Vice President shoots Fellow Hunter

On Saturday, Vice President Dick Cheney, accidently shot 78 year old Harry Whittington, on a hunting trip. Harry was hunting quail on Saturday with Cheney, at Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, when he was shot. Armstrong who was with Cheney and Harry, but decided to stay in the car said Harry shot a bird and went to retrieve it, and Cheney and another hunter went to find more quail. Harry failed to tell of his position and announce that he was behind the group, when the quails flushed Cheney fired, but Harry was 30 yards away and in line with the shot and recieved birdshot in the face and chest area from Cheney's 28-gauge shotgun. Armstrong said it was a complete accident that Cheney shot Hary because he didn't see him, and Harry failed to let them know were he was.
When Harry was shot the vice president, secret service and some friends rushed to his side, he was knocked down but not seriously injured, he was rushed to the hospitatl by a ambulance that was standing by at Armstrong's ranch. Cheney visited Harry on Sunday and was pleased that he was doing well.