Using revolver as backscratcher, man shoots self

Jorge Espinal, 44, was drinking beer and playing poker around 3 a.m. Sunday at his Ft. Worth, TX home when he used a revolver of an unknown caliber to scratch his back and accidentally shot himself, police said. “He told officers he had an itch on his back and grabbed the first thing he could get a hold of which was a revolver,” said Fort Worth police Lt. Kenneth Dean. He was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at an area hospital. In The Dallas Morning News.