A Franklin pest control expert working in Maine is under investigation after he accidentally shot and killed a fellow worker.
Michael Warbin, 44, fired a single shot from a .22-caliber rifle that wounded and killed Manuel Adame, 57, on Aug. 19, according to a report from the Portland Press Herald.
The two men were in an egg house at a farm in Turner, Maine, a small town in southern Maine near Lewiston. The farm is owned by Moark LLC., one of the largest producers of eggs in the nation and a subsidiary of Land O’Lakes Inc.
Steve McCausland of the Maine Department of Public Safety said Warbin was shooting the rifle to kill rodents and stray chickens inside one of the farm’s egg houses.
McCausland said Adame collapsed while attempting to leave the barn and died as he was being taken to a Lewiston hospital.
The state medical examiner’s office said Adame died of a gunshot wound to the chest and neck.
Warbin on Tuesday referred all questions to his Portland, Maine, attorney, Jonathan Berry. Berry said Warbin is not and never was under arrest and is free to leave the state. He said he didn’t know whether Warbin had done so.
Maine Deputy Attorney General William Stokes told the Press Herald last week that investigators believe the shooting was unintentional but want to know why Warbin apparently didn’t know Adame was in his field of fire.
Being a gun owner he has the talent to mistake his partner for a chicken.
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