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06/18/2008: "Somewhere, Darwin Is ROTFL ..."

Here at the Home Office, we love the Darwin Awards - those prizes given to folks who find the most creative (and stupid) ways to accidentally end their existence. Always poetic, always amusing ... always posthumous.

From Grand Prarie, Texas, let me introduce you to our next contestant:

A 19-year-old man accidentally shot and killed himself Tuesday morning while he was attempting to rob a Grand Prairie home, authorities said.

Cameron Sands, 19, of Fort Worth kicked in the door of the house and then shot himself in the stomach as he pulled a gun out of his pants to shoot the homeowner, Grand Prairie police said. The homeowner was not injured.

After Mr. Sands shot himself, he dropped the gun and ran out of the home. Police found his body around 5:30 a.m. in the driveway of the home in the 2800 block Garden Grove Road, said Lt. John Brimmer, a Grand Prairie police spokesman.

"This is the first that I've heard of a robbery suspect killing himself as he is drawing a gun out of his waist band," Lt. Brimmer said. "The criminal evidence points to that. It certainly isn't common."

With energy prices being what they are, I'm sure the people of the Republic are happy to save the cost of firing up Ol' Sparky for this guy ...