CALGARY -- A hunter was carried out of the brush and airlifted to hospital in life-threatening condition after being shot south of Calgary on Tuesday morning, and a 62-year-old man is now in custody.
Members of the Turner Valley, Okotoks and High River RCMP detachments responded to a location east of Highway 2 and north of Dunbow Road shortly after 9 a.m. following reports of a hunter being shot.
According to EMS public education officer Adam Loria, the location — near the intersection of Dunbow Road and 80 Street — was inaccessible by road and a paramedic crew hiked to retrieve the injured man. The patient was carried out of the brush on a stretcher and a STARS Air Ambulance crew transported the man from the scene to hospital.
A 62-year-old man from Calgary, who police say was allegedly also out hunting, was taken into custody and is facing a charge of careless use of a firearm.
The accused has been released and is scheduled to appear in an Okotoks courtroom on Feb. 5, 2021.
No names have been released.
