The search for a missing hunter ended Saturday when his family and friends discovered the 25-year-old man’s body, the Kershaw County coroner’s office said.
A 911 call was made around 3 p.m. after Dalton Jordan’s body was found in the area near Flat Rock Road, coroner David West said in a news release Sunday evening. Jordan was pronounced dead at the scene from an apparent gunshot wound, according to the statement.
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources called Jordan’s death “a hunting accident.”
“Initial investigation indicates this is an isolated incident involving one individual who suffered a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene,” SCDNR said.
Information about who fired the fatal shot was not available.
There was no word on when Jordan went hunting, or when he was reported missing.
Jordan’s death remains under investigation by SCDNR and the coroner’s office. An autopsy will be performed Monday at Newberry Medical Center, West said.
This was the second hunting-related death in South Carolina in the past week.
On the evening of Oct. 29, a hunter in Dorchester County said he thought he was shooting a deer when he heard a rustling in the woods, but ended up killing a woman and wounding her husband as they walked their dog, officials said. The man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, according to the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office.
Kristofer McDonald, 20, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, assault and battery of a serious and aggravated nature, criminal negligent use of a firearm resulting in great bodily harm, criminal negligent use of a firearm resulting in death and night hunting, according to SCDNR.
