You can't make this stuff up folks.
ST. PARIS, Ohio -- Steven Zorn had put the pen gun to his head and clicked before, thinking it was jammed and would not work.
But on the third try, the tiny, silver pistol went off as the 22-year-old budding rap singer was drinking to celebrate an impending record deal. He died later at the hospital.
The shooting happened Nov. 18 at Zorn's home in this rural village of 2,000, about 50 miles northeast of Dayton. Family, friends and law enforcement officials believe it was accidental.
Family and friends said Zorn drove himself to succeed in the music world. He loved hip hop and wrote songs described as being filled with raw emotion. He taught himself to play the keyboard and record tracts using inexpensive software on his home computer.
"He could make a song out of anything," said friend Shane Hanes, who was with Zorn the night of the shooting.
Zorn tracked down rap artist Miracle in Georgia and urged the crunk artist to listen to a CD of his original recordings.
"The lyrical content was awesome," Miracle said. "He had a lot of skill. I took a liking to him, took him under my wing."
About a week before he died, a friend gave Zorn the pen gun with the .25-caliber bullet.
"This guy gave it to him with a jammed bullet in it," said Zorn's mother, Lisa McCoy-Horn.
She said that the night of the shooting, her son had been drinking and she confronted him about it. Later, Hanes and another friend joined Zorn in a small barn he had converted into his living quarters and sound studio.
"He walked up to his computer and pulled the pen gun out of his pocket and started playing with it," Hanes recalled. "I looked at him and said, 'Steve, you shouldn't be playing with that, that's a loaded gun.'"
When Champaign County sheriff's deputies arrived, they found Zorn shot in the head. He was taken to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, where he died.
"Steven had a career and his dreams all ahead of him," said McCoy-Horn. "But messing with these pen guns, these kids need to know that life can be taken in a blink of an eye."
McCoy-Horn wants to see pen guns outlawed. She said several schools have expressed interest in having her come to speak out against the weapons. And she would also like to take her message to the Legislature.
"I've cried and cried so much, but I'm mad now," McCoy-Horn said. "Something's got to be done."
Yeah. Something's gotta be done all right. For instance, teaching people it's not good to play with a loaded weapon while drunk. Especially if you think putting a gun to your head and pulling the trigger THREE times is a good idea. 
Ladies and gentlemen, we have another candidate for the Darwin award.
Didn't an old moviestar do that with a gun loaded with blanks?
I don't know... in any case, it is a sad thing, but accidental or not, THE GUY WAS BEING STUPID.
Sure it sounds pretty insensitive and mean, and I apologize for that. But it's true. 
I think it's sad that a young man died in such a tragic and preventable manner. Not only were his actions irresponsible but so were that of his friends and mom (that woman knew how drunk her son was, why did she leave him alone? Someone in his condition needs to be looked after because they are longer physically or mentally capable of looking after themselves.)
Ultra, I think you forgot the 'gun' in the title.
Also, is it wrong That when I read 'Rapper Killed', I started thinking "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE be 50 Cemt"?
I intentionally left it out to give the title more of a 'WHAT THE FRIG?!?!' factor.
It also has more of a LIE factor.
It's a pen gun, not a pen.
An ordinary, everyday pen, while considered to be mightier than the sword by some, is not likely to put a bullet in your head.
A pen gun, on the other hand, is a small, cheap handgun popular in the inner city.
You'd also think people would also read the article.
You serious, man? That'd require EFFORT!
I can't find any info about this moviestar being killed by a blank.. guess it's urban legend or something
rappers and guns dont mix
that made sense... PUNISH THE IMPOSTER. kids, don't drink and shoot. don't any of you remember the guy who shot himself in the crotch?
I sure don't remember anything like that...
But it DAMN sure sounds funny! 
Brandon Lee, son of martial arts star Bruce Lee, was killed by a blank while filming "The Crow". Is that who you were thinking of Weirdo?
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don't any of you remember the guy who shot himself in the crotch?
No, but I remember the cop who, while doing a demo on gun-safety in front of a class of little kiddies, managed to shoot himself in the thigh.
I guess that's an example that'll stay with them.
No... In the incident I'm thinking off the star was messing around with a gun loaded with blanks, and for a joke he pointed the gun at his temple and fired. :/
That sounds like Jon-Erik Hexxum on the set of TV's "Cover Up". (forgive me if I mispelt his name)
That sounds a lot closer to me, yeah. From googling the name the story pretty much matches apart from the screaming, but well, chinese whispers and all that.
