IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KABC) -- A lieutenant with the Riverside County Sheriff's Office was killed in a hunting accident Sunday in southern Idaho, authorities said.

According to a Facebook post shared by the Riverside Sheriffs' Association , Lt. Nathan Kaas, 48, was a member of the Sheriff's Emergency Response Team.

According to The San Bernardino Sun , Kaas was getting ready to hunt mule deer with a friend in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest when the friend pulled a rifle from its case and it accidentally discharged.

The bullet struck Kaas in the thigh in a spot that caused severe bleeding, the Sun reported.

A Help A Hero fundraiser shared by the Riverside Sheriffs' Association on behalf of the Kaas family says the 48-year-old was a husband and father of three.

"His relation

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