Sherrie Lee Hutto, 41, of Chauncey, Georgia, was fatally wounded while deer hunting on October 13, 2022, in woods off Brown Street in Chauncey. She was shot by 65-year-old Donald Wayne Kuni of Eastman and was airlifted to Atrium Health Navicent in Macon, where she died of her injuries on October 17, 2022.

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to assist. Kuni was arrested on October 18, 2022, and charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was booked into the Dodge County Law Enforcement Center and the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone was in the Chauncey area on October 13 or has information about the hunting party or the events that day, please share what is known.