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Father Shoots, Kills Teen Son In Hunting Accident
POSTED: 6:58 a.m. EST January 20, 2004
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Florida hunter thought he was shooting at a wild boar. Instead, he killed his teenage son.
Authorities say Dennis Plucknett mistook his 14-year-old son Alex's black cap for a boar during a weekend hunting trip and shot the boy to death.
After someone yelled "hog!" police say Plucknett grabbed his rifle, steadied it on the hood of a bus and fired a round at something black moving in the distance.
When he and his other son ran to where they thought the boar was down, they found Alex on the ground with a wound to the back of his head.
Police say the eighth-grader was wearing a black toboggan cap with a camouflage jacket without a reflective vest. A spokesman says the family is devastated. Alex had hoped to become a major-league baseball player.
The local sheriff says there's "no question" the shooting will be ruled accidental.
POSTED: 6:58 a.m. EST January 20, 2004
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Florida hunter thought he was shooting at a wild boar. Instead, he killed his teenage son.
Authorities say Dennis Plucknett mistook his 14-year-old son Alex's black cap for a boar during a weekend hunting trip and shot the boy to death.
After someone yelled "hog!" police say Plucknett grabbed his rifle, steadied it on the hood of a bus and fired a round at something black moving in the distance.
When he and his other son ran to where they thought the boar was down, they found Alex on the ground with a wound to the back of his head.
Police say the eighth-grader was wearing a black toboggan cap with a camouflage jacket without a reflective vest. A spokesman says the family is devastated. Alex had hoped to become a major-league baseball player.
The local sheriff says there's "no question" the shooting will be ruled accidental.
