Posted on: November 08, 2024 06:00 PM

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Fatal hunting incident in upstate NY

On November 6, 2024, at 8:45 P.M., Troopers out of SP Machias responded to Plato Road in the town of East Otto for a check the welfare of a hunter. Investigation determined that Mark P. Scanlon, 54 of Buffalo, NY went hunting off Plato Road and did not return to his vehicle. Troopers located Scanlon in a wooded area deceased from an apparent fall from a portable tree stand. No signs of foul play and the body was taken to Olean General Hospital for an autopsy.

The Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted in this investigation.

From NYSP