Cheney shoots friend in hunting accident
Washington (dpa) - US Vice President Dick Cheney wounded a member of his hunting party in an accidental shooting on a Texas ranch, Fox News reported Sunday.
Harry Whittington, a prominent Texas lawyer and supporter of Cheney's centre-right Republican Party, suffered shotgun pellet wounds and was taken to a hospital in Corpus Christi, where he was being treated for non-life threatening wounds.
The accident occurred Saturday during a quail hunting trip on the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas.
Ranch owner Katharine Armstrong told Fox News that she saw the shooting from a distance. She said that Whittington, 78, was "peppered pretty good" but treated immediately by Cheney's security and medical staff who were waiting nearby, Fox News reported.
Cheney, who has a long history of serious heart problems, is regularly accompanied by a medical team.
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