AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE SPIRIT LAKE MAN WHO WAS SHOT SATURDAY MORNING WHILE HUNTING IN DICKINSON COUNTY.
THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SAYS 18-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH SALMON WAS INJURED WHILE WATERFOWL HUNTING ALONG THE SHORE OF A SLOUGH AT THE SPRING RUN WILDLIFE AREA.
SALMON WAS HUNTING WITH FRIENDS WHEN HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD.
HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO A SIOUX FALLS HOSPITAL WHERE HE REMAINS HOSPITALIZED.
SALMON ATTENDS OKOBOJI HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED A GO-FUND-ME PAGE FOR HIM.
HE IS CONSIDERED A LOCAL HERO AFTER HE AND SEVERAL OTHERS SAVED A MAN WHOSE VEHICLE FELL THROUGH THE ICE ON EAST LAKE OKOBOJI LAST FEBRUARY.
OKOBOJI HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR NICK MULDER IS ALSO THE SCHOOL’S FOOTBALL COACH.
SALMON1 OC………PROUD OF JOE. :05
. MULDER SAYS SALMON IS AN OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN.
SALMON2 OC………A LOT OF TIMES.” :24
BESIDES THE GO FUND ME PAGE, THERE ARE TWO LOCAL FUNDRAISING EFFORTS CREATED TO SUPPORT SALMON AND HIS FAMILY.
SALMON3 OC………….IN JOE’S NAME.” :19
THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE D-N-R’S LAW ENFORCEMENT BUREAU.
Photo from Go Fund Me page
