On a winter morning, Joseph Austin Smith, a 30-year-old Caucasian male from Wichita, Kansas, set out on a hunting trip with a friend near Geuda Springs. The crisp air of January 21, 2023, held the promise of a day spent outdoors, but it would tragically be his last. While seated in the front passenger seat of a pickup truck, a sudden and unexpected turn of events unfolded.
In the back of the truck, amidst the hunting gear, was a rifle. The owner's dog, also in the back, inadvertently step
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