Man dies after successful suicide attempt with gun Saturday evening

Jul 3, 2023

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On Saturday, July 1st, 2023, at 7:58 pm, the Turlock Police Department, Stanislaus State Police Department, Turlock Fire Department, and American Medical Response were dispatched to a reported suicidal person at a residence in the 2700 block of Ball Ct, Turlock, who had just shot himself after being involved in a disturbance with his girlfriend.

When crews arrived on scene, they immediately began CPR on the victim and eventually ground transported him to a local hospital, where he unfortunately succumbed to his injuries at 8:19 pm.

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11 responses to “Man dies after successful suicide attempt with gun Saturday evening”

Benson

July 3, 2023

I can’t believe u…. You had so much energy and fight left in you…. I love you and but I could be more pissed at you sometimes… but I’d of done anything ….. ANYTHING TO HELP IF ID JUST KNOWN…. You could’ve called or come by anytime any place and I would’ve been there. I’m sorry I wasnt a good enough friend that I didn’t see this coming I hope one day you’ll forgive me …. I love you

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1. Brian
  
  July 3, 2023
  
  Benson,
  
  I know what you’re going through and if I may offer some words of advice or consolation; I’ll keep it brief since grieving isn’t the best time to try to process random words from strangers online but here it goes:
  
  My brother died from suicide in 2021. It’s still very shocking and painful to type those words out in this moment. But I make a point of saying he “died” from suicide rather than he “committed” it. Crimes are committed. I don’t believe suicide to be a crime or sin or any of the negative things I believed it to be. I was wrongfully resentful and angry at my brother for leaving me here to stick it out until I later learned he was in constant pain because of terminal cancer he kept a secret.
  
  My point is this, there is nothing you could have done even if you had known. You need to let go of that. That type of guilt or the “what if” scenarios will plague your mind and make your soul sick with grief and regret. Again, there is NOTHING you could have done. It doesn’t matter if you were present to physically stop him, you wouldn’t help him overall. It’s everyone’s choice to get up everyday and live their lives, you can’t do it for them. The same goes for those who make the choice to create their end when they see it fit. All situations are unique and different but just realize that what’s done is done and you don’t have anything to apologize for. The ones we lost were thinking the same apologies to us but their pain is over, WE have to endure and feel the pain of loss. I’d say if anyone is owed an apology it’s us, not the departed. I never saw it coming either and from my own brother whom I thought I knew better than anyone else. Just breathe life and accept death and then live that much more passionately for them because before we know it we’ll be right there with them.
  
  (I know that wasn’t brief but if you don’t read this and it at all helps then I’m glad it did)
  
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  1. Benson
    
    July 3, 2023
    
    I did …. And appreciate the time you took to reach out…. I really do
    
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  2. Yvonne Borelli
    
    July 3, 2023
    
    I’ve lost my son to suicide, and a boyfriend .Brian’s words are wise and true. Thank you for saying to another human what I wish I’d been told.
    
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  3. Julie
    
    July 3, 2023
    
    Thank you for sharing those kind words of wisdom.
    
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Mariela

July 3, 2023

Benson I am so very sorry for your loss, like Brian said there’s no words at this moments to comfort you and your friends family my brother also die by suicide at just 38 yo in 2006 pain never lives you but you will learn how to live with it and that helps some in some way to be more alert to depression sings in our family and friends, I don’t know you but I pray for you tonight, my heart goes out to you 💜 stay strong! 🙏🏼

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1. Megan mones
  
  July 4, 2023
  
  I’m so sorry for your loss I lost my best friend ,my baby sister to suicide in 2007she was just 27 years old I found her hanging in her apartment . The time has passed but the wound still so very fresh I miss her every single day. I was once the regretful one always going back and what ifing myself to death over and over I played out so many tapes on coulda shoulda woulda ……when someone makes the choice to go out their own way on their terms it is something I believe is planned in distress and in the heat of the moment we make sometimes very permenant decisions for very temporary problems. We don’t get to redo life and it sucks but love your self enough to know you were a good friend and nothing you could have said or done was gonna change the course he chose to take. I pray you find inner peace and can grieve what you’ve lost but ask your higher power to help him find peace as well and until you meet again live your best life in honor of what he could not. Again so sorry for your loss
  
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Kellie Thiner

July 5, 2023

The guilt of not “seeing the signs” will torment you. There is no reason to do that to yourself. I lived with that guilt for almost 20 years until I realized that no matter what, I didn’t make the choice to end my life.. and I am pretty sure that being miserable was not the outcome my boyfriend was trying to accomplish..

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Obadiah

July 8, 2023

Too bad this isn’t about anyone but the man whose dead, y’all just LOVE to make this about yourselves!

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1. Amy
  
  July 11, 2023
  
  Sharing similar situations doesn’t mean there are making it about themselves. There’s no words to take away someone’s pain of losing a loved one or bring them back. However knowing that other people have been in similar situations and were able to continue living gives people strength
  
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  1. Obadiah
    
    July 11, 2023
    
    This thread is full of narcissism and selfcenterdness. “if I’d just known”… “My brother died”…”I’ve lost…”, “My”, “my”, “me, me, me I”. That’s precisely what this entire feed is full of.
    
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