WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – A hunting “accident” ended with one man in the hospital for non-life threatening injuries Saturday morning.
Just before 8 a.m. on Hoover road north of 210 in Hampstead, 62-year-old Ernest G. Shingleton was shot by his son, 24-year-old Jacob E. Shingleton, according to N.C. Wildlife Officer Clayton Ludwick.
The men were hunting deer with dogs when a deer ran between the two, both men fired and Ernest was hit in the leg/hip area. The state is investigating the incident and it is unclear at this point if there will be any charges filled, according to Ludwick.
