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The police were called in that morning to a residence in Franklin in reference to Bible ‘accidentally' shooting himself.
Tate said Bible was trying to leave the home on a walker while holding a gun in his right hand.
Bible's wife told police officers that her husband "loved to shoot squirrels" and he was attempting to open the outside kitchen door when he called to her to assist him.
The man's wife said she was about four or five feet from her husband when the gun went off.
Mr. Bible was pronounced dead at the scene by the county coroner at around 11:50 a.m.
