Story from the NY Times via truthout

"Cheney shoots Fellow Hunter in Mishap on a Texas Ranch
By Anne E Kornblut
The NY Times

Monday 13 February 2006

Washington - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a prominent Austin, Tx. lawyer on Saturday while the two men were quail hunting in South Texas, firing a shotgun at the man while trying to aim for a bird, a member of the hunting party said.

Mr. Cheney, a practiced hunter, shot the lawyer, Harry Whittington, on an outing at the Armstrong Ranch in South Texas. Mr. Whittington, 78, was taken by helicopter to Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition in the intensive care unit on Sunday, according to Michele Trevino, a hospital spokeswoman." ... read more

Interesting how "spin" began...

"'This happened pretty quickly,' Ms. Armstrong said ... Mr. Whittington ... 'did not announce - which would be protocol - 'Hey it's me, I'm coming up.'

'He didn't do what he was supposed to do ... So when a bird flushed and the VP swung in to shoot it, Harry was where the bird was.'"

The implication is that it was all Harry's fault. But that's not what the Texas Dept. of Parks and Wildlife says.

And, oh, by the way ... they broke the law