Marvin Bowen Coppage, 75, was killed while guiding a pheasant and chukar hunt on private property off Ell Downes Road in Henderson, Maryland on Saturday, October 10, 2015. Employed by Schrader’s Outdoors Ltd., Coppage was moving through brush with his dog to flush birds for a hunting party that included three juveniles when he was struck by a shotgun blast. Two of the youths, both about 14, fired at rising birds from roughly 20 feet away. Coppage was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 5 p.m.; an autopsy attributed the death to a fatal brain injury.

Maryland Natural Resources Police investigated and concluded the shooting was accidental but could not determine which of the two boys fired the fatal round. The Queen Anne’s County State’s Attorney reviewed the findings, agreed the death was accidental, and did not file charges; the investigation was suspended pending any new evidence.

If anyone has information about that day or the events leading up to the shooting, please share what is known.