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February 16, 2006
'It's a mere hunting accident.'
SARITA — The Kenedy County Sheriff's Department today cleared Vice President Dick Cheney in the shooting mishap that injured an Austin lawyer, calling it an accident.Not that the primi-donnas of the Washington "Press" Corps, with their noses out of joint because some "little nobody" Texas reporter 'scooped' them will stop Boo-Hooing about this.Cheney shot Harry Whittington last Saturday while they were hunting quail on the Armstrong Ranch in South Texas. Whittington is in stable condition at a Corpus Christi hospital.
The sheriff's department determined the shooting was an accident and closed the case without charges, according to a report issued today.
"The report is out. No charges will be filed against anybody -- that's it," Sheriff Ramon Salinas III said.
Chief Deputy Gilbert San Miguel said "our investigation is over. It's a mere hunting accident.'" [...]
The report released today reiterates earlier statements from the sheriff's office that the shooting was an accident.
"Mr. Whittington did speak of the incident and explained foremost there was no alcohol during the hunt and everyone was wearing the proper hunting attire of blaze orange," the report says.
Posted by Darleen at February 16, 2006 12:33 PM