The DNR has identified 37-year-old Nathan Allen Sharpnack of Winterset as the victim in a fatal hunting incident that occurred in Marion County Saturday. According to authorities, Sharpnack was participating in a deer drive with a large group of hunters when he was fatally struck in the torso. The incident happened at the Red Rock Wildlife Management Area at around 2:45 pm Saturday south of Lake Red Rock and north of Knoxville on 132nd Place.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office and Knoxville Fire and Rescue assisted at the scene. The investigation into the hunting related shooting is ongoing. An autopsy is pending on Sharpnack at the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner in Ankeny.