A hunter fatally shot a Baton Rouge man who was also hunting in the Sandy Hollow Wildlife Management area near Kentwood on Saturday, officials said. Roberto Garcia, 61, was hit around 8:45 a.m. with a .45-caliber muzzleloader and died before first responders could arrive, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said in a news release.

A Baton Rouge man was fatally shot in a tragic hunting accident on Thursday morning when another hunter mistook him for a deer at Sandy Hollow Wildlife Management Area in Tangipahoa Parish, officials said.

Shutterstock / LisaCarter A Louisiana man shot and injured another hunter, who he mistook for a deer while hunting private property. According to Fox News, the incident took place on December 23rd. Each of the two hunters was unaware that the other would be hunting on the same property.