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A MAN accused of shooting his best pal in the head has told cops: "he begged me to shoot him." Charles Henry Teal, 26, told cops he shot Jeffery Scott Bension, 39, in a mercy killing after his pal told him he had terminal cancer. In the affidavit he said that his pal had begged him for several minutes to kill him, before he pulled the shotgun trigger and blasted him in the side of the head. Cops said the two men were friends and had just moved in together after they met in a bar. According to KVAL Bension's body was found near the remote spot near Roseburg, OR, where the shooting took place, by a hunter. It has yet to be established whether he had terminal cancer, but friends told the station that they had always got along well and could not imagine any other motive for the killing.
Teal, who faces a life sentence if he's convicted, appeared distraught when he spoke via video link from jail to Judge Ronald Poole's Douglas County courtroom.
Cops haven't released many other details at this point, but the major crimes team is continuing the investigation.
They ask that anyone who has information about the case contact the Douglas County Sheriff's Office or leave a tip on the tip line at 541-957-2099.
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