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Wildlife officer will not face charges in shooting of elderly turkey hunter
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Published: July 2, 2009
A veteran wildlife officer will not face charges for fatally shooting a turkey hunter in Wilkes County in April.
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission said state and local investigators have determined that Officer Mark Minton was reasonably responding to the threat of deadly force.
Officials have said that Minton was patrolling in Wilkes County on the first day of turkey hunting season in April when the confrontation occurred and the officer shot and killed Clyde Coffey, 76, of Caldwell County.
Gordon Myers, the executive director of the commission, said that an internal investigation is ongoing.
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