Man Charged with Hunting Death
Posted/updated on: January 20, 2011 at 2:26 pm
HENDERSON (AP) – A Fort Worth man who reported to investigators he accidentally shot and killed a deer hunter has been charged in the death. The Rusk County Sheriff’s Office says 54-year-old Rodney Connally turned himself in Wednesday. Connally was named in a Jan. 13 warrant for criminal negligent homicide. The case involves the Jan. 1 death of 41-year-old Louis Conner Jr. of Overton. Connally was arraigned Wednesday, with bond set at $50,000. He previously was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm. Connally notified officers of the shooting, saying he mistook Conner for a deer. Sgt. Viki Penny says there’s no indication that the men knew each other. She had no information Wednesday on an attorney for Connally.
