Investigators are still looking for answers in the case of a 63-year-old Amarillo man who was shot last Wednesday night, January 4, while hunting in Briscoe County.
Sava Garcia, Jr., was reportedly hunting on the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River near the bridge on Texas Highway 256 when he was shot once in the shoulder between 3:30 and 6 p.m.
Donley County Sheriff Butch Blackburn said Garcia reportedly walked for some distance before collapsing and then being found by Antonio Padilla, Jr., age 53 of Spring Lake. The two men were hunting together.
Padilla transported Garcia into Donley County where they were met by local EMS personnel about eight miles south of Clarendon. Garcia was then transported to Clarendon and airlifted to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo where he underwent surgery. Blackburn said Garcia was in stable condition last Thursday morning.
The Briscoe County Sheriff’s Office believes the shooting to be accidental and says a white pickup was seen under the bridge prior to the shooting and is currently being sought by law enforcement.
Authorities are asking anyone who was hunting or who knows someone who was hunting on January 4 on the river near the Highway 256 Bridge to contact the Briscoe County Sheriff’s Office at (806) 823-2135.
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