Jeffrey Schools

WCSH-TV, Portland, Maine

PORTLAND, Maine — A woman was killed in an apparent hunting accident Saturday morning in Maine, authorities say.

John MacDonald of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said the woman in her 30s died from a gunshot wound suffered sometime around 10 a.m. Saturday in Hebron.

“The shooter has been identified as a man in his late 30s,” MacDonald said, but he declined to release the name.

The Lewiston Sun Journal reported that the shooter was a man who was with a different hunting party. He was being interviewed by the Warden Service.

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MacDonald said it is unclear if the woman was a hunter or a bystander. He said the department is not ready to release any other details at this time.

Hebron is about 48 miles north of Portland. Saturday was “Maine Resident Only Day” for moose and deer hunting.

Contributing: The Associated Press