I hope they get him. A similar incident happened here in MA about a year and a half ago. An old guy shot an immature bald eagle "thinking it was a pheasant". Someone witnessed it and turned him in. I think he got some large fines and lost his hunting license for life... Too bad he was an old timer and won't really feel the punishment like a younger hunter would have.
I just don't understand what would ever possess somebody to do that in the first place. It is a sickness!