Published October 18, 2010, 03:05 PM
Hunter accidentally kills self in western Minn.
MORRIS, Minn. (AP) — A hunter from Minneapolis is dead after he accidentally shot himself while hunting in western Minnesota.
MORRIS, Minn. (AP) — A hunter from Minneapolis is dead after he accidentally shot himself while hunting in western Minnesota.
The Stevens County sheriff's office says 68-year-old Kent Bank went out alone about 3 p.m. Saturday to hunt for pheasant in Swan Lake Township.
Fellow hunters reported Bank missing about 7:20 p.m.. About an hour later authorities found him dead with a shotgun wound to the abdomen.
Sheriff Randy Willis tells the Star Tribune Bank apparently stumbled, then his gun discharged.
An autopsy is pending.
Minnesota's pheasant season opened Saturday.
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