Gun range owner says Army Reserve officer prayed before pulling trigger

Gun range owner haunted by recent suicide on premises
July 23, 2012
by Jon Burkett

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (WTVR)–The owner of The Smoking Gun pistol range didn’t want to appear on TV, but he did want to set the record straight about the suicide inside his business five days ago.

It’s a death that he says has made it hard to sleep at night.

It began with the sound of gunshots inside a shooting range. It’s safe to say it’s common to hear that sound there, but a shot last week still haunts the range owner. “I yelled, ‘Lieutenant!” he said. “’You have five minutes,’ but he didn’t acknowledge me.”

Second Lieutenant James Cho, an Army Reserve officer was dead. The gunshot wound to the head was later determined to be a suicide. The Smoking Gun’s owner says Cho was in a position that he’ll never forget.

“It appeared as if he was praying, trying to make peace with god, I guess.”

Sources tell CBS 6 Cho was under an Army investigation for an alleged criminal act but wouldn’t give further details. The range owner says he met Cho twice: the day of, and the day before his death.
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