6 p.m.  (AP) — A northeast Kansas sheriff says a hunter who drowned while trying to retrieve a duck at an icy lake was a member of the military.

Authorities initially believed the victim and a fellow serviceman fell into Milford Lake on Tuesday morning after their boat capsized.

Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf later said the victim went out alone on a makeshift boat to retrieve a duck shot by his hunting partner from shore. Wolf says the victim stepped onto an ice sheet when the boat began taking on water, then fell through the ice.

A search for the body was suspended Tuesday. The victim’s name has not been released, and it’s not clear if the two men were stationed at the nearby Fort Riley Army post.

 

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas sheriff says a man has drowned at Milford Lake after his boat capsized while duck hunting.

Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf declined to identify the man who drowned Tuesday other than to say he was a member of the military.

A second man on the boat was able to make it safely to shore.

The incident happened on the southwest side of Milford Lake, which is north of Junction City.