Authorities say a man in Oregon trying to protect his home from a bear instead fatally shot his brother by mistake, then killed himself.
Josephine County Undersheriff Travis Snyder said the man called 911 around 7 a.m. Tuesday and told dispatchers he had"accidentally shot his brother while loading a gun" after being startled by the bear.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports deputies went to the home in Sunny Valley, an unincorporated community off Interstate 5 in the southwest corner of the state. There they found a man dead from a gunshot wound. Snyder said they checked the rural residence and found a second man dead. He had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Oregon State Police and local deputies continue to investigate the shootings.
Note: The video in the media player above is from the 3 p.m. newscast of Eyewitness News, Feb. 10, 2022.
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