CHARLESTON. W.Va. — Investigators with the West Virginia Natural Resources Police are looking for a shooter in a Tuesday morning hunting incident in Mason County.
The victim, a man in his 20’s, was wounded by a 12 gauge shotgun blast while turkey hunting. He never encountered the shooter who apparently left the area. The incident happened about 7:40 a.m. Tuesday.
According to Natural Resources Police the victim walked out of the woods and called 9-1-1. He was transported by ambulance to a landing zone and flown by HealthNet to St. Mary’s Hospital in Huntington. His condition at this hour is unknown.
NR Police, State Police, and the Mason County Sheriff’s Department continue to look for the suspected shooter.
The incident comes on the second day of the five-week spring gobbler hunting season in West Virginia.