Bowhunter shot in PA
10-13-2007 | 02:13 PM
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Bowhunter shot in PA
Just heard the news that a bowhunter was shot in his tree stand this morning. I was really upset to hear the news. Thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. And I sure hope they catch the SOB that was seen fleeing the scene.
http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_286121128.html
http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_286121128.html
10-13-2007 | 03:22 PM
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Yeah a sad story indeed. I hope he recovers quickly it said grouse and squirell season were open so I'm guessing the guy was using birdshot. This story was a little bit confusing to me was this an accident? Even if it was I don't know how to you could someone and then take off like that. I hope they catch him too jeramy
10-13-2007 | 03:26 PM
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Police Probe Shooting Of Indiana Twp. Hunter
(KDKA/AP) INDIANA TOWNSHIP Police are investigating the shooting of a hunter in a tree stand in Indiana Township.
It happened this morning just after 7 a.m. in Indianola near Route 910.
Now police are searching for the hunter who fired the shots.
"It's one thing to shoot a man, it is an accident, but to take off running, he could have left that kid lay there to die,” George Steele, a friend of the victim said. “Accidents are accidents, but it's a coward when you shoot somebody and just take off on them."
The victim has been identified as 18-year-old Jason Davies of Franklin Park.
Davies was bow hunting when someone walked up and fired a shotgun at him in his stand about 30 feet above the ground.
"A guy came up in orange camouflage hunting squirrels. I take it he thought the guy in the tree stand was a squirrel and shot at him,” said Beth Fife, a state wildlife officer. “Our problem, right now, is after he did that he left."
Fife says Davies tried to alert the other hunter before he fired.
Police describe the hunter as a white man in his mid-40s, between 6’ to 6’2”, with a medium build and grayish hair.
Also, officials say he was driving a maroon pick-up truck, possibly a late ‘90s Chevy or GMC with a matching maroon cap.
Davies was taken by helicopter to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital for treatment.
Today is the first day of squirrel and grouse season.
Anyone with information is asked to call Allegheny County police at 412-473-3000.
(KDKA/AP) INDIANA TOWNSHIP Police are investigating the shooting of a hunter in a tree stand in Indiana Township.
It happened this morning just after 7 a.m. in Indianola near Route 910.
Now police are searching for the hunter who fired the shots.
"It's one thing to shoot a man, it is an accident, but to take off running, he could have left that kid lay there to die,” George Steele, a friend of the victim said. “Accidents are accidents, but it's a coward when you shoot somebody and just take off on them."
The victim has been identified as 18-year-old Jason Davies of Franklin Park.
Davies was bow hunting when someone walked up and fired a shotgun at him in his stand about 30 feet above the ground.
"A guy came up in orange camouflage hunting squirrels. I take it he thought the guy in the tree stand was a squirrel and shot at him,” said Beth Fife, a state wildlife officer. “Our problem, right now, is after he did that he left."
Fife says Davies tried to alert the other hunter before he fired.
Police describe the hunter as a white man in his mid-40s, between 6’ to 6’2”, with a medium build and grayish hair.
Also, officials say he was driving a maroon pick-up truck, possibly a late ‘90s Chevy or GMC with a matching maroon cap.
Davies was taken by helicopter to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital for treatment.
Today is the first day of squirrel and grouse season.
Anyone with information is asked to call Allegheny County police at 412-473-3000.
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10-13-2007 | 03:37 PM
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ORIGINAL: MichaelHunsucker
That is horrible...how could you mistake a human for a squirrel
That is horrible...how could you mistake a human for a squirrel
come to think of it, germ kinda looks like a squirrel ....
10-13-2007 | 03:38 PM
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I simply cannot accept that he thought the guy......IN A TREESTAND.....was a squirrel. Since they don't know who the guys is, it's all speculation at this point. I would bet a doughnut there's more to this story than just that.
10-13-2007 | 03:44 PM
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it might not be that he thought the guy was a squirrel but that he saw a squirrel in the tree he was in . Not that that is any reason for the shooting. My first hunt i had a squrril come 10 or less over my head
what makes me made is the guy left. They should get lock him up just like he met to shoot the guy
what makes me made is the guy left. They should get lock him up just like he met to shoot the guy
ORIGINAL: MichaelHunsucker
That is horrible...how could you mistake a human for a squirrel
That is horrible...how could you mistake a human for a squirrel
