Hunter charged for shooting neighbor in head while trying to shoot deer with handgun: Cops

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by WJAC StaffMonday, January 31st 2022

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CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) —A Boalsburg man is facing charges after he unintentionally shot a man in the head while trying to shoot a deer with a handgun from across a road, police say.

According to the State College Police Department, Michael Lloyd has been charged with recklessly endangering another person, shooting and injuring a human while hunting, unlawful shooting on or across a highway and propulsion of missiles onto a roadway.

Officers say they were called Dec. 4 to Lenape Lane for a man lying on the ground with a head wound.

When they arrived on scene, they say they found Lloyd and another man, who were both wearing orange hunting clothes, tending to the wounded man’s injury.

According to police, Lloyd was using a towel to keep the man’s bleeding under control.

Emergency Medical Services…

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