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Gun Owner Charged For Allegedly Shooting Horses: 1 Killed, 2 Treated.... [View all]
Man faces charges for shooting horses in Swisher
Jan. 29, 2013 9:26 AM,
A Cedar Rapids man faces charges after allegedly shooting horses from inside his truck.
Johnson County Deputies were dispatched to Falcon Avenue in Swisher at 2 p.m. Sunday after a caller reported that someone had shot his horses. The caller retrieved a license plate number from the suspect vehicle, according to police.
Investigators made contact with the defendant, Ryan L. Grafft, 31, who agreed to meet at the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, according to complaints. During an interview, Grafft admitted to the investigator that he was driving around in his vehicle shooting things with his rifle. Grafft told the investigator that he saw three horses in a field and decided to shoot them.
One of the horses was killed and two required immediate medical care by an on call veterinarian, according to complaints.
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http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20130129/NEWS01/130129006/Man-faces-charges-for-shooting-horses-in-Swisher
Jan. 29, 2013 9:26 AM,
A Cedar Rapids man faces charges after allegedly shooting horses from inside his truck.
Johnson County Deputies were dispatched to Falcon Avenue in Swisher at 2 p.m. Sunday after a caller reported that someone had shot his horses. The caller retrieved a license plate number from the suspect vehicle, according to police.
Investigators made contact with the defendant, Ryan L. Grafft, 31, who agreed to meet at the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, according to complaints. During an interview, Grafft admitted to the investigator that he was driving around in his vehicle shooting things with his rifle. Grafft told the investigator that he saw three horses in a field and decided to shoot them.
One of the horses was killed and two required immediate medical care by an on call veterinarian, according to complaints.
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http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20130129/NEWS01/130129006/Man-faces-charges-for-shooting-horses-in-Swisher
Poor horses!
Apparently, the suspect cannot identify why he allegedly did what he allegedly did, but can admit that it was allegedly a stupid thing to do.
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