A shot in the dark - great aim!

Police: Man shoots self in groin during robbery
Incident occurs as man was robbing a convenience store, police say

Associated Press updated 6:28 a.m. PT, Wed., Jan. 16, 2008

KOKOMO, Ind. - Oh, shoot! A man accidentally shot himself in the groin as he was robbing a convenience store Tuesday, police said.

A clerk told police a man carrying a semiautomatic handgun entered the Village Pantry demanding cash and a pack of cigarettes. The clerk put the cash in a bag and as she turned to get the cigarettes, she heard the gun discharge.

Police say surveillance video shows the man shooting himself as he placed the gun in the waistband of his pants. The clerk wasn't injured.

A short time later, police found 25-year-old Derrick Kosch at a home with a gunshot wound to his right testicle and lower left leg.

Kosch was released from the hospital Tuesday and booked into the Howard County jail on a charge of armed robbery, criminal recklessness and battery. He is being held on a $100,000 cash bail. A jail official did not know if he had retained an attorney Wednesday.

Criminal recklessness... was he charged for a self-inflicted gunshot wound? That's what I call reckless. So remember kiddies, when sticking a gun down your pants keep your finger off the frickin' trigger!