 Prosecutors have charged a hunter with manslaughter for fatally shooting a former police chief in a rural part of northwestern Minnesota. The Becker County Attorney's Office on Thursday charged 54-year-old Morris Silas Dodd Jr. of rural Ogama with one count of second-degree manslaughter. According to the complaint, Dodd acknowledged hunting near Little Flat Lake on the White Earth Indian Reservation and that's where 53-year-old former Lake Park police chief Jay Clayton Nelson was found dead of a single gunshot in his vehicle on November 10th. Dodd told investigators he fired a shot to spook a fawn but denied seeing a vehicle or shooting at any vehicle or victim. Tests determined a shell casing found several hundred yards from Nelson's vehicle and the bullet recovered from his body were fired from Dodd's rifle. Dodd is due in court on Friday. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.