 with the gun that he had, and then crashed his vehicle. Three other people injured are expected to recover. Keeping safe all summer includes reasonable caution against tick bites when out hiking. ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton. Knowing where ticks live and tall grass and on animals, and if you find a tick, making sure that you remove it quickly, most often with using something like a tweezer and cleaning that area with rubbing alcohol. And just to reassure, only about 3% of tick bites result in something like a tick-borne illness.