Chase County Sheriff

A Strong City man was found deceased early Friday morning by the Chase County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff Jacob Welsh said the Sheriff’s Office responded to an electrocution call at 240th Rd in Strong City around 3:21 a.m., where deputies found 36-year-old Shawn Gilligan “deceased from injuries sustained while attempting to build a device to convert AC power into DC power.”

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A.Burenheide

This was my baby brother and he was not trying to build what they say he was trying to burn wood with parts from an old mircrowave and make a desigh he had studied this threw you tube as he often did,, PLEASE DONT TRY THIS many have died from it even professional trained electricians and he Def was not simply a man who loved learning no things and trying new ideas that he had ALL the time . He simply wanted a beautiful design n a table he had gotten some were no doubt cheap or free possibly from some one trash even we are very much do it our self types and always see ideas w items many mite call trash we love to reuse rethink recycle things and use in new or improved ways,he was only guilty have being to brave ,not watching the whole video or falling like many for you tunes videos that only after 18 min into the video did it warn it could be dangerous, we know he never made it that far into that video and we all lost a man w a golden heart who hero any one and do nearly anything to see people he loved happy the loss for his wife ,sons,and my self is forever changed us especially since not even 2 years ago we lost our step father and mother n a horrible wreck n maiorn co while they were returning from trading greyhounds they are all missed more then words can say

Hananova

Never put two hands on while repairing electrical devices. With two hands you can create a short, or complete circuit, the current going up one arm, through your chest (and heart), through your body and out the other arm, completing the circuit. I discovered this while repairing radars in the army. My condolences and sympathies to the family.

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