In what Duncan/North Cowichan RCMP are describing as a "bizarre" incident, a 19-year-old man was shot Thursday evening while hunting cows with a friend.
Police became involved when a 26-year-old man called them on his cellphone about 8:30 p.m. to report he had accidentally shot his hunting partner and was driving him to Cowichan District Hospital in Duncan. Police met the pair at the hospital.
RCMP Const. Sue Boyes said the details are sketchy, but the two men were apparently hired by a butcher to track down and kill two cows that had escaped from a pasture in the area of Lake Cowichan and Walker roads.
"They were actually instructed by the butcher to shoot them and salvage what meat they could and take it back to him," Boyes said.
"We're still trying to determine the identity of the butcher."
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