John Michael Haynes, 37, was killed during a hunting trip in Alexandria, Louisiana, on November 8, 2014. Haynes, described as a White/Caucasian male who enjoyed hunting and fishing and worked in construction and as a Realtor, was in a wooded area in the 400 block of Twin Bridges Road with a hunting partner when he sustained a single gunshot wound. Deputies and emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene after the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office received a call about a hunting accident at about 7 a.m.

Investigators from the Alexandria Police Department and the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office concluded the hunting partner had mistaken Haynes for a deer and fired the fatal shot. Authorities classified the event as a hunting accident and announced no criminal charges would be filed. If anyone was in that area that morning or has information about the trip, please share what is known.