Teenager Shot While Hunting in South Carolina Woods
Charleston accident attorneys urge hunters to be extremely cautious this hunting season. South Carolina hunting accidents involving serious injury or death can be avoided by using proper safety measures while hunting. Hunting accidents can also lead to liability in addition to criminal culpability. In a civil case the injured party can bring a case against the shooter and in some cases the land owner where the shooting occurred to recover money damages for their personal injuries.
A South Carolina teen was recently killed after being unintentionally shot by a fellow hunter.
The 16-year-old, Joshua Gainey, died from a gunshot wound to the chest in October of 2008. The teen was in the woods hunting with friends. Authorities say 53-year-old Dennis Hall was also hunting nearby and heard something in the bushes, fired, and ran home.
According to prosecutors, Hall did not come forward after the shooting. Investigators used a bloodhound and a gunshot shell to link him to the shooting. Hall, of Rowesville, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Source: The Post and Courier- “Man sentenced in teen hunting death”- October 14, 2009.
