Two men shot in January near the Mexico border in Texas were wounded by "friendly fire" from their hunting parties — not undocumented Mexican immigrants, as one of the men had claimed, according to police.
Walker Daugherty and Michael Bryant — both of whom are guides withRedwing Outfitters, which promises "a Christian atmosphere, fun hardworking professional guides and a ton of enthusiasm" — were indicted on charges of using deadly conduct by by discharging firearms in the direction of others, San Antonio's KTSA reported.
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Daugherty and his fiancee told responding officers they believed that undocumented immigrants from Mexico had been responsible for the shooting, a claim Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller — who has ahistory of propagating fabricated or misleading news stories — used as "proof"that President Donald Trump's proposed border wall was necessary. The story went viral on the internet and Dougherty raised more than $20,000 on GoFundMe to cover his medical expenses.
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A spokesperson for Miller told Big Bend Now in Marfa, Texas, that the story was passed along to him by the family and that "no one had contacted us to say it was untrue."
"We don't believe the need for prayer has diminished," spokesperson Todd Smith said.
In Miller's post — which was shared over 6,500 times and has since been deleted — he called for a border wall to prevent "many more Walker Daughertys."
"This is why we need the wall and to secure our borders," Miller wrote. "There are violent criminals and members of drug cartels coming in and it must put a stop to it before we have many more Walker Daughertys."
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