Dec 11 2008
Actor Mark Ruffalo’s brother died of self-inflicted gun shot wound
News broke recently that Scott Ruffalo, the brother of actor Mark Ruffalo, had been killed from a gunshot wound to the head. The thirty-nine-year old hairdresser was shot in his condo in Beverly Hills, and was in critical condition for a week. Two people subsequently turned themselves in to police and were held as possible suspects.
Yesterday, however, it was determined that Ruffalo shot himself while playing Russian Roulette. According to the attorney of one of the former suspects, this was not the first time Ruffalo had engaged in dangerous behavior with a gun. The lawyer alleges, in fact, that he made a habit of playing Roulette while taking drugs, reportedly cocaine. The Ruffalo family has started a fund in Scott’s honor, and Mark has since pulled out of his next film project.
In other tragic news, People Magazine reports that Macaulay Culkin’s sister, Dakota, was killed yesterday after being hit by a car.
