Does she look like Bambi to you?

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A hunter in western New York fatally shot a 43-year-old woman after he mistook her for a deer, authorities said.

 

Rosemary Billquist was taking her dogs for a walk in her hometown of Sherman near the Pennsylvania border on Wednesday when she was shot once by Thomas Jadlowski.

 

Jadlowski heard her scream and called 911. He stayed with Billquist until emergency personnel arrived.

 

Billquist was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital in Pennsylvania.

 

"They tried saving her," husband Jamie Billquist told the Buffalo News on Friday. "It was just too bad.... It's horrific. It will be with me the rest of my life."

 

"This is a horrific incident," Chautauqua County Sheriff Joe Gerace told the newspaper. "....This destroyed two lives."

 

The shooting occurred at around 5:30 p.m., about 40 minutes after sunset, when officials say it's illegal to hunt.

 

Jamie Billquist was told about the shooting after he heard his dogs barking and saw an ambulance, according to the newspaper. He went with his wife to the hospital.

 

"She was always out to help somebody," he told the Buffalo News. "She never wanted credit and was always quiet about it. She's just an angel. An angel for sure."

 

Jadlowski has not been charged, but the investigation is ongoing.

 

"Hunters have to understand there are other people using trails, using parks in areas where we as sportsmen hunt," Dale Dunkelberger of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's hunter education program told the Buffalo News.

 

"In this case, it appears from what I gathered this was after sunset, and he shouldn't have been out there hunting after sunset. You're done. That's the law."

 

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There is nowhere to turn for comfort after something like this.

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There is nowhere to turn for comfort after something like this.

 

 

I'm sure NRA headquarters has pamphlets and grief counselors available.

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Pickup truck shot by hunter who thought it was a deer in western N.Y.

Authorities say an Ohio man shot a pickup truck he mistook for a deer in western New York.

 

The Post-Journal of Jamestown reports that Friday's incident happened around 11:30 a.m. in North Harmony.

 

Sheriff's deputies say Marvin Miller of Middlefield, Ohio, fired a high-powered rifle at a pickup truck.

 

They say Miller told authorities he had mistaken the truck for a deer

 

The sheriff's office says the bullet entered the engine compartment and disabled the truck.

 

Miller was arrested on charges including reckless endangerment.

 

It's not clear if he has a lawyer who could speak for him.

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A hunter in western New York who mistook a 43-year-old woman for a deer was charged with manslaughter on Thursday.

 

Rosemary Billquist was walking her dogs the day before Thanksgiving in the town of Sherman when she was shot once by Thomas Jadlowski.

 

Jadlowski called 911 and stayed with Billquist until help arrived, but she was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital in Pennsylvania.

 

The 43-year-old Billquist was shot at about 5:30 p.m. It is illegal to hunt big game after sunset or before dawn in New York state.

 

"Today, Mr. Jadlowski is being held accountable for his dangerous and reckless conduct when he shot his neighbor in the dark," Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos said.

 

Jadlowski was charged with hunting after hours in addition to second-degree manslaughter. He faces up to 15 years in prison.

 

The funeral for Billquist was held in Sherman on Wednesday.

"Like the rest of Chautauqua County, the Town of Sherman has many responsible hunters," Chautauqua County District Attorney Patrick Swanson said. "Having grown up in Sherman myself, I know of many families where hunting is a family affair. Responsible hunting is paramount to the safety of anyone enjoying the outdoors. This incident is a tragic reminder of the importance that hunting laws be followed. This incident was completely avoidable."

 

Chautaugua County District Attorney Patrick Swanson, who grew up in the area, says he knows Jadlowski and also knew Billquist. Swanson attended the same high shcool as the victim but she was "a handful" of years older than him, he said in a Thursday press conference.

 

He added that he would not recuse himself from the investigation into the incident.

 

Department of Environmental Conservation captain Frank Lauricella urged hunters to obey the laws that exist to prevent these kinds of accidents.

 

"In big game hunting you can hunt from sunrise to sunset. Those are specific times you can find on the weather app or in the local newspaper...so when you talk about sunrise, sunset times, they are specific," he said.

 

He said hunters should exercise caution at all times. "Once a bullet projectile or pellets leave the barrel, you cannot call them back. It's very important to know your target, know what's behind it...keeping your finger off the triger until you are ready to fire."