From: jcs@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (john.c.schwebel)
Newsgroups: rec.running
Subject: Re: Jogger is killed when hunter mistakes him for a deer
Summary: Text of AP Article, 11/11/92
Keywords: BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!!!
Date: 13 Nov 92 03:10:54 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

Text of Article Follows from The New York Times, 11/12/92:

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MORRIS, Conn., Nov. 11 (AP) - A jogger on a dirt road was shot
and killed today by a deer hunter in this town in rural
northwestern Connecticut, the state police Said.
   The state police said the victim, Kevin Ellioott, 33 years old,
of Terryville, was running on Pitch Road near the Pitch Reservoir
when he was killed by a single blast from a shotgun. He was
wearing a blue jogging suit, the police said.
   They said the hunter, Rober Cook, 42, of Thomaston, apparently
mistook the jogger for a deer. Mr. Cook was treated at Charlotte
Hugerford Hospital in Torrington after the shooting and was
released.
   THe dirt road Mr. Elliott was running on is just off Route 109
in Morris, a town of about 2,000 residents about 10 miles
northwest of Waterbury.

         Anterless Deer Season

   Mr. Cook was in a group of three who were hunting during a
special antlerless deer season, said Sgt. Charles McIntyre of
the state police. The special season began on Monday and ends
on Nov. 21.
   After the shooting, about 9:30 A.M., the hunters flagged
down an off-duty police trooper who called authorities,
Sergeant McIntyre said. Mr. Elliott was pronounced dead at
the scene by emergency medical workers.
   Sergeant McIntyre said investigators had initially classified
the shooting as an acident.
   "We're investigating and we will be consulting with the
state's attorney to see if any laws have been violated,"
he said. Mr. Elliott was jogging in an area where hunting is
allowed, the police added.
   An autopsy will be performed on Thursday, said the State
Medical Examiner, Dr. Howard Meridy.
   The Pitch Reservoir lies in Morris but is owned and
controlled by the city of Waterbury. Mayor Edward Bergin of
Waterbury said the city would suspend all hunting on the
reservoir property at least for this week.
   The jogger's death brought mixed reactions in Morris,
whose business district consists of two stores
and the volunteer fire hall.
   "If you go out in the woods in hunting season, you're going
to get shot," said Blair Lawson, the town treasurer.
"All of northwest Connecticut is a big hunting area."
   Eric Nelson, a conservation officer for the state
Department of Environmental Protection, said Mr. Cook's hunting
permit would be automatically suspended pending a hearing.
   "Generally, once someone is involved in a hunting
accident they don't care any more," he said.
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MY COMMENTARY:

This is shocking to me!

It means to me that I must be aware when the various
hunting seasons are in effect, and where hunting is
allowed in any locale where I might run,
and NOT RUN THERE.

I doubt if wearing red or orange would have helped since
hunters kill each other too.

Call it paranoia but I bet there would be a lot more uproar
if a casual walker had been killed instead of a runner.


John Schwebel
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