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Forsyth Sheriff Responds To Fatal Shooting At Business Owned By Congressman

Authorities are investigating a death at a Forsyth County gun range owned by U.S. Rep. Ted Budd.

Forsyth County investigators responded to an early afternoon call of a fatal shooting at ProShots, a shooting range and gun shop.  

The sheriff's department says the incident appears to be a suicide.

Budd is a conservative congressman and businessman representing North Carolina's 13th District who's been endorsed by the National Rifle Association.

As of Monday afternoon, The Winston-Salem Journal reports detectives are still investigating the incident.

According to a Harvard University researcher, suicides at shooting ranges are rare, typically only a fraction of a percent of the total gun deaths in a given year.

Sean Bueter joined WFDD in August 2015 as a reporter covering issues across the Piedmont Triad and beyond.Previously, Sean was a reporter, host and news director at WBOI in Fort Wayne, Ind., just a few hours from where he grew up. He also sorted Steve Inskeep's mail as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C.Sean has experience on a variety of beats, including race, wealth and poverty, economic development, and more. His work has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and APM's Marketplace.In his spare time, Sean plays tennis (reasonably well), golf (reasonably poorly), and scours local haunts for pinball machines to conquer.

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