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CANANDAIGUA — The Clifton Springs man who accidentally shot his hunting partner in a fatal 2021 incident will not be spending any time behind bars.

Ontario County District Attorney Jim Ritts said Kevin Hudson was sentenced Monday by state Supreme Court Justice Craig Doran to 300 hours of community service and five years’ probation. Hudson previously pleaded guilty to a felony count of criminally negligent homicide.

Hudson, 62, was charged after the Thanksgiving Day incident near Cross Road in Phelps. He was hunting in a wooded area near the Oaks Corners Fire Department with Zachary Barse, 28, of Gorham.

Police said Barse shot a deer and was tracking it when Hudson, who was in a tree stand, fired at movement in an area of thick brush near a creek. Hudson told…