Harry Whittington, the Texas attorney shot by Cheney during a 2006 hunting trip, dies

Harry Whittington speaks with members of the media on Feb. 17, 2006, in front of a hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. Whittington, the man who then-Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot while they were hunting quail on a Texas ranch, died Saturday in Austin.

Whittington died at age 95 his home Saturday in Austin. In 2006, he and others were hunting with then Vice President Dick Cheney on a ranch, when Cheney, while aiming for a bird, struck Whittington.

(Image credit: Paul Iverson/AP)

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