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Old 11-28-2005, 06:10 AM
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Default Westport, IN - Hunter shot and killed

Found this story on the indychannel.com

(http://www.theindychannel.com/news/5415897/detail.html)

Hunter Fatally Shot By Friend POSTED: 6:43 am EST November 28, 2005[/align] UPDATED: 6:45 am EST November 28, 2005

[/align] WESTPORT, Ind. -- [/b] A hunter who thought he was shooting at a deer instead fatally wounded a friend Sunday afternoon in southeastern Indiana, a state conservation officer said.

The Jennings County Coroner pronounced Gregory L. Saylor, 41, of Westport, dead at the shooting scene outside of Westport, near the Decatur-Jennings county line, the conservation officer said in a news release.

Saylor and his friends Ronald and William Michael were hunting in the woods about 50 miles south of Indianapolis when Ronald Michael thought he saw a deer and shot, conservation spokesman Bill Beville said in the release.

Instead, the brothers went to the spot and found Saylor on the ground. Beville said the shooting appeared to be accidental.

A medical examiner will conduct an autopsy on Saylor's body, the news release said.
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