Summit County Bee and Park Record | 1960-10-27 | Page 1 | One Fatality in Deer Hunt; Investigated

One rie Fatality in Deer Hunt Investigated While White thousands of deer hunters hunters hunters hunt hunt- ers covered Lh the hills of Summit County over the first week end j I of ot the annual buckskin extravaganza extravaganza j ganza ont only one fatality was reported re rep ported I Donald Edward 2 J St. St Salt City d d-cd d d dof of a gunshot wound Saturday Y obo about t 1 pm p.m. when struck by a bullet as he was dragging a deer down a a trail In Pinyon Canyon The victim was in a hunting party with several friends and relatives s when the accident oc occurred occurred oc- oc Summit County Deputy S Sher Sheriff r iff Elmo Atkinson said an autopsy autopsy autopsy au au- au- au topsy would be requested Details Details Details De De- tails of the the shooting had not been learned ye yet Monday There was d doubt as to whether Ethington discharged discharge his own gun or whether a distant distant distant dis dis- tant hunter seeing a movement movement movement move move- ment of a deers deer's body shot at Ethington's kill and struck the man If If he had killed himself I authorities reasoned the shell would pave have torn tom through his I body Instead the shell re remained remained re- re I Inside the body officials s said id