Exchange Was Hostile, Second Survivor Says; Hunter Fired at Vang After Being Shot in Shoulder

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Hayward A second witness to the killings of six hunters in November painted a slightly more hostile picture Tuesday of their encounter with Chai Soua Vang but corroborated earlier testimony that Vang was leaving the scene when he turned and fired at the group.

Lauren Hesebeck said hunting companion Robert Crotteau angrily challenged Vang for being in his son's tree stand and laced his lecture with obscenities. Crotteau's son Joey may have momentarily stepped in front of Vang as the trespasser began to move away from the hunters who intercepted him on private property in southern Sawyer County, Hesebeck said.

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Exchange Was Hostile, Second Survivor Says; Hunter Fired at Vang After Being Shot in Shoulder

"It may have appeared Joe was trying to block him," Hesebeck testified.

But the Rice Lake car salesman said Vang was 25 to 30 yards away when he stopped, turned and opened fire.

Vang, 36, is on trial on six counts of first-degree intentional homicide and ...

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