Updated: Apr. 20, 2022, 11:54 a.m. |Published: Apr. 19, 2022, 6:23 p.m.

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https://www.al.com/news/2022/04/alabama-trial-begins-for-disabled-marine-prosecutors-say-mistook-child-for-turkey-in-fatal-hunt.html

ByCarol Robinson | crobinson@al.com

The father of an11-year-old boy killed during a turkey huntorganized for a disabled veteran nearly two years ago on Tuesday gave an emotional account of the final moments of his young son’s life.

Troy Ellis, then a fifth grader in Trussville, was killed May 1, 2020, on his father’s hunting land in eastern Jefferson County.

Joshua Stewart Burks, a 37-year-old former U.S. Marine who is an amputee, teacher and coach in south Alabama, is chargedwith reckless manslaughter in Troy’s death.

A grand jury at one pointupped the charge against Burks to capital murderbut it was later…