Safe Hunting?
Hunter Fatally Shot After Being Mistaken for a Deer
WHAG-TV, MD
Allegany/Garrett County, MD
Hunter fatally shot after being mistaken for a deer
By Sorboni Banerjee
KLONDIKE, MD DECEMBER 14- A hunting accident near the
Allegany County, Garrett County line has left a local man dead. 23-year-old
Jeremy Ryan Robertson of Lonaconing was fatally shot when he was mistaken
for a deer by another hunter.
Robertson was hunting with three other men at a hunting
club in Klondike.
51-year-old Wilbur Gibbs, also of Lonaconing, shot at what
he thought was a deer and hit Robertson.
Robertson was declared dead at the scene. He was wearing a
black sweatshirt over his orange hunter's vest.
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