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Cops: Valley Stream hunter mistakenly shoots another hunter

Quick ReadPolice said a man shot another hunter dressed in camouflage, thinking he was a deer.

Robert Robar, 52, of Valley Stream, was charged

Photo credit: Handout | Robert Robar, 52, of Valley Stream, was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment after police said he mistakenly shot a fellow hunter he thought was a deer. (November 2009)

A hunter from Long Island was in jail upstate Wednesday after he shot another hunter dressed in camouflage, thinking he was a deer, police said.

The victim was in critical condition after the Tuesday morning incident in a wooded area in the Town of Lumberland, state police said.

Robert Robar, 52, of Valley Stream, faces a felony charge of first-degree reckless endangerment, police said.

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