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SANDY, OR (KPTV) -
A man from Sandy was killed Friday when his gun accidentally discharged while he was climbing over a barbed wire fence.
Clackamas County deputies say Robert Ralph Hoelting, 62, was walking home on Marmot Road when his pistol apparently discharged, killing him as he climbed the fence.
Witnesses later reported finding his body.
The State Medical Examiner reports Hoelting died of a gunshot wound to the chest.
A man from Sandy was killed Friday when his gun accidentally discharged while he was climbing over a barbed wire fence.
Clackamas County deputies say Robert Ralph Hoelting, 62, was walking home on Marmot Road when his pistol apparently discharged, killing him as he climbed the fence.
Witnesses later reported finding his body.
The State Medical Examiner reports Hoelting died of a gunshot wound to the chest.