Mich. woman shoots herself in hope of getting medical help, says she wouldn’t do it again
By APTuesday, June 15, 2010
Mich. woman shoots self to get medical attention
NILES, Mich. — An out-of-work Michigan woman shot herself in the hope she’d receive medical treatment for a shoulder injury. Kathy Myers says she injured the shoulder a month ago while playing with her dogs. The 41-year-old Niles resident said she’s been unable to see a specialist because she can’t afford health insurance.
So Myers shot herself on Thursday.
She was released from the hospital a few hours later.
Myers told WSBT-TV in South Bend, Ind., she has “no suicide wish.” She says her life isn’t great “right now, but I want to live.”
Myers says she wouldn’t do it again and now is searching for a specialist who will accept a payment plan she can afford.
The prosecutor’s office is going to decide whether Myers will face charges for firing a weapon within city limits.
