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Hunter charged with fatally shooting a woman he thought was a deer, police say
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- A 74-year-old man, Walter Moorhead, has been charged with manslaughter and other offenses after fatally shooting a woman he allegedly mistook for a deer while hunting in Ellendale, Delaware.
- The victim, 39-year-old Santos Maria Chilel Soto, was walking in a field with a man and two children when she was shot from a camouflaged hunting shelter.
- Moorhead was arrested following the incident, and Chilel Soto was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after being shot.
- Moorhead faces charges including manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and possession of a firearm during a felony, and was released on a $43,000 cash bond.
- It remains unclear whether Moorhead has obtained legal representation, and he has not responded to requests for comment.
