Fallout From Cheney Incident Besets White House

Vice President Dick Cheney's hunting incident became a bigger distraction for the White House when doctors said that the man he accidentally shot in Texas suffered a heart attack caused by a shotgun pellet.

The development isn't likely to put the vice president in any legal peril, and the local district attorney said late yesterday that he has seen nothing so far to indicate charges are warranted. But whether the incident causes lasting political damage may yet depend on how Mr. Cheney responds, and whether it appears to the public that the vice president is being treated differently from other hunters involved in accidental shootings.

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