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Maryland man charged with fatally shooting woman he mistook for deer in Delaware
WTOP News • • nation
Key Points:
- Walter Moorhead, 74, from Maryland, was arrested by Delaware State Police for fatally shooting a woman he mistakenly thought was a deer while hunting in Ellendale, Delaware.
- Moorhead faces charges including manslaughter, possession of a firearm during a felony, and three counts of first-degree reckless endangering.
- The victim, 39-year-old Santos Maria Chilel Soto from Georgetown, Delaware, was walking in a field with others when she was shot and later died at a hospital.
- Moorhead was taken into custody and released on a $43,000 cash bond; authorities are seeking additional information from the public to aid the investigation.
