Always be aware of what you're shooting at! This is terrible. This is a MUST read!!!!

[alien319]

This is terrible guys. Hopefully we all follow the practice of verifying what we are shooting at and what may be behind what we are shooting! Read this.


http://www.policeone.com/patrol-issues/articles/2016002-Ga-officer-mistaken-for-coyote-fatally-shot/

[fmrleatherneck]

Sad story. Completely avoidable regardless of any other circumstances. Even given the "benefit-of-the-doubt", to my eye, it is still negligent on the part of the shooter.

Hopefully, a thorough investigation can conclude quickly and we can get a final answer on whether charges will end up being filed.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his young family.

[manxxcatt]

doggone shame. Could have easily been avoided.

[alien319]

Absolutely. Snap shooting and the like is no good unless you are somewhere that you can see everything around you and behind you and what you're shooting at.

[bubba2001]

sounds a little fishy to me and hope they investigate it from every angle

[alien319]

I have a feeling that a charge will be filed. Whether it is with the criminal courts or a civil lawsuit. The family will ensure this will happen. Negligance being the main reason.

[dixieguns]

I still don't understand how things like this happen. I have not nor ever will shoot at movement. Yet I constantly hear about things like this. This is why I don't really do much small game hunting before the deer season is over. I know there are hunters around our land and I don't feel safe even with blaze orange on. Apparently for some reason hunters tend to forget that a gun is a deadly weapon and that bullets don't stop when they get to their target.

[pammy07]

That is awful. The shooter either because of complacency or sheer lack of caring, should be persecuted to the highest extent of the law.