A store clerk in Sylacauga, Alabama, was found dead inside the business from an apparent accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The call was made by a firefighter who stopped at the store to make a purchase and found the clerk – identified as P.P. – lying in a pool of blood behind the counter. There was a handgun next to him.
Video from the store’s surveillance cameras showed that the 21-year-old P., originally from India, accidentally shot himself in the head while looking at the store owner’s gun that was kept behind the counter for protection. According to P.'s family back in India, they are laden with debt and cannot afford to repatriate P.'s body.