Police: Man Awoke To Find Bullet In His Tongue
POSTED: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Police said a man awoke Monday with a serious headache -- a bullet lodged in his tongue.
Police said Wendell Coleman, 47, walked 12 blocks to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center after waking up with a very bad headache. His lip was swollen, he appeared to have powder burns and he had trouble speaking.
Doctors found a bullet in Coleman's tongue.
Coleman told police that a woman stuck a gun barrel in his mouth during a dispute around 2:30 a.m. He told police that he heard the gun go off, but said he just went home and went to sleep.
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