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Local : Santa Ana Man Shoots Self in Head

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From Times staff and wire service reports

A Santa Ana man died Sunday night after he accidentally shot himself in the head, police said.

Family members of Jose Rojas, 19, called police about 9:45 p.m. yesterday, officials said, to report that he was brandishing a .357-caliber handgun outside his home in the 1100 block of West Walnut Street. When police arrived, they found Rojas lying on the ground with a fatal gunshot wound to the head, police spokeswoman Maureen Thomas said.

Family members and neighbors told police that Rojas had been drinking and firing the gun all day.

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Thomas said there was no evidence Rojas intended to commit suicide, so police are calling the shooting accidental.

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