A Maryland man who was hunting in Delaware shot and killed a woman after mistaking her for a deer, Delaware State Police said.
The incident occurred at around 7:40 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, in an open field near South Old State Road, according to investigators.
The man, identified as 74-year-old Walter Moorhead, of Salisbury, Maryland, was hunting for deer in a ground blind when he fired the shot that killed 39-year-old Santos Maria Chilel Soto of Georgetown, Delaware, police said.
Soto was walking with a man and two children at the time she was shot, police said. She was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time after the shooting.
Moorhead said he believed he saw a deer when he fired the shot and has been charged with manslaughter and related charges, police said.
Moorhead was arraigned and released on $43,000 bond, according to officials.
Delaware State Police continue to investigate the incident. If you have any information on the shooting, call Detective M. Csapo at 302-741-2729. You can also contact Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-847-3333 or message Delaware State Police on Facebook.
This story originally appeared on NBCPhiladelphia.com.
