Maurizio Gabriel Justiniano Dadin, 19, died of a gunshot wound on January 20, 2024, while duck hunting along the North Platte River on the Rawhide Wildlife Management Area northwest of Torrington, Wyoming. First responders arrived about 2:30 p.m.; despite resuscitation efforts he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say three people were hunting from a driftwood blind when one hunter’s shotgun misfired. That hunter set the firearm down, borrowed a companion’s 20-gauge briefly, then returned to inspect his own gun, which discharged and struck Maurizio in the left abdomen.

Case documents note Maurizio was not licensed to hunt and had joined to learn about waterfowling. A third hunter corroborated the sequence of events. Authorities identified the shooter as Gaige Zook and in April 2024 an arrest warrant was issued charging him with involuntary manslaughter alleging he involuntarily but recklessly caused Maurizio’s death. No other arrests have been announced.