December 25, 2015
From NewsPressNow.com
Gene Robertson, 54, became Kansas’ first deer hunting-related fatality in three years. Robertson appears to have shot himself accidentally on Dec 7th.
“He went deer hunting and he had his rifle in one of those gun racks that goes in the back window of his truck,” said Jeff Herrig, Jefferson County sheriff.
“He had the rifle loaded and as he went to pull it out of the truck it appears the trigger caught on the gun rack and pulled the trigger. It shot him in the head.”
Barrett said there were 12 non-fatal incidents last year, and a record-low seven in 2013.
This year’s incident in Jefferson County is not the first time a hunter has
been shot improperly removing a loaded gun from a vehicle. This year a
bowhunter also shot himself in the hand with a handgun.
“He had his .45 cocked and locked on his hip, and when he got to his truck he decided to unload the handgun and he somehow managed to shoot himself in his left hand,” said Barrett.