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William Tripp

Case from Mineral-point, PA dated Nov 27, 2021

Victim Details

William E. Bill Tripp

Male

White / Caucasian

Mineral-point

PA

2021-11-27

71

William

Tripp

07/15/2026

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William E. "Bill" Tripp, a 71-year-old man from Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, tragically passed away on November 27, 2021, due to a hunting accident in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Tripp was hunting with family and friends around 10 a.m. on Buckhorn Road in Jackson Township when a minor, related to Tripp, shot at a deer and missed. The bullet traveled approximately 300 yards and struck Tripp in the head, resulting in a fatal gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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  • https://www.goerie.com/story/sports/outdoors/2021/12/02/hunters-accidentally-shot-western-pennsylvania-pa-lawrence-pavolko-william-tripp-gary-hunt/8835793002/
  • WJAC: Coroner identifies hunter killed in Jackson Township, was accidentally shot by relative
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