Police: Man shoots, kills self on Costa Mesa road
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A man shot and killed himself inside a car over the weekend at a Costa Mesa intersection, police said Monday.
Costa Mesa officers received a call about a shooting at about 1:20 p.m. Saturday and found the man’s car stopped on Harbor Boulevard at Law Court, just south of Sunflower Avenue.
The man had shot himself in the head with a handgun, authorities said.
Paramedics took the man to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, where he was pronounced dead at 2:10 p.m.
The Orange County coroner’s office identified him as a 55-year-old Santa Ana resident.
— Jeremiah Dobruck
Twitter: @jeremiahdobruck