Marcus Dixon was once a homeless young teenager who made a
"180-degree turn" when a family in Stamford, Conn., adopted him at age
17, the Connecticut Post reported. He went on to become the football
captain at Stamford High School -- where he graduated from in 2009 --
before making it to West Point.
Dixon died shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday when he accidentally shot
himself in the head with his .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol,
according to local reports. Dixon was showing his gun to two friends at
an apartment in Stamford at the time of the incident. He had removed the
magazine from the pistol and, thinking it was empty, tried to show the
gun was safe by pointing it toward his head and pulling the trigger, the
newspaper reported. One round was hidden in the gun's chamber.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/15/former-west-point-football-player-dies-in-accidental-shooting-at-connecticut/?test=latestnews#ixzz26bHTTE2s
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