A suburban Philadelphia lawyer is suspected in the slaying of a hunter killed on the opening day of deer season.
David Manilla is the target in the investigation of last month's shooting of 52-year-old Barry Groh, Manilla's attorney, Richard Winters, told NBC Philadelphia.
Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Groh's death resulted from “egregious” conduct. Groh was shot and killed shortly after killing a buck near a property owned by Manilla.
Heckler says Manilla was out hunting with his uncle, former Montgomery County District Attorney Michael D. Marino, and two others at the time Groh was shot but would not name the suspected shooter, reports the Inquirer.
Heckler says he plans to file either third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter or reckless endangerment charges this week.
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