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Thu 03 Mar 2009Criminal who accidentally shot himself is buried
SECURITY WAS tight in Limerick yesterday for the funeral of local criminal Philip Collopy. The 29-year-old father of two died after accidentally shooting himself in the head with a Glock pistol at a house in St Mary’s Park last weekend.
Gardaí believe the father of two was showing others how to use the gun and took the magazine out, but forgot to remove the live round from the breach when he shot himself in the head.
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