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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
Following a seven-hour trial on April 14, a misdemeanor charge of reckless handling of a firearm against James Franklin Selvage of Manassas Park was dismissed by General District Court Judge Charles Foley.
The charge was filed against Mr. Selvage as the result of the Dec. 26, 1986, accidental shooting of 28-yearold Ricky Doyle Gray of Luray. Mr. Gray was killed by a single shot from a high-powered rifle while deer hunting on Turkey Mountain near Sperryville.
According "to testimony from Trooper R. A. Baines and Game Warden Jim Bankston, who investigated the shooting, the incident occurred about 5 p.m., as Mr. Selvage and Mr. Gray were returning from a day of hunting with separate parties.
Mr. Gray was on the mountain with his stepfather Edward L. Price and brother-in-law Johnny Lee Knott, both of Page County. Mr. Selvage was also hunting with a friend, Sam Shafer, also of Manassas Park.
Before the trial began, Judge Foley, accompanied by Mr. Selvage, defense attorney J. W. Fletcher III, Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke, bailiff W. A. Buntin, Trooper Baines and Warden Bankston, went to the site of the shooting. Warden Bankston, with Mr. Selvage’s assistance, pointed out the places where Mr. Selvage, Mr. Price and Mr. Gray were standing, as well as several trees which were identified dur, ing the investigation as markers in determining distances and relative positions of the individuals involved.
(According to measurements which Mr. Selvage made, and which were provided to the court in the form of a diagram, the distance from
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