ARLINGTON — The 54-year-old Oso woman shot and killed by a teenage boy Saturday while she was hiking on Sauk Mountain near Rockport has been identified by family members as Pamela Almli.
The boy, from Concrete, was hunting bear with an adult, according to the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office.
KIRO-TV reported Sunday that Almli’s brother and sister-in-law confirmed the hiker’s identity.
The woman was hiking with a friend, sheriff’s deputies said. She apparently stopped on the popular hiking trail about 10:30 a.m. to put something into her backpack when the boy mistook her for a bear and fired one shot. The woman fell onto steep terrain, and rescue specialists were called to retrieve her body.
Saturday marked the start of bear hunting season, according to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Skagit County sheriff’s deputies and a state Department of Fish and Wildlife officer are investigating the incident.
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