Man who shot self with nail gun arrested on multiple charges

By Associated Press

Summary

Dillon was hospitalized May 1 after shooting himself with a gun equipped with 6-inch nails after he was stopped on State Route 3.

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Story Published: May 13, 2008 at 10:40 AM PST

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 6:46 PM PST

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) - A man who shot himself with a concrete nail gun after being stopped by a state trooper near Silverdale is out of the hospital and under arrest.

According to the State Patrol, 23-year-old Lance Earl Dillon of Bremerton planned to get his car out of an impound lot once he was released from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Instead, he was arrested Friday on old warrants and for investigation of impaired driving, hit-and-run and possession of methamphetamine.

As of midday Tuesday he remained in jail with bail set at $20,000.

Dillon was hospitalized May 1 after shooting himself with a gun equipped with 6-inch nails. He had just been stopped by a trooper in a hit-and-run investigation on State Route 3. A washer kept the nail from hitting his heart.

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Information from: Kitsap Sun, http://www.kitsapsun.com/