{"id":11056,"date":"2020-12-02T13:25:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T21:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=11056"},"modified":"2020-12-11T13:29:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T21:29:36","slug":"a-hunter-was-fatally-shot-in-minnesota-by-another-hunter-when-he-was-mistaken-for-a-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2020\/12\/02\/a-hunter-was-fatally-shot-in-minnesota-by-another-hunter-when-he-was-mistaken-for-a-deer\/","title":{"rendered":"A hunter was fatally shot in Minnesota by another hunter when he was mistaken for a deer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And now for some Christmas cheer&#8230;.<br \/>\nBy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/profiles\/lauren-m-johnson-profile\">Lauren M. Johnson<\/a>, CNN<\/p>\n<div class=\"pg-rail-tall__head js-pg-rail-tall__head\">\n<section id=\"large-media\" class=\"zn zn-large-media zn-body zn--idx-0 zn--ordinary zn-has-one-container\" data-eq-pts=\"xsmall: 0, medium: 460, large: 780, full16x9: 1100\" data-vr-zone=\"zone-0-0\" data-zone-label=\"headerMedia\" data-containers=\"1\" data-zn-id=\"large-media\" data-eq-state=\"xsmall medium large\">\n<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"media__caption el__gallery_image-title\">\n<div class=\"element-raw appearance-standard\">\n<div id=\"attachment_11057\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020_deer-hunter-shot-minnesota.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11057\" class=\"wp-image-11057 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020_deer-hunter-shot-minnesota-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020_deer-hunter-shot-minnesota-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020_deer-hunter-shot-minnesota-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020_deer-hunter-shot-minnesota.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shooting occurred on or near the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pg-rail-tall__body\">\n<section id=\"body-text\" class=\"zn zn-body-text zn-body zn--idx-0 zn--ordinary zn-has-multiple-containers zn-has-10-containers\" data-eq-pts=\"xsmall: 0, medium: 460, large: 780, full16x9: 1100\" data-vr-zone=\"zone-1-0\" data-zone-label=\"bodyText\" data-containers=\"10\" data-zn-id=\"body-text\" data-eq-state=\"xsmall medium large\">\n<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\"><cite class=\"el-editorial-source\">(CNN)<\/cite>A<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/09\/30\/us\/georgia-hunter-shot-deer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0man hunting in Minnesota last week was fatally shot\u00a0<\/a>when another hunter mistook him for a deer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">The Beltrami County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BeltramiCountySheriff\/posts\/3652596571492241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0in a news release<\/a>\u00a0that it received a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Red Lake Tribal Police on November 25 that they were investigating a hunting-related fatality that occurred on or near the Red Lake Reservation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">Around dusk, the hunter told police that he observed movement of what he thought was a deer and fired one round from his rifle. When he discovered that he shot a man he immediately called 911. Police said that he is cooperating with the investigation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">The two men were reportedly not hunting together at the time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Police said the man who was shot was not wearing a typical blaze orange or other high-visibility clothing, which is recommended by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/Internet\/FSE_DOCUMENTS\/stelprdb5330495.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service.<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__read-all\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">The deceased man was then transported to the Midwest Medical Examiner&#8217;s Officer for an autopsy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And now for some Christmas cheer&#8230;. By\u00a0Lauren M. Johnson, CNN (CNN)A\u00a0man hunting in Minnesota last week was fatally shot\u00a0when another hunter mistook him for a deer. The Beltrami County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said\u00a0in a news release\u00a0that it received a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Red Lake Tribal Police on November 25 that they &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2020\/12\/02\/a-hunter-was-fatally-shot-in-minnesota-by-another-hunter-when-he-was-mistaken-for-a-deer\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11058,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11056\/revisions\/11058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}