Man shoots himself dead with gun smuggled into Universal Studios theme park in Hollywood
HOLIDAYMAKERS watched in horror as a man shot himself dead at the Universal Studios theme park in Hollywood.
The suicide took place at Universal Studios theme park in US
An investigation is under way into how the unnamed man smuggled a gun into the park, which attracts more than six million tourists a year.
One witness said: “A female sheriff’s deputy had been talking to a guy sitting on the ground.
"When she told him to stand up, he pulled out a gun and shot himself.”
When she told him to stand up, he pulled out a gun and shot himself
Police later said the man, believed to be in his twenties, was a former boyfriend of a female employee at the park who had complained about being stalked by him.
Lieutenant Eddie Hernandez said: “She had a restraining order against him and, when she saw him again, she alerted security who in turn alerted the sheriff’s department.”
Park authorities said visitors’ belongings are routinely searched but metal detector wands are “rarely used”.