out there, and the casualties are mounting.
The moral is this: Awesome pictures are probably not worth your life. But also, if you survive your selfie incident, be sure to use this handy Tumblr tag for your next one.
Evan Killham is a freelance writer who lives in Nebraska and isn’t interested in football, so he has plenty of time to play and think about video games. He has written for Bitmob and GamesBeat and sometimes, he even goes outside. But not too often because he’s heard there are bees out there. Occasionally, companies send free units for review. Evan subscribes to Cult of Mac’s Reviews Policy and also does not keep the items he receives for possible coverage.
20 responses to “Russian woman’s risky selfie goes exactly as you’d expect”
I’m sorry, but how does this have anything to do with technology let alone Mac products.
People use iPhones to take selfies. You must be a complete moron.
A complete moron, really you find a post about someone shooting them self because they took a selfie to be technology based information. Classy.
Thanks for confirming your ignorance and reinforcing it by liking your own comment! Classlessness at its finest!
Its called social responsibility. They are just spreading a lession
I agree. People are stupid now they can prove it by taking pictures of themselves in the act of being stupid.
agreed, and the photo being posted on twitter and here to represent it is very upsetting.
In Soviet Russia. Selfie shoots YOU!
Mr. Killham, please don’t post “Barney Fife” articles in tech websites. Let “Barney Fife” be themselves and the world be less the gun nuts!
Not off-topic and no one is forcing you to click them. Move on, idiot.
Talking to yourself will get you nowhere in life.
Could you please stop posting shit that hasn’t anything to do with apple?
An “accident” is when a meteorite strikes your car while you’re driving it. Her actions were the result of negligence and stupidity. No one “accidentally” pulls a gun’s trigger. They negligently pull a gun’s trigger. The difference? Who is to blame.
This is probably the dumbest fucking content this site has ever delivered. Great work Evan Killham!!!! GREAT FUCKING JOB CULT OF “MAC”!!!!
“If we were people who had absolutely no sense of morals or respect for intellectual property, we’d be going to that site already.”
Say what?
Your statement lacks context.
An almost-Darwin award winner. Better luck next time!
WOW, what idiot leaves their gun behind unlocked or not in it’s place but also what idiot points it to their head or person as a joke or in a comical sort of way. VERY dumb on both parties’ side.