Thero
12-30-2005, 05:33 PM
This is just insane. I think the guy deserves a raise from calling in Sick from this:
Man Bleeding From Forehead Finds Out He Was Shot; Girlfriend Commits Suicide
(PORT ORANGE, Fla.) -- A Florida man was in stable condition Friday after discovering the reason his forehead was bleeding. It turns out he had a bullet in his brain.
Authorities say Glen Betterley noticed that he was bleeding Thursday morning and asked his girlfriend if she had struck him. She said she didn't know.
But when the bleeding wouldn't stop, Betterley drove himself to work to leave a note for his boss, and then checked himself into the emergency room, where he learned he'd been shot in the forehead.
While being treated, police called the girlfriend and heard a single gunshot.
When investigators went to the home, they found her dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
Police are calling the case an aggravated battery and apparent suicide.
http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=4301911*
Quote:
Man Shot in the Head Drives to Hospital
PORT ORANGE, Fla. (AP) - A man who woke up with a head wound drove himself to a hospital, where doctors found a bullet lodged in his brain. His girlfriend killed herself when she was contacted by police.
Glen Thomas Betterley, 53, noticed that his head was bleeding when he woke up Thursday morning and asked his girlfriend if she had struck him. The woman said she didn't know.
When the bleeding wouldn't stop, Betterley drove to work, left a note for his boss and went to the hospital. Doctors treated him for a gunshot to the forehead. He was in stable condition Friday.
While Betterley was being treated, police said they called his girlfriend and heard a gunshot. When authorities went to the home, they found Emma Lorene Larsen, 65, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
Police described the case as an aggravated battery and apparent suicide.
http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=104&sid=661501*
Quote:
Man shot in head; drives to hospital
PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- It was 4:30 a.m. Thursday when Glen Thomas Betterley woke up bleeding from his head. He couldn't figure out why.
He asked his girlfriend, Emma Lorene Larsen, whether she had struck him, and she said she didn't know.
The 53-year-old Betterley then cleaned himself up and lay back down to rest, but the bleeding wouldn't stop. About 6:30 a.m., police said, Betterley drove to work and left a note telling his boss he wouldn't be coming in because he would be at the hospital.
When he arrived at the Halifax Medical Center emergency room, Betterley learned why he was bleeding: He had been shot in the forehead.
Port Orange police said Betterley couldn't tell them much about his injury or even where it had occurred. By 11 a.m., he was in serious condition and in surgery to remove the bullet from his brain, investigators said
.
Thursday night, Betterley was listed in serious condition, a nursing supervisor said. No other information about his injuries was available.
About 8:30 a.m., while Betterley was being treated, police had tracked down his address and called Larsen. While on the phone with the 65-year-old woman, police said, they heard the sound of a single gunshot. When investigators entered the Orange Avenue home, they found Larsen dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
Few other details were available about the couple involved in what police are labeling an aggravated battery and apparent suicide. Police did not release what caliber gun was used in either shooting.
Court records show that in April 2001, another woman obtained a domestic-violence restraining order against Betterley. He was arrested twice on suspicion of violating the injunction and pleaded no contest to the charge in one of the cases. The charge in the second arrest was dropped after the injunction was voluntarily dismissed by the petitioner.
The home Betterley and Larsen shared in Commonwealth Estates, a mobile-home community in Port Orange, is decorated with an ivy-covered trellis, fuchsia flowers and small benches for other potted plans. Neighbors said the two kept to themselves.
"I kept my distance and didn't get acquainted," said one man, who asked not to be named.
According to a doctor at Orlando Regional Medical Center, Betterley's reaction to the bullet in his brain is not that uncommon.
"I've had patients with knives in their heads, screwdrivers in their heads, lawn darts, small-caliber gunshot wounds to the head, where patients have been awake and talking," said Dr. Jonathan Greenberg, a neurosurgeon at ORMC. "The question is how important is the area that is damaged?"
Greenberg explained: As long as a low-caliber bullet doesn't hit any major blood vessels or enters what is called a "non-eloquent" area of the brain -- an area that doesn't have a specific, major assigned function -- then a person can survive a seemingly serious gunshot to the head.
Sometimes, doctors don't even have to remove the bullet from a patient's brain, Greenberg said, adding that it's just a matter of repairing the damaged area.
"It's because you have to weigh the risk of causing damage to the brain in the process of removing the bullet," Greenberg said.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlot...s/13517016.htm*
Man Bleeding From Forehead Finds Out He Was Shot; Girlfriend Commits Suicide
(PORT ORANGE, Fla.) -- A Florida man was in stable condition Friday after discovering the reason his forehead was bleeding. It turns out he had a bullet in his brain.
Authorities say Glen Betterley noticed that he was bleeding Thursday morning and asked his girlfriend if she had struck him. She said she didn't know.
But when the bleeding wouldn't stop, Betterley drove himself to work to leave a note for his boss, and then checked himself into the emergency room, where he learned he'd been shot in the forehead.
While being treated, police called the girlfriend and heard a single gunshot.
When investigators went to the home, they found her dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
Police are calling the case an aggravated battery and apparent suicide.
http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=4301911*
Quote:
Man Shot in the Head Drives to Hospital
PORT ORANGE, Fla. (AP) - A man who woke up with a head wound drove himself to a hospital, where doctors found a bullet lodged in his brain. His girlfriend killed herself when she was contacted by police.
Glen Thomas Betterley, 53, noticed that his head was bleeding when he woke up Thursday morning and asked his girlfriend if she had struck him. The woman said she didn't know.
When the bleeding wouldn't stop, Betterley drove to work, left a note for his boss and went to the hospital. Doctors treated him for a gunshot to the forehead. He was in stable condition Friday.
While Betterley was being treated, police said they called his girlfriend and heard a gunshot. When authorities went to the home, they found Emma Lorene Larsen, 65, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
Police described the case as an aggravated battery and apparent suicide.
http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=104&sid=661501*
Quote:
Man shot in head; drives to hospital
PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- It was 4:30 a.m. Thursday when Glen Thomas Betterley woke up bleeding from his head. He couldn't figure out why.
He asked his girlfriend, Emma Lorene Larsen, whether she had struck him, and she said she didn't know.
The 53-year-old Betterley then cleaned himself up and lay back down to rest, but the bleeding wouldn't stop. About 6:30 a.m., police said, Betterley drove to work and left a note telling his boss he wouldn't be coming in because he would be at the hospital.
When he arrived at the Halifax Medical Center emergency room, Betterley learned why he was bleeding: He had been shot in the forehead.
Port Orange police said Betterley couldn't tell them much about his injury or even where it had occurred. By 11 a.m., he was in serious condition and in surgery to remove the bullet from his brain, investigators said
.
Thursday night, Betterley was listed in serious condition, a nursing supervisor said. No other information about his injuries was available.
About 8:30 a.m., while Betterley was being treated, police had tracked down his address and called Larsen. While on the phone with the 65-year-old woman, police said, they heard the sound of a single gunshot. When investigators entered the Orange Avenue home, they found Larsen dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
Few other details were available about the couple involved in what police are labeling an aggravated battery and apparent suicide. Police did not release what caliber gun was used in either shooting.
Court records show that in April 2001, another woman obtained a domestic-violence restraining order against Betterley. He was arrested twice on suspicion of violating the injunction and pleaded no contest to the charge in one of the cases. The charge in the second arrest was dropped after the injunction was voluntarily dismissed by the petitioner.
The home Betterley and Larsen shared in Commonwealth Estates, a mobile-home community in Port Orange, is decorated with an ivy-covered trellis, fuchsia flowers and small benches for other potted plans. Neighbors said the two kept to themselves.
"I kept my distance and didn't get acquainted," said one man, who asked not to be named.
According to a doctor at Orlando Regional Medical Center, Betterley's reaction to the bullet in his brain is not that uncommon.
"I've had patients with knives in their heads, screwdrivers in their heads, lawn darts, small-caliber gunshot wounds to the head, where patients have been awake and talking," said Dr. Jonathan Greenberg, a neurosurgeon at ORMC. "The question is how important is the area that is damaged?"
Greenberg explained: As long as a low-caliber bullet doesn't hit any major blood vessels or enters what is called a "non-eloquent" area of the brain -- an area that doesn't have a specific, major assigned function -- then a person can survive a seemingly serious gunshot to the head.
Sometimes, doctors don't even have to remove the bullet from a patient's brain, Greenberg said, adding that it's just a matter of repairing the damaged area.
"It's because you have to weigh the risk of causing damage to the brain in the process of removing the bullet," Greenberg said.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlot...s/13517016.htm*