Sorry...this guy gets dumb @ss of the year award...he has been arrested several times for doing what he did and now it finally catches up with him.
Throw away the key!
FERRUM, Va. - A hunter faces manslaughter and other charges after authorities say he fired at college students he mistook for a deer, leaving one dead and another wounded.
A Ferrum College spokeswoman says three students were collecting frogs for a biology class at about 4 p.m. Tuesday when two were shot along a trail about a mile west of campus.
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries says 23-year-old Jessica Goode of Frederick County died after being shot in the chest, and 20-year-old Regis J. Boudinot of McLean was shot in the hand. The third student wasn't injured.
Sgt. Karl Martin with the department says 31-year-old Jason David Cloutier of Ferrum was charged with manslaughter, reckless handling of a firearm and trespassing.
The department says Coultier claimed he thought he was shooting at a deer.
A spokesman for Franklin County General District Court says Cloutier's bond was set at $20,000, and he is due in court Dec. 2 for arraignment. She says he does not yet have a lawyer.
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries released the following statement about the case:
Conservation Police Officers with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries have charged 31-year-old Jason D. Cloutier of Ferrum, Virginia, with Manslaughter, Reckless Handling of a Firearm, and Trespassing to Hunt stemming from an incident that occurred at approximately 4 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, on Franklin County-owned property about a mile from the Ferrum College campus.
Jessica K. Goode, age 23, from Frederick County, Virginia, was shot and killed in the incident. Injured was Regis J. Boudinot, age 20, from McLean, Virginia. Mr. Boudinot is being treated at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Both attended Ferrum College and were participating in an off-campus school project when the incident occurred. Mr. Cloutier has claimed that he thought he was shooting at a deer.
Conservation Police Officers were back at the scene early this morning continuing to process additional pieces of evidence. The incident is still under investigation.
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