FL - Man Shot, Killed By Brother While Hunting

News4Jax.com
January 11, 2007

VERNON, Fla. -- A Jacksonville man was shot and killed accidentally by his brother while the two were hunting in the Panhandle, a Florida Fish and Wildlife spokesman said.

While the two were on the family's Washington County property Wednesday, 24-year-old Christopher Bland climbed out of a tree stand.

Apparently Bland's brother, Joseph Bland, 22, who was standing about 55 yards away, thought his brother was a deer and shot him, the spokesman said.

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