October 30, 2006
By Vickie Welborn
vwelborn@gannett.com
MINDEN - A Webster Parish man was hospitalized Sunday after being
accidentally shot during a deer hunting outing with his son, Webster
Sheriff Gary Sexton said.
The hunting accident is the second in three days, both involving
fathers and sons, in the region.
Thursday, James Gray IV, 78, of Grand Cane died while hunting
with a muzzleloader on family land in DeSoto Parish. His son James
Gray III shot at a deer standing in a pipeline clearing but missed.
He was unaware his father had moved from his deer stand and was
standing about 100 yards away.
Sunday’s shooting on Blue Run Road in Webster also happened in a
pipeline clearing, Sexton said.
Larry Allen LaBlanc, 49, was sitting in his pickup when his son
Allen LaBlanc, age not immediately available, fired down an open
pipeline. The bullet went through the truck door, struck Larry
LaBlanc in one leg then exited and lodged in the second leg.
Larry LaBlanc was flown to LSU Hospital in Shreveport for
treatment.
“No charges will be filed. It was an accidental shooting,” Sexton
said.
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