The man Mr. Cheney accidentally shot and injured is

The American Vice President Dick Cheney has said he accepts full responsibility for accidentally shooting and injuring a fellow hunter over the weekend. Mr. Cheney has been coming under increasing pressure over the incident. The White House did not report the shooting until a day after it took place. And the Democratic Party’s leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, has accused the Bush Administration of being secretive. Harry Whittington, the elderly lawyer who was shot by Mr. Cheney has since suffered a minor heart attack at the hospital in Texas where he is being treated. In his first comment since the incident, Mr. Cheney said he had shot a friend. "Ultimately, I am the guy who pulled the trigger that fired the round to hit Harry. And, you can talk about all of the other conditions that existed at the time, but that’s the bottom line. And there was no... That was not Harry’s fault. You can’t blame anybody else."