FBI Accuses Hunter of Shooting at Plane, Wounding Passenger
A hunter was arrested Tuesday and charged with shooting at a United Airlines jet as it was landing last week, injuring a passenger, the FBI said.
Robert Proulx of Raleigh was charged with destruction of an aircraft, a federal offense, said Paul Daly, special FBI agent in North Carolina.
The jetliner was hit by a rifle shot last Wednesday as it was landing at Raleigh-Durham Airport on a flight from Wilmington.
The bullet that pierced the plane hit Barry Rollins of New York City in the thigh and jaw. Rollins was in satisfactory condition Tuesday at Rex Hospital, a spokeswoman said.
Proulx, 23, had been hunting, Daly said.
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