Authorities with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources have released the name of a man killed in a hunting accident Saturday in Jo Daviess County. 40 year old Brian Busker of Scales Mound, was fatally shot. Authorities responded at around 2:45 p.m. Saturday after the shooting was reported near Tippett Road in rural Galena. Busker was part of a hunting party with 10 others who were doing a deer drive when he was shot in the head. Busker was pronounced dead at the scene.
Scales Mound Man Dies in Hunting Accident
Dec 9, 2019 | 2:24 PM
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