MI - Negaunee Man Killed In Hunting Accident

Negaunee, November 23

A 28-year-old Negaunee man had died after being accidentally shot while hunting.

Jason Rob Ockerman was shot in the upper thigh by his hunting partner who was unloading his rifle. It happened in Wells Township in Southern Marquette County late Wednesday afternoon.

Ockerman was taken to Marquette General Hospital. According to the DNR, Ockerman passed away during surgery on his leg.

There were six people, including Ockerman and a four-year-old child, in the hunting party when the shooting happened. The DNR is handling the investigation.

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