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Houston man accidentally killed while duck hunting
By KYLE PEVETO
Beaumont Enterprise
Jan. 18, 2010, 10:57PMShare Print Share Del.icio.usDiggTwitterYahoo! BuzzFacebookStumbleUponA Houston man was shot to death last weekend while duck hunting in southern Jefferson County, officials said.
Matthew Thomas Jansen, 30, was shot about 7 a.m. Sunday by his hunting partner, a 28-year-old Orange man, said Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Robert Morgan. The shooting appears to be accidental, officials said.
Morgan would not identify the Orange man.
“It’s such a traumatic experience for him and all,” Morgan said Monday.
The hunting partners were at compartment 17 of the South Bayou Unit of the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area when they began shooting simultaneously at ducks. The Orange man is believed to have fired at his hunting partner in attempt to shoot the ducks, said Morgan.
The Orange man has not been charged. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting.
KPeveto@BeaumontEnterprise.com