An inquest has been opened into the death of a man who shot himself in the head.
Area coroner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Caroline Jones opened the inquest into the death of Gordon Hughes at Lawrence Court, in Huntingdon, on August 7.
The brief hearing heard how the 88-year-old was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in King's Lynn, on November 1, 2024.
"The circumstances appear to be that he had shot himself in the head using an old gun that contained a pellet inside," Ms Jones said.
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The 88-year-old was unresponsive on arrival and was treated by doctors under palliative care but sadly died the following day (November 2).
Mr Hughes was formally identified on November 6, with a provisional cause of death offered by one of the treating doctors.
The coroner recorded a provisional cause of death of traumatic intracerebral and subdural haematoma due to gunshot wound on the right temple side of the head.
Mr Jones extended her "condolences" to the family and friends of Mr Hughes, and went on to list an inquest to take place on August 21.
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