The Cheney delay

OK, so the media are all over the delay in reporting the accidental shooting by Vice President Cheney of his hunting partner. I think it's perfectly understandable: I think they just didn't want to tell us about it until they were sure the shootee was going to be fine.

So here's the question: What if the shootee had not been fine? What if, God forbid, he had died?

Would we have ever known about it?