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Hunting camp is scene of slaying
Associated Press
9/28/02
CODY, Wyo. (AP) - The Park County sheriff's office is investigating a fatal shooting at a backcountry hunting camp 10 miles southeast of Yellowstone National Park.
An adult male who was an employee of a hunting guide apparently was shot to death in the camp's cook tent Wednesday night, said Tom Thompson, sheriff's investigator and county coroner.
"This was not a hunting accident," he said Friday.
The identities of the victim and the guide were not released.
He said the victim apparently died of one gunshot wound. The body was taken out by helicopter Friday and transported to Billings, Mont., for an autopsy, which will be performed Sunday, Thompson said.
He said he could not say who found the body, and guessed about a dozen people were in the camp at the time of the shooting.
Undersheriff Dave Doyle and a forensics team from the State Crime Laboratory flew by helicopter to the remote site in the Bridger-Teton Wilderness Thursday to take statements and gather evidence.
The on-scene investigation wrapped up Friday.
Thompson said it is too early to say whether any charges will be filed.
"We won't know that until all the evidence is in and the autopsy is done and we'll put it all together," he said. "If there is a reason for charges to be filed then they will be filed."
"It's just too sketchy," he added. "There's not a whole lot that we can tell you at this point because there's not a whole lot that we know."
The camp is in the Thorofare area, one of the most remote places in the continental United States. No roads are nearby and it takes about seven hours to reach by horseback, Thompson said.
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Elk hunting camp maybe? Anybody hear any details yet?
Associated Press
9/28/02
CODY, Wyo. (AP) - The Park County sheriff's office is investigating a fatal shooting at a backcountry hunting camp 10 miles southeast of Yellowstone National Park.
An adult male who was an employee of a hunting guide apparently was shot to death in the camp's cook tent Wednesday night, said Tom Thompson, sheriff's investigator and county coroner.
"This was not a hunting accident," he said Friday.
The identities of the victim and the guide were not released.
He said the victim apparently died of one gunshot wound. The body was taken out by helicopter Friday and transported to Billings, Mont., for an autopsy, which will be performed Sunday, Thompson said.
He said he could not say who found the body, and guessed about a dozen people were in the camp at the time of the shooting.
Undersheriff Dave Doyle and a forensics team from the State Crime Laboratory flew by helicopter to the remote site in the Bridger-Teton Wilderness Thursday to take statements and gather evidence.
The on-scene investigation wrapped up Friday.
Thompson said it is too early to say whether any charges will be filed.
"We won't know that until all the evidence is in and the autopsy is done and we'll put it all together," he said. "If there is a reason for charges to be filed then they will be filed."
"It's just too sketchy," he added. "There's not a whole lot that we can tell you at this point because there's not a whole lot that we know."
The camp is in the Thorofare area, one of the most remote places in the continental United States. No roads are nearby and it takes about seven hours to reach by horseback, Thompson said.
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Elk hunting camp maybe? Anybody hear any details yet?
