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http:// --> Ashland, Oregon HOME Valley & State Sports Nation & World Opinion/Editorial Classifieds Business Columnists Local Issues Obituaries Weather Archive Revels Etcetera Backpage Hot Topics Most Viewed Forum Photo Galleries Video Readers Polls O-Zone Online Games Movie Preview Special Sections Real Estate Guide Menu Guide Shakespeare Subscribe Contact Us Rate Card Place an Ad Featured Galleries: August 28, 2007 Man unintentionally shoots himself at party SALEM — A young man lost an eye after shooting himself in the face during a party, police said. Charles C. Roth, 19, of Salem was listed in serious condition Monday at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital in Portland. Roth shot himself late Sunday during a party where people were drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana, Salem police Lt. Dan Dietz said. Someone at the party was showing off a 9 mm handgun to others when Roth picked it up. Thinking the gun was not loaded, he put it to his face and pulled the trigger. The bullet tore through his cheek and exited his forehead, Dietz said. Jessica Spooner, a guest at a home two doors down, said she heard a string of firecrackers go off, followed by silence and then a loud bang. "I was like, 'Was that a gun?'" Spooner said. "We didn't even know there was a party there, and then there were all these kids running down the street away from the house." Current Comments: It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. If guns are outlawed only drunk outlaws will shoot themselves in the face. Parents, do you know where your guns are? paulkg - ashlland or - August 30th, 5:49 AM Leave a Comment: Advertisement: Advertisement: Paid Advertising: Debt Help Inkjet Printers Payday Loans Free Ringtones Debt Consolidation Security Systems Debt Relief New Hampshire Primary Advertisement: Copyright © 2007 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers. All Rights Reserved. Del.icio.us