WASHINGTON ISLAND, Wis. — A city official in West Bend died in a hunting accident after apparently shooting himself during the weekend opener of the gun-deer season.
The Washington Island Police Department says authorities got a report Sunday evening that a hunter had been shot on the north end of the island, in Door County.
Police say it appears 65-year-old Steven Hoogester, of West Bend, shot himself when he was exiting a ground blind. He died at the scene.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating and an autopsy is pending.
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