ESSEX TWP. — Police believe a bow hunter found with a gunshot wound in a ground blind near St. Johns was shot by an errant round fired by people target shooting nearby.
Clinton County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to an address on Lowe Road in the township northwest of St. Johns about 5:50 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, after receiving a call about a man who had been shot in the chest while bow hunting, Clinton County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Matt Dedyne said in a statement.
Deputies and medical personnel found a 38-year-old man in a hard-sided ground blind with a single wound to his chest, Dedyne said. The man was taken by Clinton Area Ambulance to a hospital where he is listed in critical condition…