Posted on 11/25/2017 12:41:43 PM PST by Fhios
Wednesday evening, 43-year-old Rosemary Billquist decided to take her two Labrador Retrievers, Sugar and Stella, on a walk in a field behind her western New York home. Little did she know that she would not be returning home.
Shortly later, Rosemary's husband, Jamie, heard his dogs barking. When he went outside to see what the commotion was about, he was greeted by EMTs who were pulling into his driveway. One of the EMTs was also a family friend.
"Jamie, we've got a gunshot wound," the friend said as he rushed into the field.
The victim ended up being Rosemary.
How the Shooting Occurred The Billquist's neighbor, 34-year-old Thomas B. Jadlowski, thought he had seen a deer in the field. He grabbed his single shot handgun and shot Billquist from 200 yards away, The Buffalo News reported.
Once Jadlowski found Rosemary, he applied pressure to his wound as he called 911.
EMTs took Rosemary to UPMC Hamot in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she was pronounced dead.
"They tried saving her," Jamie Billquist said. "It was just too bad. ... It's horrific. It will be with me the rest of my life."
According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, Jadlowski has been fully cooperative with the investigation. So far no charges are being brought forth.
Hunting Violations Jadlowski called 911 at 5:24 p.m., 40 minutes after sunset, to report the incident. New York state's hunting laws prohibit an individual from hunting deer after sunset, sheriff's officials told The Buffalo News.
Because of the violation, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation are all working together to determine if charges will be filled, and if so, what those charges will be.
Yep ... that shot was inexcusable.
And he was Russian.
Amen. That was the first thing that my father taught me the first time he took me hunting when I was six years old.
The second thing he taught me was don't shoot unless you are certain that there is no one behind your target, because sometimes you miss your target and sometimes you hit your target and the bullet passes through it.
Basically it all boils down to don't fire unless you are certain what you may hit.
Mr. niteowl77
Oh ok is that like a competition setup?
Oh, great—now the deceased gets her reputation questioned, too.
2) Never let your muzzle cover anything you're not willing to destroy.
3) Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target.
4) Know what your target is, and what is beyond it.
Hmmm ...
Assuming negligence, rather than deliberate murderous malfeasance, he violated Rule 2 and Rule 4. And he killed a woman. And now a man is widowed, and children have lost their mother, and older folks have lost their daughter, etc. ... and he's going to prison for felony.
I hate this stuff. It's avoidable.
Cannot see color at dusk. They were neighbors. She walked her dogs how regularly in his field? This smells.
I can’t think of one excuse, condition or mitigating circumstance for not identifying your target.
No. There are questions on the shooter for what he did. It would be a question of whether or not he knew her; that’s what investigators would do. Then too, some people wear starched underwear.
Some sort of criminal negligence at the least.
Note: Same event discussed from a different article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3607718/posts
Negligent homicide.
After sunset.
Not clearly identifying the target
200 yards with a pistol.
I’m surprised he wasn’t drunk too.
Yeah, right. He was hired by the local cops to kill the dogs and missed.
200 yards out you are using a scoped handgun for hunting.
My gut says he knew pretty clearly what he was aiming at.
As far as I am concerned he should be executed.
But I’ll settle for life on a chain gang.
I suspect he was never properly trained but I do not care. Depraved indifference.
Hunting Violations
Jadlowski called 911 at 5:24 p.m., 40 minutes after sunset, to report the incident. New York state’s hunting laws prohibit an individual from hunting deer after sunset, sheriff’s officials told The Buffalo News.
today’s Sunset time in Western, New York
4:30 PM
Sunrise 7:06 AM · Twilight 5:01 PM
Hunting Hours
Big game hunting hours are sunrise to sunset. Sunday hunting is allowed in all areas of New York. There are some local exceptions. Check the area that you hunt carefully. For hunting on state parks, confirm regulations with the park before hunting.
The guy is an idiot and deserves punishment.
Guilty.
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