UPDATE: Hunter killed in Canada was from Honeoye Falls; police charge Mendon man in death

Victoria E. Freile | Democrat and Chronicle

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Canadian police say a Mendon man fatally shot a member of his hunting party in northwestern Quebec over the weekend.

John B. Tompkins, 50, of Mendon, was charged with manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death and negligent use of a firearm, according to the National Post in Canada.

Tompkins is accused of shooting Todd Herrington, 54, of Honeoye Falls, while on a hunting trip in Béarn, in northwestern Quebec, according to provincial police. The two men were part of the same hunting party and together lease a hunting cabin in Quebec.

Police did not share many details about the fatal shooting but said they were alerted to the shooting about 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Relatives said it appeared that the two men were hunting at dusk on Friday and that Tompkins mistook Herrington as a bear.

According to the National Post, Tompkins was released on $25,000 bail and is due to return to court in Canada on Aug. 27.

Herrington was survived by his wife and the couple's two children.

VFREILE@Gannett.com