Crime & Safety
Brandon Hog Hunter Accidentally Shoots Girlfriend
Steven Egan mistakenly shot his girlfriend in the woods in Flagler County after hearing a noise he thought was a hog, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
A Brandon woman was shot in both legs Saturday night by her boyfriend in an apparent hog-hunting accident, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
Flagler County deputies said that Steven Egan, 52, mistook his girlfriend, 52-year-old Lisa Simmons, for a wild hog while the two were hunting from a tent at the Cowart Hunt Camp on County Road 305, according to the Sentinel.
Egan apparently left the tent to track a hog and, hearing a noise in the woods, shot at it with his .30 caliber rifle, not realizing Simmons had later left the tent, the newspaper reports.
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Simmons was taken to Halifax Medical Center, where she underwent surgery Saturday evening and was listed in serious condition, according to WKMG.
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