UPDATE (2)—Read the follow-up story here.
UPDATE—Police have charged Harford County resident Richard Heymann, 42, with first and second degree assault, after shooting a man who was allegedly trespassing on his friend's property.
Heymann, of the 3000 block of Hillsdale Court in Abingdon, posted $75,000 bond and was released, according to police.
ORIGINAL—Police say charges are pending against a Harford County man accused of shooting a Pennsylvania resident in the leg in Parkton Tuesday morning.
Police have identified the shooter as 42-year-old Richard Heymann of Abingdon, MD. (See above)
After an argument with the alleged shooter and a local property owner, Christopher E. Kinne, 43, of Lancaster, PA, was shot Tuesday morning in a wooded area in the 300 block of Stablers Church Road in northern Baltimore County.
"Kinne was trespassing on the property, owned by an acquaintance of the shooter," according to a release. "The shooter and the property owner confronted Kinne about whether Kinne had the right to be on the property."
Kinne was shot at some point during the argument, the release stated.
All three men were hunting in the wooded area near Stablers Church Road. Kinne was armed with a shotgun, although it was not loaded at the time that he was shot, according to Baltimore County police spokeswoman Elise Armacost.
Police have not yet identified the alleged shooter, who is a resident of Harford County. He is expected to be charged with first- and second-degree assault.
Kinne was transported to York (PA) Hospital's Trauma Center with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
I guess his rights don't include shooting man in leg, eh?
If the subject's life was really in danger there would be absolutely no reason to intentionally shoot someone in the leg. You cant go around shooting people in the leg to teach them a lesson, "Yeehaw, that'll learn 'em"
To the idiot who did the shooting I have but two questions. Why didn't you and your friend simply cll the police and/or DNR and have them do what we pay them to do and arrest the idiot and charge him with trespassing? Why was it so important to stop him from what he was doing that you found it necessary to shoot the guy? You give all gun owners a bad name. I hope that you are convicted in court, that you spend every last dime you ever saved in your life defending yourself, and then spend the rest of your life trying to answer the question "What was I thinking?" To the imbecile who was shot I have two questions. What was SO IMPORTANT about hunting on this piece of land? Were you about to shoot and disable a goose that lays golden eggs and this was your chance to find wealth beyond your wildest dreams? For you I hope that you recover, but that you are in pain for the rest of your life and spend your days asking yourself the same question the other idiot (the one who shot you), "What was I thinking?"
Theirs NO STATE GAME LANDS in this area to hunt. The "so called" victim was a poacher and a trespasser and probably the one who instigated this entire incident. I wonder what DNR violations were handed down that morning. I only hope as they were carting his a$$ in the ambo, they also said…here you go buddy. This is how we deal with you poachers in MD. #1. Hunting without permission on private property #2 Probably hunting without safety orange (since he was trespassing) #3. Trespassing #4. Hunting on state property without permission Who is in the wrong here? The guy who had permission or the bonehead who didn’t? I only wish I was a bird with a voice and witnessed this incident. As I stated in another post....where was this clown parked, who provided him the permission to be ON STATE LAND. We here in MD don’t take kindly to other’s trespassing on PRIVATE PROPERTY. Lick your wounds and stay the heck in PA...on your state game land!