Mercury News Staff Report
A 38-year-old Soquel man died Monday of a gunshot wound suffered
while hunting near the Forest of Nisene Marks Park in Aptos, the
Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner's Office reported.
"Name withheld at the request of family" and two companions were legally hunting feral pigs
on private property, according to the sheriff. About 8:30 a.m.,
emergency dispatchers received a report of a gunshot accident.
Details about who fired the fatal shot were not available late
Monday.
Emergency personnel took "Name withheld at the request of
family" to a hospital, where he was
pronounced dead.
Sheriff's and coroner's detectives, who are investigating the
incident as an accident, would not release the names of "Name
withheld at the request of family"
companions.
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