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Vermont - May 1, 2009
Students say father and son were the best of friends. Kevin Kadamus had coached his son Jake's baseball team.
"They were extremely close, extremely close," said Bobby Hubbard, a friend of the family.
Both also loved the outdoors and both loved to hunt.
"That's all he talked about. He absolutely loved hunting, that's all I can say," said Hubbard.
But a hunting trip in Wheelock this morning turned deadly.
Police say Kevin Kadamus accidently shot and killed his son Jake with a shotgun, mistaking him for a turkey.The two had split up to hunt different areas, and the father didn't realize his son had returned to the area and was crouching in the brush.
"Obviously a tragedy, a tragedy for the family, for the community. He's a well thought of student. The family's well thought of," said Vermont State Police Captain Ed Ledo.
The father, a game warden, and a fire chief all tried to perform CPR on the teen, but it was too late. Friends and classmates got the news during a school assembly this morning.
"I didn't want to be there because everybody was just crying. I just wanted to leave. I didn't want to admit to myself that it had happened. Everyone loved him. It's just a tragedy it happened," said Hubbard.
Jake Kadamus was a very popular kid at Lyndon Institute. As soon as the school heard the news, classes were cancelled and grief counselors were brought in to speak to his classmates. State police say there have been at least three shooting related incidents in the Northeast Kingdom this year, although there have been only a handful of hunting related deaths in Vermont in the past few years.
"It happens every year, every season, whether it's deer season, turkey season," said Ledo.
No charges have been filed. That will ultimately be left to the Caledonia County State's Attorney office to decide.
And another one..... NH man injured in turkey hunting mishap Associated Press - May 4, 2009 5:55 PM ET
SULLIVAN, N.H. (AP) - A Sullivan, N.H., man is recovering after his brother shot him in a hunting accident.
The state fish and game department says 27-year-old Josh Lazzaro and his 29-year-old brother, Scott Lazzaro, were both shooting at the same turkey Monday morning without realizing they were in each others' line of fire.
Josh Lazzaro was hit with several bird shot pellets in the upper body. His injuries were not life-threatening, but officials say the incident illustrates the need to be sure of not only your target, but what's beyond it.
And another one.... Hunting accident sends one to hospital By Teresa Moore | The Tribune
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — It started out as a recreational event and ended up a medical emergency.
A South Webster man is in serious condition today after being shot while turkey hunting Tuesday morning in an area off Telegraph Hill in Washington Township.
Chris Rollins, 33, was taken from the scene by helicopter to Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va.
Lawrence County Sheriff Jeff Lawless said Rollins and his cousin, Joshua Blevins, 22, of Piketon, were seated near each other when a turkey crossed the field in front of them.
Blevins told authorities he fired at the turkey and thought he had hit it, the turkey took off and both men gave chase.
Blevins told authorities that while he was running, the gun discharged. Rollins was struck once in the right lower back with a .12-gauge shotgun.
“All preliminary indications are this was an accidental shooting,” Lawless said. “But it is under investigation and Mr. Blevins is speaking with our detectives as well
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