Had to look at the rules, been a while since I ran this game
from the rules
If the top vote getter is protected by the Priest the 2nd vote getter is lynched instead.
So the Priest didn't believe Chill I would guess and either didn't know the 2nd leading vote getter would die or wanted Fire or Ogre to die since they were tied.
Sucks the hunters shot went to a dead person and was wasted. There were other options.
I'm at a loss who to vote for. Part of me thinks that Chill is either the turn or was already Vamp so I vote to stake Chill.