Hunter shot: Man hospitalized and four friends charged with multiple counts of illegal hunting - baltimoresun.com

A hunter is in the hospital and four of his friends have been charged with multiple counts of illegal hunting after an incident Saturday afternoon just off a major thoroughfare in Prince George's County, Maryland Natural Resources Police reported.

Roy A. Contee, 57, of Upper Marlboro, was charged with negligent hunting, hunting without written permission and hunting with buckshot after he allegedly shot a member of his hunting group in the abdomen and knee, Maryland Natural Resources Police said Sunday.

Ricky L. Johnson, 59, of Clinton, was taken to Prince George's County Hospital for treatment of his wounds, which were not considered life-threatening, the police said.

The five men were hunting just off Indian Head Highway and Oxon Hill Road on land owned by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Shortly before 2 p.m., as some of the hunters were moving toward the others in an attempt to flush out deer from the underbrush, a deer leapt out and startled the group. Contee fired a shotgun loaded with buckshot, striking Johnson, NRP Sgt. Art Windemuth said.