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Police Say Man Shot Himself 4 Times In The Head During Tulsa Standoff

KOTV Channel 6 Tulsa ^ | Lori Fullbright

Posted on by OKSooner

TULSA, Oklahoma - An autopsy reveals a strange but true case of a man dead after shooting himself four times in the head.

Police say Terrence Moses kidnapped his ex-wife last Wednesday, then got into an eight-hour standoff with Tulsa police.

The Special Operations Team rescued the woman, but then say they found Moses dead.

Police realize how unbelievable it sounds that a man could shoot himself four times in the head, but they say the crime scene evidence proves that's exactly what happened.

Police say Terrance Moses got into an argument with his ex-wife last Wednesday, and she later told her family he was holding her at gunpoint.

Officers found them at 2 a.m. on Thursday in his condo at the Brandy Chase Condominiums near 67th and Peoria.

After hours of negotiations, SOT members made entry. They heard a woman screaming and gunshots, then saw her coming down the stairs and rescued her.

01/26/2012 Related Story: Tulsa Police: Standoff Over, Suspect Found Dead Inside Condo

The police department says no officers returned fire because they couldn't see who was shooting a floor above them.

"I can't think of anything worse than when a suspect is above them in an enclosed area," said Tulsa Police Sergeant Dave Walker.

Police sent in a robot around 10:30 a.m. and cameras showed Moses was dead. He had one shot to the chest and four to the head.

Police say the ex-wife might've been trying to wrestle the gun away from Moses when he accidentally shot himself in the chest. As for the next four shots, they say he did those on his own.

Police say he first shot himself under the chin. That bullet exited his face and went into the ceiling. They say he did that twice more with the same result. Then a fourth shot entered his neck, severed his spinal cord and killed him.

"I know it's kind of unusual that we say somebody committed suicide, killed himself by shooting himself four times in the head. I would wince at that too, but if you look at it, line up the holes where he was shot, you can see how that happened," Walker said.

Sergeant Walker says Moses had a Walther 380 and a Springfield Armory .40 caliber and fired them both. Tulsa officers carry .40 caliber Glocks. Sergeant Walker says all Moses' shots were accounted for.

"There's really nothing to hide in this whole thing. We wouldn't hide anything anyway. It's a sad story for him, sad for somebody's life to end that way, but it happens," Walker said.

The medical examiner says Moses died from gunshot wounds but hasn't ruled it suicide yet. They are doing additional testing and measuring plus any toxicology reports would take weeks to get back.

Police say Moses' ex-wife has been interviewed and is not a suspect of any kind in this case.



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To: OKSooner

Special Operations Team, huh? You know I have a funny feeling that DOGS will soon start doing this, also. Ya know?



To: OKSooner

An autopsy reveals a strange but true case of a man dead after shooting himself four times in the head. More range time...



by 3 posted onby freedumb2003 (Spoiler Alert! The secret to Terra Nova: THEY ARE ALL DEAD!!!)

To: OKSooner

Police say the ex-wife might’ve been trying to wrestle the gun away from Moses when he accidentally shot himself in the chest. As for the next four shots, they say he did those on his own. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bull cheese. If the cops are buying this woman’s story - then I need to see them about a bridge in Brooklyn I’m trying to sell.



by 4 posted onby Responsibility2nd (Newt or else. What part of "Join or Die" don't you understand?)

To: OKSooner





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Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

Quite the most determined case of suicide I've ever seen!

by 5 posted onby ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)

To: OKSooner

Unless he was holding a machine gun, I don’t see how this can happen. Forensics would prove the angle of the entry wounds. If an ME ever came to me and said “He shot himself in the head four times”, my reply would be “Try again”.



by 6 posted onby OrangeHoof (Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)

To: freedumb2003

Funny, that is the first thought that jumped into my mind after reading the headline.



by 7 posted onby Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)

To: freedumb2003

I was going to say “bad shot”....more range time will do..



To: OKSooner

He’s definitely two-upped Vince Foster and all those other victims of Arkancides who used to shoot themselves two times in the head behind their left ear using their right hand!



by 9 posted onby Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)

To: OrangeHoof

***try again LOL*** or better do another autopsy, this time on the right cadaver..



To: OKSooner

“Man Shot Himself 3 Times In the Head and Lives. The Fourth Shot Killed Him” That is how I would have writtent the headline.



To: OKSooner

He was determined



by 12 posted onby nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)

To: OKSooner

The Beretta 93R is a slicked up version of the M92 that has a three shot burst setting. I could fathom three self inflicted rounds with one of those, but four? Things that make you go, "Hmmmmmmmmmm....."



To: OKSooner

first shot himself under the chin. That bullet exited his face and went into the ceiling. They say he did that twice more with the same result. It just must not have been his time to die. Then a fourth shot entered his neck, severed his spinal cord and killed him. Oops, guess it was.



by 14 posted onby Michael.SF. (When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras.)

To: OKSooner

I once tended to a dog that had been run over and then shot twice in the head. First bullet went between the mandibular bones and exited the mouth, missing the tongue. The second bullet went through the lateral canthus of the eye and exited just above the ramus. The owners, knowing they had botched the euthanasia, then called me and asked me to save the dog. She did fine. There was a little ataxia (staggering) because of the concussion from the auto and both bullet wounds took about five sutures total. IMO the odds of a person botching a suicide are pretty good.



To: OKSooner

Talk about hard headed!



To: OKSooner

He should have stuck a 12 gauge in his mouth. Works every time. Of course you get a closed casket.



To: OrangeHoof

I’m actually buyin’ it. Sometimes the truth is just so weird it just has to be true. Damn, though.... Up through the chin and out the face? That -really- had to hurt.



by 18 posted onby Ramius (Personally, I'd give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)

To: OKSooner

This story gives a whole new meaning to HOLY MOSES! 4 holes in this case...



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by 20 posted onby Libloather (The epitome of civility.)

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