![]() The victim in that incident was identified as 64-year-old Gary Hunt, a retired police officer who was shot when his nephew's rifle accidentally discharged, investigators said. The incident in Cambria County comes after a bear hunter was killed the previous weekend in Warren County. In Pennsylvania, hunters took more than 435,000 deer last year, including 175,000 bucks, according to the Game Commission. White-tailed deer are the most common big game species among hunters in the United States. Pennsylvania State Police and the Pennsylvania Game Commission both are assisting in the investigation. The group was hunting along a gas line in the area of Buckhorn Road and Swigle Mountain Road when he was shot in the head, according to investigators.Ĭambria County coroner Jeff Lees said a young relative of Tripp's attempted to shoot a deer and instead struck Tripp, who was about 300 yards away, WJAC-TV reported. William Tripp, of Elizabethtown in Lancaster County, was out with family members and friends on the first day of Pennsylvania's statewide season for antlered and antlerless deer hunting with regular firearms.
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