VAN BUREN, MAINE — A man in Maine lost his life after getting shot by his own home booby trap.<br /><br />According to the Van Buren Police Department, Ronald Cyr called 911 on Thanksgiving night saying he'd been shot.<br /><br />The cops who arrived at his home to provide medical assistance discovered that the front door had been rigged with a homemade booby trap.<br /><br />65-year-old Cyr had apparently designed it so a handgun would fire should anyone try and enter the door, which a friend later said was because he had been "robbed too many times."<br /><br />Problem is, Cyr then unintentionally triggered the device and ended up getting shot himself, according to the police investigation.<br /><br />He was taken to the hospital, but ended up succumbing to his injuries.<br /><br />Police later found other unknown devices inside the home, which prompted them to contact the state bomb squad.<br /><br />The Washington Post reports that although Maine law allows the use of deadly force against home intruders in certain cases, it's illegal to use booby traps to defend property.
