Teen Accidentally Killed By Father While Hunting
POSTED: Sunday, January 18, 2004
TAYLOR, Fla. -- A 14-year-old boy Jacksonville boy was shot and killed by his father Saturday morning in what the Baker County sheriff called a tragic hunting accident.Dennis Plucknett was on a weekend trip in a hunting camp near the Georgia state line with his two sons, 14-year-old Alex and 17-year-old Jonathan.
Investigators said that about 9:30 a.m., Plucknett asked his older son to see if he could see an animal moving in the woods. He couldn't, so he handed the .308 rifle to his dad. Thinking it was a hog, Plucknet fired one shot, hitting his son in the back of the head.When the father called 911 on his cell phone, authorities said he was so distraught they could not get enough information to locate him. Another hunter then called and got rescuers to the scene, but Alex was pronounced dead at the scene."Unbelievable," Baker County Sheriff Joey Dobson said Sunday. "Of course he couldn't believe it."Dobson said it was painful to see the father so distraught. He said the state attorney's office would review the case, but there is no evidence of foul play.
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