Man, 19, Kills Himself in Russian Roulette
With a cry of “Russian roulette!” a Sepulveda man pointed what he mistakenly thought was an unloaded pistol at his neck and fired, killing himself, Los Angeles police said Thursday.
Anthony Roseli, 19, was fatally wounded about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in an apartment in the 8800 block of Langdon Avenue, Lt. Harvie Eubank said. Two men and two women that Roseli had been joking with witnessed the shooting.
Roseli was described by police as an associate of gang members that lived in the complex. Eubank said he was carrying a .38-caliber revolver and was apparently trying to impress gang members by displaying it while standing in front of the apartment building.
Roseli then went inside his apartment with some friends and began to unload and reload the gun repeatedly.
“He apparently miscalculated,” Eubank said. “He thought it was unloaded. He spun the barrel and yelled, ‘Oh, Russian roulette!’ Then he put the gun to the side of his throat and pulled the trigger.”
Roseli died at the scene. Eubank said investigators found that there had been two cartridges in the gun when Roseli pulled the trigger.
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