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Lt. Nathan Kaas died after being accidentally shot by his friend on a hunting trip on Oct. 12

A hunting rifle accidentally fired and shot Kaas in the leg, causing major bleeding

Kaas was a member of the Riverside County Sheriff's Emergency Response Team

A Sheriff's Office Lieutenant died after being accidentally shot by his friend on a hunting trip.

On Oct. 12, Lt. Nathan Kaas went on a hunting trip with a friend in Idaho's Caribou-Targhee National Forest. The two were preparing to hunt mule deer when the friend removed a hunting rifle from its case, and it accidentally discharged and struck Kaas in the thigh, per ABC 7 News .

Kaas suffered severe bleeding, The San Bernardino Sun reported. The shooting occurred in the Sheep Creek area, per Fox 11.

The shooter has

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