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Investigators determined that a 65-year-old Sweet Home man died last week from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to a lower extremity.

Sweet Home police responded to a report at 12:52 p.m. on March 5 from a citizen of a male lying face down under a vehicle in the driveway of a residence in the 100 block of Holley Road.

Police located a deceased male, whom they identified as Robert Fagan.

Police Chief Jeff Lynn said investigators determined that Fagan died from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound, and the involved firearm was located at the scene near the deceased man.

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