Man kills himself after leaving endurance contest

A participant in an endurance contest with a truck as its prize walked away from the event on its third day, broke into a store, found a shotgun and killed himself, police said.

Richard Vega, 24, of Tyler, Texas, left the Hands on a Hardbody contest at a Nissan dealership yesterday, about the time that a break was called, said police Sgt. Carlos Samples.