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Brian Pickle, 30,
and his brother Scott Pickle, also from Atlanta, were with their
father in a heavily wooded area, according to the Atlanta
Journal Constitution said. Scott's age was not given.
Union County Sheriff David Taylor told the newspaper the
incident happened shortly before dusk on Saturday and that Scott
Pickle had been eager to hunt before nightfall.
Mistaking his brother for a small deer or coyote, Scott took aim
and fired, striking Brian in the head, the newspaper quoted the
sheriff as saying.
"We see these types of accidents all too frequently," Taylor
said.
The Union County Sheriff's Office and the South Carolina
Department of Natural Resources are investigating the incident,
media reports said. Neither immediately responded to Reuters'
request for comment.
It was not immediately clear if Pickle will face criminal
charges.
(Reporting by Gina Cherelus in New York; Editing by Daniel
Wallis and Bill Trott)
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