Tributes as father dies in Walsall 'homemade gun' tragedy
Tributes have been paid to a Walsall man who police believe may have shot himself with a homemade gun.
The man, named locally as father-of-one Stuart Benger, who was in his 30s, was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on Tuesday evening where he died two days later.
Police said no-one else is thought to have been involved in the incident which took place at a home in Barns Lane, Rushall.
Officers said one line of inquiry was that Mr Benger had shot himself with a homemade gun. His death has now been referred to the Black Country coroner.
Tributes have been paid on Facebook to Mr Benger by his heartbroken mother Lynda Benger, who said: "I've lost my world."
John Shady said: "RIP Stu. Sad loss to genuine good guy and honest gentlemen. My heart goes out to his family."
While Maria Porter posted: "RIP so very sad. God Bless. x." A West Midlands Police spokeswoman said: "Police were called to a property in Barns Lane, Rushall just after 6.30pm on Tuesday November 10 where a man had sustained a serious head injury.
"Officers are continuing to investigate how the injury occurred, but it is not thought that anyone else was involved in the incident. One line of inquiry is that the victim shot himself with a homemade gun."
