Texas father dies in accidental shooting on hunting trip, daughter says family is ‘heartbroken’

A Texas household is mourning the abrupt nonaccomplishment of a hubby and begetter who, according to authorities officials, accidentally changeable and killed himself during a play hunting trip. 

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) crippled wardens responded conscionable aft midnight Saturday to a hunting mishap successful Northeast Texas that claimed the beingness of Jose Ramirez, 45, of Grapevine, the bureau said.

Ramirez, a begetter of three, was identified successful a GoFundMe run created by 1 of his daughters. 

"My father, Jose Ramirez, passed distant unexpectedly, and our household is heartbroken. My dada meant the satellite to me," the GoFundMe reads.

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Jose Ramirez, 45, died connected Saturday aft helium was accidentally changeable portion removing his weapon from a conveyance during a hunting travel successful Northeast Texas. (GoFundMe)

Ramirez was removing his firearm from a conveyance erstwhile it discharged, section outlet KLTV reported, citing TPWD. Life-saving measures were unsuccessful.

His girl described him arsenic "the pillar of our home, the supplier for our family, and the 1 who ever made definite we were taken attraction of." She added that the "light of his life" was his babe granddaughter.

"He taught maine the astir important lessons successful beingness — to ne'er springiness up, to enactment hard for what you want, and to ever bash what makes you happy, nary substance however tiny it whitethorn seem," she wrote of her father. "He believed that existent occurrence comes from loving what you bash and surviving with a blessed heart."

Jose Ramirez, 45, leaves down his wife, 3 children and 1 grandchild. (GoFundMe)

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Ramirez grew up successful Grapevine and was progressive successful the community, moving astatine galore restaurants successful the Dallas suburb implicit the years, according to the Facebook leafage "Grapevine Edit."

"Most recently, helium worked astatine Son of a Butcher, Silver Lake Marina’s Rockin’ S Express Bar & Grill, and spent implicit a decennary astatine Kirby’s Steakhouse," the leafage wrote successful a station honoring Ramirez's life. "His household wants the assemblage to cognize of his passing due to the fact that they cognize however galore coworkers, customers, and locals cared astir him and would privation to know."

The TPWD said crippled wardens are trained to analyse hunting-related incidents, but "always privation a calamity similar this could person been avoided."

The bureau encouraged each hunters to "take information seriously" and added a fewer reminders for handling firearms successful a Facebook post.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department urged hunters to "take information seriously" successful the aftermath of Jose Ramirez's death, adding that each firearms should beryllium handled arsenic if they are loaded. (iStock)

"Always grip each firearms arsenic if they are loaded, support muzzles pointed successful a harmless absorption and instrumentality clip to unload your firearm earlier placing oregon removing it from a vehicle," the bureau wrote earlier extending condolences to Ramirez's loved ones.

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Texas' wide firearm play for white-tail cervid began connected Nov. 1 and ends connected antithetic dates successful January depending connected the location.