Hunter Killed by Stepson

Vince Rook was killed by a single gunshot to the head. The shooter, his stepson.
Investigators were back in Whitehouse Fork Friday morning looking for evidence and according to Captain Steve Arthur with the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, they found it. "There was a deer found this morning, a dead deer, a baseball or some type of cap the victim was wearing and it had a bullet hole in it."
It was around 5:30 Thursday night. A party of four was hunting on private land off Johnson Cemetery Road. One of the men had shot a deer. They were looking for it when another shot rang out. "The stepson was distraught," says Arthur, "it was a horrific scene, it was an unfortunate, unnecessary death."
Donnie Mixson knew Rook and lives across the street from where he died. "Just bad news, just bad for something like that to happen.".
What is disturbing to both hunters and investigators, no one in the hunting party reportedly had hunter orange on. It is not only a legal requirement but proven to save lives.
"I don't know why first it's the law and that late in the afternoon it's getting dark a flashlight would have prevented this from happening. Hunter orange may have prevented it too," says Alan White an outdoor expert who knew Rook. He says he was a well-liked and well known local sportsman whose death should serve as a warning to others. "Take extra time, think about what you're doing. Wear your orange. Use your flashlight and be extremely careful," says White.