Authorities are investigating a fatal hunting accident in south-central Iowa.Marion County deputies and Iowa Natural Resources Department officials responded to a report of the shooting around 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Robert's Creek Park on the north side of Lake Red Rock.Officials say 23-year-old Blake E. Schroder, of Leighton, was fatally struck by a round apparently fired by a member of his hunting party.An investigation is continuing, and an autopsy at the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner is pending.Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Authorities are investigating a fatal hunting accident in south-central Iowa.

Marion County deputies and Iowa Natural Resources Department officials responded to a report of the shooting around 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Robert's Creek Park on the north side of Lake Red Rock.


Officials say 23-year-old Blake E. Schroder, of Leighton, was fatally struck by a round apparently fired by a member of his hunting party.

An investigation is continuing, and an autopsy at the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner is pending.

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