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Maryland hunter, 74, charged after fatally shooting Delaware woman he mistook for a deer

Walter Moorhead allegedly fired from a hunting blind at Santos Maria Chilel Soto as she walked through a field in Ellendale, Delaware.

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What to know

  • A 74-year-old Maryland man, Walter Moorhead, allegedly shot and killed a woman he mistook for a deer while hunting from a camouflaged "ground blind" in Ellendale, Delaware.
  • The victim, 39-year-old Santos Maria Chilel Soto of Georgetown, Delaware, was walking through the field with a man and two children when she was struck.
  • Moorhead faces manslaughter, reckless endangerment and firearm-possession-during-a-felony charges and was released on a $43,000 cash bond.
  • It remains unclear whether Moorhead has retained an attorney; he did not respond to a request for comment.

Walter Moorhead Accused hunterSantos Maria Chilel Soto VictimDelaware State Police Investigating agency

Maryland hunter, 74, charged after fatally shooting Delaware woman he mistook for a deer
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    Police identify victim as Santos Maria Chilel Soto

    State police identified the woman killed in the shooting as Santos Maria Chilel Soto, 39, of Georgetown, Delaware. She had been walking in the field with a man and two children when she was shot.

    “known as a “ground blind,””
    — Delaware State Police, law enforcement, via NBC News reporting · source
    1. 9 outlets Hunter Charged After Fatally Shooting Woman, 39, He Allegedly Mistook for a Deer

      first by People.com, 3d ago · also NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, Guardian, Baltimore Banner, KHON2 +2

      9 more headlines

    • A friend told me he was hiking in WA State (hiking is very, very popular here) on an official trail when bullets started whizzing towards him. He yelled and the hunters' faces went white when they realized they were shooting at a hiking trail. I do try to remember to wear orange when in the fall if I'm in an area where hunting is legal, but I…

      SeattlePurikurar/news3d agoview on r/news ↗
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    • A 74-year-old 'hunter' has been arrested and charged in a homicide investigation in which police allege he fatally shot a woman in Delaware whom he allegedly mistook for a deer. https:// abcnews.com/US/hunter-charged- manslaughter-shooting-woman-mistook-deer-police/story?id=136602964

      MiBaWi@m.ai6yr.orgMastodon2d agoview on Mastodon ↗

    • Goddamn this is so tragic. All bc this dumb fucker kept going for like 1/2 an hour past when he should have. It was dark. No common sense or care. Prob thought he was do experienced and what’s a little past time to really matter. A world of difference tho. So incredibly reckless and now so much trauma that will last and ripple out for lifetimes…

      WeAreCloudsr/news3d agoview on r/news ↗
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  2. background

    Moorhead arrested and charged with manslaughter — Walter Moorhead, 74, of Salisbury, Maryland, was charged with manslaughter, reckless endangerment and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony after allegedly firing from a camouflaged "ground blind." He was released on a $43,000 cash bond.

  3. background

    Hunter fatally shoots woman he mistakes for a deer — Delaware State Police troopers responded around 7:40 p.m. Friday to a report of a woman shot in an open field in Ellendale. She was given care and taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

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  1. 3 outlets What began as a Delaware deer hunt has become a criminal case

    first by PennLive, 2d ago · also MassLive, The Oregonian

and 2 smaller pieces

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