A man has shocked many people with his utter carelessness after shooting his own brother dead in the bush.
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Scott Pickle, a man from Atlanta, USA, has killed his brother, Brian Pickle.
The man man shot and killed his brother while on a hunting trip in South Carolina after mistaking him for an animal.
According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Brian, 30, and his brother Scott, also from Atlanta, were with their father in a heavily wooded area.
Scott's age was not given.
Union County Sheriff David Taylor told the newspaper that the incident happened shortly before dusk on Saturday and that Scott Pickle had been eager to hunt before nightfall.
Mistaking his brother for a small deer or coyote, Scott took aim and fired, striking Brian in the head, the newspaper quoted the sheriff as saying.
"We see these types of accidents all too frequently," Taylor said.
The Union County Sheriff's Office and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources are investigating the incident, media reports said.
It was not immediately clear if Pickle will face criminal charges.