Police were searching Reed Wischhusen's home having had a tip-off about weapons when he confronted them with a pistol.
A gunman obsessed with mass shootings said he was trying to commit suicide by provoking armed officers into killing him when he ran at them with a pistol, a court heard.
When that suicide attempt failed, he ran down the stairs to confront the Avon and Somerset officers with the firearm held aloft, Bristol Crown Court heard. Top news stories today "When in the bathroom I shot myself in the head, trying to kill myself. I ran at the officers hoping they would kill me. I have nothing further to say."
Wischhusen told detectives he had a "passion for firearms and weapons" and was a member of a gun club and shot regularly. The jury has previously been told Wischhusen was fascinated with mass shootings and infamous killers such as Dunblane gunman Thomas Hamilton and Raoul Moat. Wischhusen told detectives: "With regard to the document in my computer called 'Revenge', it's a fantasy story.
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