Maryland man charged with fatally shooting woman he mistook for deer in Delaware - wtop.com

Delaware State Police arrested a Maryland man accused of fatally shooting a woman he believed was a deer, officials said.

Walter Moorhead, 74, of Salisbury is facing charges of manslaughter, possession of a firearm during a felony crime and three counts of first-degree reckless endangering after he allegedly shot and killed a woman in Ellendale, Delaware, late Friday, police said in a release.

Authorities were alerted to the incident around 7:40 p.m., with state police responding to an open field near South Old State Road, north of East Robbins Road.

A preliminary investigation revealed that the woman was walking through the field with a man and two children while Moorhead was hunting deer from a ground blind.