WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-Ellenburg Man Arrested in Hunting Accident
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Potsdam, New York - October 22, 2009
An Ellenburg Depot, N.Y., man hunting for deer is accused of shooting a man in the stomach.
The shooting happened Thursday morning in Potsdam on land leased by Ricky Brunelle, 43, of Ellenburg Depot.
Police say Brunelle thought he was shooting at a deer when he hit Bernard Sharlow, 39, of Norwood, in the abdomen with a .50-caliber slug.
Brunelle is charged with assault.
Sharlow survived surgery and is recovering at the hospital in Potsdam.
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