WA: Man kills self hunting porcupine

May 1, 2010

Man hunting porcupine dies in accidental shooting

SPOKANE — A Spokane County man has died from an apparent accidental self-inflicted gunshot after he set out to kill a problematic porcupine in his property.

The Spokesman-Review reports that the 67-year-old man told his wife he was going to kill a porcupine that had fought with one of the couple's four dogs. Later on the man's wife called police and told them he had accidentally shot himself in the field.

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