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NY: Ellisburg hunting accident leaves man in serious condition at Upstate Medical, Syracuse

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November 4, 2012

From WatertownDailyTimes.com

ELLISBURG — One man suffered gunshot wounds and another man was arrested on a weapons charge in a hunting accident Saturday morning in a wooded area off Woodpecker Lane, according to police.

The victim was taken by helicopter to Upstate Medical University, Syracuse.

Deputies charged Gerald D. Wells Jr., 40, of Hannibal, with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon at 8 a.m. Saturday. He is accused of possessing a firearm, a CVA muzzle loader, while on probation. He is to appear in Ellisburg Town Court.