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Hunter shoots woman he thought was a deer in Delaware, police say
NBC10 Philadelphia • • nation
Key Points:
- A 74-year-old Maryland man, Walter Moorhead, accidentally shot and killed a 39-year-old Delaware woman while hunting deer in Sussex County, Delaware.
- The incident occurred around 7:40 p.m. on September 18 in an open field near South Old State Road in Ellendale.
- The woman was walking with a man and two children when she was mistaken for a deer and shot by Moorhead from a ground blind.
- The woman was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to the hospital.
- Moorhead has been charged with manslaughter and related offenses, arraigned, and released on a $43,000 bond.
