Hunter Charged in Teen-Ager’s Death
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — A hunter who killed a 14-year-old boy he mistook for a deer has been charged with a felony under a new Georgia law aimed at tightening restrictions on hunters.
Felton Johnson, 55, turned himself in Thursday and was booked for the slaying of Gavin Gingerich, a neighbor, in woods behind their homes Wednesday.
Johnson, a retired Fulton County firefighter, was charged with misuse of a firearm while hunting.
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