Maryland hunter charged after fatal mistaken-deer shooting in Delaware field

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A Maryland hunter, 74-year-old Walter Moorhead of Salisbury, was charged with manslaughter, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and three counts of first-degree reckless endangerment after Delaware State Police say he shot a 39-year-old woman whom he mistook for a deer in an Ellendale field; the victim, Maria Chilel Soto of Georgetown, died after being taken to a hospital. Moorhead was arrested at the scene and released on a $43,000 cash bond as investigators continue to probe the incident.
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- Man fatally shoots woman, mistaking her for a deer in Delaware WUSA9
- Mom of 5 ID’d as woman police say was mistakenly killed by Salisbury deer hunter Baltimore Sun
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