Coroner confirms ID of P.A. man killed in hunting tragedy

The Office of the Saskatchewan Coroner has confirmed the identity of the Prince Albert man killed in a hunting accident Saturday. 

He was 23-year-old Jordan Darchuk. 

Social media has been inundated with condolences to the family since the tragedy near Weirdale. 

On Saturday Nipawin RCMP responded to a complaint of an injured man in a rural field. An investigation revealed two men, both from Prince Albert, but not known to each other, were hunting separately and apart from one another.  

Darchuk was found deceased with an apparent gunshot wound.

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The incident was reported to police by the 22-year-old who remained at the scene.

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