A hunter in Louisiana was cited after after confusing another hunter for a deer and shooting him with a 20-gauge shotgun.
WDSU reported that the incident occurred on December 23, 2024, when both men were hunting on a small property. Neither hunter knew the other was on the property.
Fox News noted that the hunter who pulled trigger called 911 immediately upon realizing he had shot another man and the wounded individual was transported to a hospital with non-fatal injuries.
The hunter who pulled the trigger “was cited for hunting without deer tags and not wearing hunter’s orange,” and more charges could be filed.
Breitbart News reported that Special Forces soldier and former Central Michigan University quarterback Tommy Lazzaro died at age 27 after reportedly being hit by a hunter’s stray bullet while he “was driving to the range to help a fellow soldier who was having car trouble.”
Task & Purpose noted that Lazzaro was a special forces soldier with 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne). He was at Elgin Air Force base on December 22 when shot. The bullet that killed him “was fired by a hunter who was shooting on the Eglin range, a popular hunting location.”
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, a Pulsar Night Vision pro-staffer, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly: awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
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