Veteran gun instructor Dr. Richard Cho, 50, mistakenly shot himself in the torso.
“There was nothing suspicious in the death so the case is now with the Coroner’s office,” said Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie in an email Monday. She said police responded around 1 p.m. Sunday.”A man who had been participating in a pistol competition had lost control of his firearm and accidentally fired a shot into his torso,” an RCMP statement said. “Witnesses administered first aid immediately and the victim was transported to Royal Inland Hospital by BC Ambulance. “Unfortunately, the man succumbed to his injury soon after.”

Source: Vancouver man dies after pistol shooting competition accident | Metro Vancouver

No details have been released yet as how it happened. We can guess, but it will not help things a bit. As I was pointing out to a friend, fatalities (and even non-lethal accidents) among competition shooters are so rare that when they happen, the news travels brutally fast.

My condolences to his family and friends.

Hat Tip Sean S.