Man shoots and kills another hunter after he mistakes him for a deer on the opening day of hunting season
A Sanford, Michigan man was shot and killed on the opening day of the state's Firearm Deer Season after he was mistaken for a deer by another hunter. 38-year-old Justin Beutel, a motorcycle repair shop owner, was shot at around 1 p.m. on Thursday, November 15, 20 miles northeast of Traverse City near the village of Alden and was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency services.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was at the scene alongside the Michigan State Police and Antrim County Sheriff's Deputies. A statement from Lt. James Gorno, a district law supervisor with the DNR, obtained by NBC read, "Preliminary investigation reveals that Mr. Beutel was deer hunting on private property and was apparently shot by another subject hunting nearby."