Harry Whittington spent week in intensive care after being inadvertently shot by then vice-president on quail-hunting trip
A Texas attorney who was inadvertently shot by US vice-president
Whittington made international headlines after Cheney, George W Bush’s vice-president, shot him while quail hunting. Whittington, Cheney and others were hunting on the sprawling 50,000-acre Armstrong ranch after sunset.Whittington was rushed to the hospital with several birdshot wounds after the shooting, which was deemed an accident.
Whittington was largely blamed for the accident. A White House spokesperson said that Whittington had stepped into Cheney’s line of fire.
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