Nicholas Nava-Farias, 31, of Kennewick, was fatally wounded on October 10, 2015, during a hunting outing about four miles east of Colfax, Washington. At about 7:50 a.m., a member of the hunting party fired a muzzleloader rifle; Nava-Farias was struck by a single round. Fellow hunters performed CPR under dispatcher guidance while awaiting emergency crews, but Nava-Farias was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Whitman County deputies and local emergency crews responded, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife took over the investigation as the case was treated as a hunting accident. No arrests or suspects have been reported; authorities have described the shooting as accidental.

Did anyone in the area that morning see or hear anything that could clarify how the shot was discharged?