Police Release Details On Fatal Bucks Co. Park Shooting

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DOYLESTOWN, PA — Police are asking for the public's help to identify potential suspects in a fatal shooting that occurred at Nockamixon State Park in Quakertown on Saturday.

Jason Kutt, 18, of Sellersville, had been sitting with his girlfriend at the edge Lake Nockamixon, waiting for the sun to set, when he was shot once in the back of the head, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub told reporters during a press conference Monday afternoon.

About 550 feet away, his girlfriend saw a man in an orange vest standing behind a yellow gate at Old Ridge Road looking in their direction before leaving the area, the DA' s office said.

While waiting for emergency responders, she began performing first aid on Kutt, who was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem where he was later pronounced dead.

Multiple law enforcement agencies conducted a search of the area using a K9 and state police helicopter but were unable to locate a suspect. During the news conference, Weintraub said it remains unclear if the case will become a homicide investigation.

"We want to get to the bottom of this," he said. "We don't have any suspects. We don't even know if a crime has been committed yet, but we need to understand how Jason Kutt died and we need your help to do that."

Weintraub said hunting was allowed at the state park the day Kutt was shot.

"We need to understand what the shooter's intent was, whether there was actually any criminal mental state,” he said. “Things can happen on purpose, they can happen knowingly, they can happen recklessly, they can happen through gross negligence or purely by accident, and we have no way of knowing other than making educated guesses at this point and that's not sufficient."

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bucks County detectives investigating the case at 215-348-6868.

The Bedminster Township Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police and detectives from the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the case.

You can watch the full news conference below: