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Former major league slugger Jose Canseco blew his middle finger clear off his hand while cleaning his handgun at home in Las Vegas.
Jose's fiancée Leila Knight tells TMZ Sports ... he was sitting at a table in their home cleaning the gun when it went off. She says he didn't know it was loaded -- and the shot ripped through the middle finger on his left hand.
Leila tells us 50-year-old Canseco is in surgery right now as doctors desperately try to save what's left of the finger. She says the bullet tore through the bottom part of the finger and doctors have already said he'll never have full use of it again ... even under the best of circumstances.
Worst case ... it may be amputated.
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footballfan
What an idiot
BREAKFAST4
He needed to lose the weight.
Pam
Dumb move but it happens to people with guns all the time when they clean their guns. He's fortunate he just lost a finger. Bottom line: don't own guns, don't have to clean guns. Problem solved.
Emilio
Hmmmm...seems a little suspicious...
Roscoe
Damn that's horrible. Hopefully he recovers as best as he possibly can. Sad stuff.
Daisy
If you can't keep track if your gun is loaded or not then you shouldn't have a gun. Rookie mistake.
Ali
This is just sad. I remember when he lived in my town in the Bay Area and was such a huge star! Then things started to get weird (Esther, the gun in the car, dating Madonna etc.) and he kind of went away and you didn't hear much. Then the book, the weird boxing match thing and you just knew he'd blown all his cash and pissed everything away. So sad. Now he's kind of a tool. Poor Jose.
Straight Is Great
"Ouch"
(✿◠‿◕)=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿ ˜”*°*¸.°.°(((~◕_◕~))).°.°
Joey Boots
dumbass - to handle a weapon and not clear it first is idiotic.
SciGuy13
Rule #1 when cleaning a gun is to take out the mag and be sure there is not a round chambered. Dumb mistake.
Ree
How? Honestly how. How are you that stupid when cleaning a firearm? I swear every one of these people who causes an accidental shooting while 'cleaning' their guns are not 'cleaning' them, what they're doing is 'f****** around' with them. Sheer stupidity.
BobbyC
Shocker...
(think about it)
IfYouSaySo
Pendejo lol
Creedmoor
Gee, I didn't know I was loaded.
Black Adam
He probably also looks down the Gun Barrel to see if a bullet is in the chamber.......