Steven Fromholz, a 68-year-old Texas singer-songwriter, poet, and actor, died on January 19, 2014, in Eldorado, Texas, after an accidental rifle discharge at the Flying B Ranch near Eldorado. While preparing for a hog hunting trip, Fromholz was moving a Rossi .44-magnum lever-action rifle in a soft case that was unzipped at the bottom. The rifle fell out, struck the ground and discharged; the bullet passed through the case, struck his left wrist, then exited and struck him just below his right eye.

Fromholz was with his girlfriend, Susan Buchholz, at the time. Buchholz heard the shot while she was at a pickup and initially thought he was shooting at a hog; when he did not respond she found him face down. Deputies arrived to find him alive but unconscious, and he died en route to the hospital. The Schleicher County Sheriff’s Office ruled the discharge accidental and reported no foul play, arrests or litigation.

Fromholz was widely mourned in the Texas music community and had been named Poet Laureate of Texas in 2007. Does anyone have additional information about the incident or the circumstances leading up to the trip?