A man was killed while hunting Thursday night.
The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office says Forty-two year-old, Larry Vincent Rook, was shot and killed while hunting with his step-son, Twenty-four year-old Clayton Crane.
According to Sheriff's spokesperson Anthony Lowery, Rook was shot one time in the head with a high powered rifle from approximately 50 yards away, by his step-son.
Sheriff Huey Mack tells News 5, Crane told investigators he mistook his step-father for a deer.
The shooting took place shortly after 5:30 P.M. on a dirt lane south of Johnson Cemetery Road in the White House Forks Community.
Neither hunters were wearing hunter orange.
The case is under investigation and will be presented to a Baldwin County Grand Jury.
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Hunter Shot And Killed
Man says he mistook his step-father for a deer.
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Published: January 23, 2009
Published: January 23, 2009
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