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Spring hearing for Lacombe man charged in death of hunting companion

A preliminary hearing for a Lacombe man charged with killing a hunting companion near the end of the hunting season in 2009 is now set for the spring.

A preliminary hearing for a Lacombe man charged with killing a hunting companion near the end of the hunting season in 2009 is now set for the spring.

Herbert Stanley Meister, 59, will have the hearing on May 2 in Red Deer provincial court. It had been set for a date last week.

Meister is charged with criminal negligence causing death using a firearm, in connection with the Nov. 29, 2009, shooting of Philip Moore, 55, of Bentley.

The hearing will determine if there’s enough evidence to warrant the accused stand trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

Moore was shot in the abdomen on the next to last day of the hunting season while he was hunting with three others in a heavily wooded area about 13 km west of Bentley.

Meister was released from custody shortly after the incident.