Two boys, one a three-year-old and the other a five-year-old, were accidentally shot by a deer hunter. The hunter missed the deer and the bullet entered the day care center where the children were at.
Cheboygan County, Michigan- Sheriff’s deputies from Cheboygan Country were called to Angie's Country Kids Day Care Thursday evening for an accidental shooting of the two boys by a hunter.
According to Cheboygan County Undersheriff Michael Newman, as reported in the Gaylord Herald Times, when deputies arrived they discovered a female deer hunter had shot at a deer. The bullet missed the deer and traveled into a house that is a day care center. Two children were injured. The bullet grazed one boy's calf and the other boy's chest. The boys were taken to a local hospital where they were treated and released.
The deputies found the hunter had been in a cut hay field and was using a 30.06 rifle. She was approximately 400 yards from the home. Newman said, “It appears at this time the hunter may not have realized the day care was behind the deer. Even though the day care was a good distance away, hunters need to know what’s beyond their target and what their rifle is capable of doing.”
The incident is under investigation and once it is completed it the information will be turned over to the Cheboygan County prosecutor’s office for review, according to Newman.
Hunters were reminded by the Cheboygan County Sheriff’s Dept. to treat all guns as if they were loaded, to know your target and know your surroundings.
Newman said, “Thankfully there were no serious injuries and the children will be OK. This could have been a very devastating accident.”
