KINGSTON -- A deer hunter died after accidentally shooting himself in the chest, the Newton County sheriff's office said Saturday.
Aaron Villines, 42, of the Kingston area was killed in the shooting Thursday near Elkhorn Church in western Newton County, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
Villines and another hunter were walking to check on a deer that one of them had shot when Villines apparently slipped on a moss-covered rock and fell onto his loaded rifle, which then discharged and shot him in the chest, according to the news release.
Villines was pronounced dead at the scene.
Metro on 12/06/2015