Man critically wounded in gun range suicide attempt

A 26-year-old man remains in critical condition after he tried committing suicide at the Philadelphia Archery and Gun Club in South Philadelphia Monday afternoon, police said.

Police and medics responded to the club on Ellsworth Street near 9th around 1:45 p.m. The unidentified man shot himself in his head and was taken by medics to Jefferson University Hospital, police said.

The incident is at least the third of it's kind in the area within the past year.

On Aug. 22, 2011, a 22-year-old West Chester man shot himself in the head at the Targetmaster Indoor Firearm Range and Gun Shop in Concord Township. A 25-year-old man also committed suicide in the restroom at the same club on Feb. 14, 2012.