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Police: Boy who mistook woman for bear was not with adult
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By KOMO Staff & News Services
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- The 14-year-old boy who killed a woman while hunting Saturday in the Sauk Mountain area was not with an adult, sheriff's officials said Monday.
Skagit County Sheriff Chief Deputy Will Reichardt said the boy was with his 16-year-old brother on a ledge looking down onto a hiking trail when Pamela Almli stopped on the trail to put something into her backpack. The 14-year-old boy mistook her for a bear and fired one shot, which killed her, Reichardt said.
Reichardt said visibility was low that morning due to some fog in the area.
Reichardt said their investigation determined that the boys' grandfather dropped them off in the area of Sauk Mountain near Rockport Saturday morning. The grandfather may have then been waiting for them at the foot of the mountain but was not with them at the time of the shooting, Reichardt said.
"All I can say is that it never should have happened," Almli's husband, William, told the Skagit Valley Herald. They have a son and three grandchildren.
"How do you confuse a woman with a bear?" he asked.
Family members on Sunday said Almli was an avid nature lover who frequently hiked throughout the region.
"She just had a heart of gold, she loved people, she loved animals, and she just wanted to help people," said Almli's sister, Gail Blacker.
Almli was hiking with a friend Saturday morning when the shooting occurred.
Meanwhile, Blacker said Almli loved to hike and knew almost every mountain and peak in the area.
"She lived to be out there," Blacker said. "You couldn't keep her in. She'd go in the snow, rain -- it didn't matter."
Almli was passionate about hiking, skiing, kayaking and anything else that took her outdoors, her family said.
Despite the loss of a loved one, Almli's family harbored no malice toward the young hunter who fired the fatal shot.
"We just know that that young boy is a human being, and human beings make mistakes," Blacker said. "He made a mistake.
"(Pamela) was doing what she loved most in the world that's where she would have wanted to be," said Blacker.
Bear hunting season opened Saturday for the entire Sauk Mountain area, including trails popular with hikers. The season goes through the end of the year.
The hunter and the victim were about 120 yards away from each other, said Sgt. Bill Heinchk, of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Heinchk said he always tells his hunter's safety class: "Once that gun goes off, there is no taking it back; everyone's lives are changed forever."
Skagit County prosecutors were meeting with sheriff's investigators to decide whether to file any charges in the case.
http://www.katu.com/news/26259449.html
PM PDT
By KOMO Staff & News Services
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- The 14-year-old boy who killed a woman while hunting Saturday in the Sauk Mountain area was not with an adult, sheriff's officials said Monday.
Skagit County Sheriff Chief Deputy Will Reichardt said the boy was with his 16-year-old brother on a ledge looking down onto a hiking trail when Pamela Almli stopped on the trail to put something into her backpack. The 14-year-old boy mistook her for a bear and fired one shot, which killed her, Reichardt said.
Reichardt said visibility was low that morning due to some fog in the area.
Reichardt said their investigation determined that the boys' grandfather dropped them off in the area of Sauk Mountain near Rockport Saturday morning. The grandfather may have then been waiting for them at the foot of the mountain but was not with them at the time of the shooting, Reichardt said.
"All I can say is that it never should have happened," Almli's husband, William, told the Skagit Valley Herald. They have a son and three grandchildren.
"How do you confuse a woman with a bear?" he asked.
Family members on Sunday said Almli was an avid nature lover who frequently hiked throughout the region.
"She just had a heart of gold, she loved people, she loved animals, and she just wanted to help people," said Almli's sister, Gail Blacker.
Almli was hiking with a friend Saturday morning when the shooting occurred.
Meanwhile, Blacker said Almli loved to hike and knew almost every mountain and peak in the area.
"She lived to be out there," Blacker said. "You couldn't keep her in. She'd go in the snow, rain -- it didn't matter."
Almli was passionate about hiking, skiing, kayaking and anything else that took her outdoors, her family said.
Despite the loss of a loved one, Almli's family harbored no malice toward the young hunter who fired the fatal shot.
"We just know that that young boy is a human being, and human beings make mistakes," Blacker said. "He made a mistake.
"(Pamela) was doing what she loved most in the world that's where she would have wanted to be," said Blacker.
Bear hunting season opened Saturday for the entire Sauk Mountain area, including trails popular with hikers. The season goes through the end of the year.
The hunter and the victim were about 120 yards away from each other, said Sgt. Bill Heinchk, of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Heinchk said he always tells his hunter's safety class: "Once that gun goes off, there is no taking it back; everyone's lives are changed forever."
Skagit County prosecutors were meeting with sheriff's investigators to decide whether to file any charges in the case.
http://www.katu.com/news/26259449.html