William Bradley Hunter (November 2, 1928 – April 23, 1964)[1] was an American crime reporter for the Long Beach, California Independent Press-Telegram.
Hunter's 16-page special on the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby, "Three Days in Dallas", was awarded the 1964 "Spot News Reporting" award of the California Newspaper Publishers Association's "Better Newspaper Contest".
Wiggins initially claimed that his gun accidentally discharged when he dropped it on the ground, hitting Hunter in the heart as he sat reading a book.
Wiggins and Greenleaf, who said his back was turned at the time, were convicted of involuntary manslaughter and received three-year probation sentences.
In 1991, George Robeson, a fellow Press-Telegram columnist, stated that gun-play between reporters and Long Beach officers was a fairly common occurrence.