article_snippet.sent: According to a statement from Safari Classics, posted on AfricaHunting.com, the group had stopped for a rest when the animal approached the group.
article_snippet.sent: At very close range, Ian was able to get off one shot before the bull killed Ian.
article_snippet.sent: According to friends, he fired one shot at the young bull elephant, who was going through 'musth' - a period of high testosterone.
article_snippet.sent: The animal then charged.
article_snippet.sent: Gibson's trackers wrote on AfricaHunting.com: 'We know 'Gibbo' shot The animal once, from about 10 yards away, with a 458 [rifle]. '