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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Walter Moorhead, 74, jailed on suspicion of manslaughter after allegedly shooting a woman while hunting in a field</p><p>A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/maryland" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Maryland</a> hunter was recently jailed on suspicion of manslaughter after he allegedly fatally shot a woman whom he mistook for a deer, according to authorities in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/delaware" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Delaware</a>.</p><p>Walter Moorhead, 74, was hunting from a ground blind in a field near Ellendale, Delaware, at about 7.40pm on Friday when he believed he saw a deer and fired his rifle, state police <a href="https://dsp.delaware.gov/2026/09/19/state-police-charge-maryland-man-with-manslaughter-after-fatally-shooting-woman-in-ellendale/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">said</a> in a statement. Yet it was actually a woman whom Moorhead fired at and struck as she walked across the field with two children, the statement added.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/21/maryland-hunter-fatally-shot-woman-mistook-deer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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