JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected poacher fatally shot the head of law enforcement at a wildlife park in Zambia after he set out to investigate reports of gunshots in the reserve, said a group that runs African wildlife parks.

Dexter Chilunda is believed to have come across two poachers during his patrol in Liuwa Plain National Park and he was shot in the chest at close range with a shotgun, the non-profit African Parks group said Monday.

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