NM - Hunter found dead in southeastern NM

The Associated Press

11/14/07

Hunter found dead in southeastern NM

CARLSBAD - A 57-yearold deer hunter from Hobbs has died of an apparent accidental gunshot wound.

The Eddy County Sheriff's Department says Jerry Pitts was found dead by another group of hunters Monday. Pitts was in his truck off a remote county road near Sitting Bull Falls.

Sheriff's investigators say preliminary findings point to an accidental discharge of a rifle as the cause of death.

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