Man arrested after friend dies in North Shore hunting accident

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Man arrested after friend dies in North Shore hunting accident
Donald Jones, 22, was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail on one count of negligent homicide after a fatal hunting accident in the Honey Island Swamp. (Source: STPSO)

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A Pearl River man was arrested in connection with a North Shore hunting accident that left 23-year-old Zachary Swanson dead Saturday morning (Nov. 10), according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s office

Donald Jones, 22, and Zachary Swanson were hunting hogs in the Peach Lake area of the Honey Island Swamp around 8 a.m. Saturday, STPSO said in a news release. Jones told investigators he shot in the direction of a hog, but hit Swanson in the chest instead.

According to STPSO, Jones said Swanson was not wearing an orange hunter’s vest and he did not know…

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