Neither the Sheriff's report nor witness statements identify who this first reporter was. Mary Matalin stated on Meet the Press that "Somebody had talked to some ranch hand". Harry Whittington said shortly after the incident, "Accidents do and will happen – and that's what happened last Friday (February 10)." Time of shooting
However, in her written statement to the Sheriff, she said that the shooting happened on February 12. The shooting was widely reported to have taken place on Saturday, February 11, 2006, based on the public statements of Katherine Armstrong, owner of the 50,000-acre (200 km 2) Armstrong Ranch. Whittington later clarified that he and Cheney were not close friends but acquaintances. Early reports indicated that Cheney and Whittington were friends and that the injuries were minor. Cheney did not speak publicly about the incident until February 15 in an interview with Fox News. On February 14, 2006, Whittington suffered a non-fatal heart attack and atrial fibrillation due to at least one lead-shot pellet lodged in or near his heart. Local authorities released a report on the shooting on February 16, 2006, and witness statements on February 22. The Bush administration disclosed the shooting incident to the public the afternoon of February 12. The incident was reported to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times on February 12, 2006, by ranch owner Katherine Armstrong. Both Cheney and Whittington called the incident an accident.
On February 11, 2006, then- United States vice president Dick Cheney shot Harry Whittington, a then-78-year-old Texas attorney, with a 28-gauge Perazzi shotgun ( S/N: 115288) while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Riviera, Texas. The difference tends to look a solid 1.25 inch difference most of the time.Accidental shooting involving Dick Cheney in 2006 And finally, here he is with 5' 9" Steve Carell Click Here, Click Here, Click Here, Click Here. Throughout the video, Colbert consistently looks 3.75-4 inches shorter than the 6' 2" Reynolds. Here is a picture and a video of him with Ryan Reynolds Click Here, Click Here. While O'Brien is much closer to the camera than Colbert is in the second picture, there still appears to more than a 5.5 inch difference based on the first pic and the gif alone. Moving on from guys closer to his height range, here is with a gigantic 6' 4" Conan O'Brien Click Here, Click Here, Click Here. In these photos with Jimmy Kimmel, Colbert looks a solid inch shorter with him, looking around 5' 10-5' 10 1/4" range again Click Here, Click Here, Click Here. With 5' 11 5/8" listed John Oliver, Colbert struggles with 5' 10 1/4" Click Here, Click Here, Click Here. At the 0:22 mark, Garfield does appear to be the taller of the two. Here he is now with LEGIT 5' 10 1/2" Andrew Garfield Click Here. At 0:20 mark in this video, Colbert looks to be the same height as 5' 10 1/4" Daniel Craig Click Here. Rob, Colbert deserves a downgrade to 5' 10 1/4" it just seems like a much better figure for him.