Hunter Mistakes Woman For Deer
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- Doha MadaniNBC News
- Zoe HussainNew York Post
- Bill HutchinsonABC News (US)
- Matt FosterABC News (US)
- Emily Mae CzachorCBS News
- Ramon Antonio VargasThe Guardian
- Landon MionFox News
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Moorhead was charged with manslaughter, reckless endangerment and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
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According to police, Moorhead believed he saw a deer and fired his rifle, striking Soto.
A Maryland hunter is accused of fatally shooting a woman after mistaking her for a deer while she walked through a Delaware field with her children, according to state police.
State troopers responded to the scene and provided life-saving medical care before Soto was rushed to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
Walter Moorhead of Salisbury, Maryland, was arrested after troopers responded at about at 7:40 p.m. on Friday to a report of a woman shot in an open field in the town of Ellendale.
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- 20 Sep
Moorhead was charged with manslaughter, reckless endangerment and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Coverage 8 articles
25 Sep Partner of woman killed by US hunter who allegedly mistook her for deer says death ‘no accident’
The Guardian22 Sep Hunter mistook woman for deer in fatal US shooting, police say
The Straits Times
22 Sep Maryland hunter's alleged mistake leaves Delaware mother dead
Fox News
21 Sep Maryland hunter charged after fatally shooting woman he mistook for a deer, authorities say
The Guardian
21 Sep Hunter fatally shoots woman he mistook for a deer, police say
CBS News
20 Sep Hunter charged with manslaughter in shooting of woman he mistook for a deer: Police
ABC News (US)
20 Sep Elderly hunter kills mom of 5 he mistook for deer as she walks with kids: cops
New York Post
20 Sep Hunter charged with fatally shooting a woman he thought was a deer, police say
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