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Hunting Trip Killing, A Painful Accident
posted (March 27, 2012)
Last night we told you about a hunting trip that resulted in the death of a Salvapan resident. That man was Antonio Jimenez, a 44 year old Guatemalan Farmer and father of 6.

He went to hunt with his friends to get a meal for his family - but things got confused on the hunt, and he ended up getting shot by his best friend with a 16 gauge rifle.

Today we spoke to his family after the post-mortem was conducted and his sister-in-law told us how they are dealing with his death.

Evelyn Abrego - sister-in-law of deceased
"I was at home when I heard the phone ringing, it was my sister, she told me to calm down and take it easy because we have some bad news. I was shocked, but I tried to be calm. My sister told me that Antonio Jimenez has been killed."

"His friends who went hunting with him told my sister and my parents that it was an accident because when they saw the deer running, they didn't see my brother-in-law running the deer. They just fired a shot that caught him by mistake. That's all they told us and that's what we know."

Reporter
"How is your sister taking this right now?"

Evelyn Abrego - sister-in-law of deceased
"She is taking this very hard, but as we - as family members [we] can see that she is not feeling well, but we try to comfort her."

"All of us are sad and heartbroken. I think we are all the same, just comforting each other."

Reporter
"You guys know it's an accident - or you guys have any feelings towards what happened to your brother-in-law?"

Evelyn Abrego - sister-in-law of deceased
"No, we just take it as an accident."

Evelyn Abrego says that the family does understand that he was killed by accident, and that they are just trying to move forward. She noted that after he was hit, he was calm - and walked up to his friends to say that he had been shot. Shortly after that, he collapsed.

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