On November 10, 2018, deputies responded to a distress call at a hunting cabin on State Highway Y in rural Lewistown, Missouri, during the opening weekend of firearms deer season. Inside the cabin, 52-year-old Randell J. Reising of Arnold, Missouri, was found with a single, fatal gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at 5:22 a.m. by the county coroner.

Investigators reported that Reising and his companions had woken about 4:00 a.m. to prepare for the hunt. While the group was getting ready, a firearm was discharged and struck Reising. The shot was determined to have been fired by 50-year-old Steven A. Lewis, a friend who had traveled from Arnold for the trip. Law enforcement described the incident as a tragic accidental hunting fatality and, pending autopsy results, treated it as non-criminal; no arrests or charges were reported.

If anyone was at that Lewistown hunting camp or has information about the events that morning, please share what is known.