By KHRISNA VIRGIL
Tribune Staff Reporter
kvirgil@tribunemedia.net
A 39-year-old man was killed in Abaco during hog hunting when he was accidentally shot.
The Tribune understands the victim has been identified by police sources as Geurrier Dubuisson of the Mud, Marsh Harbour.
According to sources on the island, Dubuisson was the last remaining witness in the 2010 murder of 36-year-old Stanley Saintville.
Saintville was killed on December 6, 2010, just hours after he allegedly won $50,000 at an Abaco numbers house.
Two men were accused of his death.
Police sources yesterday told The Tribune that Dubuisson received three gun shot wounds on the left side of his chest and two on the right side. He was also shot on the right side of his jaw, in his left shoulder and under his right clavicle.
The victim was killed on Tuesday night after his friend, Roderick Strachan, claimed he fired one round from his licensed 12 gauge semi- automatic shot gun into dark bushes where a group of them had been staking out several wild hogs. Strachan is a resident of Crockett Drive, Dundas Town.
He told police, sources said, that the victim had asked for assistance in getting rid of the animals that were eating crops and destroying other types of vegetation on a farm that he ran.
At around 8pm, according to police, the group of four men arrived at the farm which is about six miles from Spring City, Abaco.
Strachan instructed Dubuisson and another man to stay near a track road area which would be out of harm’s way.
He then descended into the bushes to wait for the hogs to invade the farm. After about 20 minutes, Strachan explained to police that he then heard rumbling and believed that a hog was approaching him.
Strachan said he got into a crouched position and fired one single round into the bushes.
When authorities, including officers and detectives from the Central Detective Unit (CDU), Abaco Outpost, and Superintendent Noel Curry arrived on the scene at around 9:50 pm a local doctor had examined the victim and pronounced him dead.
Police said investigations into the matter are underway. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
Comments
spoitier 11 years, 2 months ago
This story don't add up
conian7 11 years, 2 months ago
It appears to be written as if there is some "foul" play suspected; however, according to the chief of police in Marsh Harbour and all the information that is available it is first of all an accident, and second only one shot fired.
A little more work and one would realize that the shot is a buckshot and would account for the multiple bullet wounds on the victim. If you read the article above it makes it appear that the victim had been shot multiple times.
Also, it is worth noting that the hunting party included three other persons and that Strachan himself called the police to report the accident.
Ironvelvet 11 years, 2 months ago
Once again, poor investigative reporting strikes again.
huntsrc_com 11 years, 2 months ago
Investigating hunting related shooting incidents is a science that I teach at the International Hunter Education Association Hunting Incident Academy. Properly trained investigators can determine what happened and actually recreate the incident based on real facts and physical evidence. The police officers that responded are probably very capable and well trained in many specialties, but Hunting incident a investigations is not one of them. Specially trained investigators investigate airplane crashes or other specialized incidents but, unfortunately too many hunting related shootings are never fully and properly investigated by experts in that field. When an incident is not thoroughly investigated questions will linger, the hunting community and the victim's family will not find peace and justice. Based on the information it is possible that one round was fired, but who is at fault, where was the shooter standing, what could he see, what other evidence is available?????
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