South Carolina hunter fatally shot woman he thought was a deer: cops

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South Carolina hunter fatally shot woman he thought was a deer: cops
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The 20-year-old suspect mistook the sounds of rustling leaves for deer when he fired off three rounds from his 20-gauge shotgun, police said.

A South Carolina woman who was walking with her husband and dog was shot dead after a hunter mistook her for a deer while illegally hunting.

“There’s just no excuse for anybody being careless with a firearm, and certainly perhaps someone paid a price with their life,” Chief Deputy Sam Richardson said during a briefing, local outlets reported. The gun-wielding suspect turned himself in on Wednesday and confessed to illegally hunting after seeing reports of his fatal blunder on the news, according to the arrest warrant. Deputies said the suspect turned himself in and confessed to illegally hunting after seeing his fatal blunder on the news.

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