2026年9月21日 / 美国东部时间上午8:47 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
警方称，上周特拉华州一名猎人误将一名女子当成鹿，开枪将其打死。
据特拉华州州警消息，74岁的沃尔特·穆尔黑德因在埃伦代尔镇枪杀39岁的桑托斯·玛丽亚·奇莱尔·索托，面临包括过失杀人罪和鲁莽危害他人安全在内的多项指控。事发于周五晚间。
来自马里兰州索尔兹伯里的穆尔黑德在枪击现场被捕，随后以4.3万美元保释金获释。州警表示，其凶杀部门的初步调查显示，穆尔黑德当时正蹲在一片开阔田野的地面附近狩猎，当时索托与一名男子和两名儿童路过此处。猎人误以为看到了鹿，随即朝他们的方向开枪，击中了索托。
当晚约7点40分，州警被派往现场。州警称，急救人员在对索托进行了救生医疗措施后，将其送往附近医院，最终宣告其死亡。
除过失杀人罪外，穆尔黑德还面临一项在重罪实施期间持有枪支的罪名，以及三项一级鲁莽危害他人安全罪指控。
目前州警仍在继续调查这起枪击事件，他们呼吁任何了解案件相关信息的人直接与他们联系，或通过特拉华州犯罪制止热线提交线索。
沃尔特·穆尔黑德 特拉华州州警
索托生前居住在特拉华州乔治敦的一所福音派教堂，该教堂在索托去世后发布了她的讣告。
blob:https://www.cbsnews.com/096d3248-316e-448f-b2c0-7938e66754a6
“我们怀着深切的悲痛宣布，我们亲爱的基督内的姐妹玛丽亚·奇莱尔·索托离世，”该教堂在从西班牙语翻译过来的讣告中写道。“在这段极度悲痛的时刻，我们与她的家人和挚爱亲友一同祈祷，与他们站在一起。”
该教堂还举行了纪念索托及其家人的礼拜仪式，相关视频已发布在社交媒体上。教堂表示，官方葬礼安排信息确定后将及时公布。
索托的家人发起了一项GoFundMe筹款活动，以筹集葬礼费用以及将她的遗体运回她的故乡危地马拉安葬的运输费用。截至周一上午，该活动已筹得约4500美元，距离6500美元的筹款目标尚有差距。
此次事件发生约一年前，爱荷华州农村地区曾发生一起类似案件：一名少年被另一名猎人误认为松鼠后开枪射杀身亡。
Hunter fatally shoots woman he mistook for a deer, Delaware police say
September 21, 2026 / 8:47 AM EDT / CBS News
A hunter shot and killed a woman in Delaware last week after he mistook her for a deer, police said.
Walter Moorhead, 74, faces multiple charges, including manslaughter and reckless endangerment, for fatally shooting Santos Maria Chilel Soto, 39, Friday evening in the town of Ellendale, according to Delaware State Police.
Moorhead, of Salisbury, Maryland, was arrested at the scene of the shooting and later released on a $43,000 bond. State police said the preliminary investigation by its homicide unit indicated that Moorhead had been crouched close to the ground in an open field, hunting, when Soto passed by with a man and two children. Believing he had seen a deer, the hunter then fired his rifle in their direction, striking Soto.
Troopers were called to the scene at around 7:40 p.m. that night. After giving Soto life-saving medical care, responders took her to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead, state police said.
In addition to a manslaughter charge, Moorhead also faces one count for possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and three counts of reckless endangerment in the first degree.
As their investigation into the shooting continues, state police have asked anyone with information about the case to contact them directly, or submit tips through Delaware Crime Stoppers.
Walter Moorhead Delaware State Police
An evangelical church in Georgetown, Delaware, where Soto lived, shared an obituary for her after her death.
blob:https://www.cbsnews.com/096d3248-316e-448f-b2c0-7938e66754a6
“It is with deep sorrow that our church announces the passing of our beloved sister in Christ, Maria Chilel Soto,” the church wrote in the obituary, which has been translated from Spanish. “We join in prayer and solidarity with her family and loved ones during this time of deep grief.”
The church also held services honoring Soto and her family, videos of which were posted on social media. The church said official funeral arrangements would be shared as that information became available.
Soto’s family has launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for funeral costs, and the cost of transporting her body to Guatemala, where she is from, to be buried. It had collected about $4,500 of its $6,500 goal as of Monday morning.
The incident comes about a year after a teenager died in rural Iowa, after he was shot by a fellow hunter who apparently mistook him for a squirrel.
发表回复