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Web Staff (WKBW) — Rosemary Billquist was shot and killed the day before Thanksgiving, 2017. She was killed by a hunter who said it was an accident. The hunter said he thought Billquist was a deer.
Billquist was walking her dog in the Town of Sherman when she was shot.
In Chautauqua County Court Monday, the hunter, Thomas Jadlowski, was sentenced to a minimum of one year and a maximum of three years behind bars.
He pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in October.
The bullet struck Billquist in her hip. Jadowski heard her cry, found Billquist and called 911. Billquist later died at the hospital.
Jadlowski was originally charged with second-degree manslaughter, a charge that carries a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. A Grand Jury returned a two-count indictment against Jadlowski alleging Manslaughter and Hunting After Hours earlier this year.
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