Dogs shot in Barnstable, MA

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This was in a popular area for mountain biking on the Cape. I hope the catch this peice(s) of shit. I hope there's some folks CCW'ing on the trails.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/9300793/detail.html


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Dogs Found Shot In Woods
Police Looking For Shooter

POSTED: 5:17 pm EDT May 31, 2006
UPDATED: 5:41 pm EDT May 31, 2006
BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- Police are looking for the person that shot and killed two pit bulls in Barnstable.

NewsCenter 5's Jack Harper reported that police said each dog was shot several times, execution-style. In all, 37 shots were fired at the dogs.

Barnstable police called the shootings inhumane, cruel and a felony.

"There was a couple this morning at 7 a.m. walking their dog, like they do every day. They came across on this trail, two pit bulls that had been shot multiple times," said Barnstable police Sgt. Sean Sweeney.

It happened on a service road on conservation land, a few hundred yards from Route 6. Police said the dogs were shot by a high-powered rifle.

"It looks like the dogs started to run down the trail away from the shooter and he opened fire on them," Sweeney said.

Sweeney said 29 rifle casings were found in one spot on the trail.

"It is sick. What else can you say? We can tell by some of the wounds on the female that these dogs were not charging them or attacking. The wounds are in the hind-quarters of the female, striated, as if she is running away, getting shot with rounds," Sweeney said.

After a series of violent dog attacks, police said the owner may not have felt comfortable with the animals.

 

[dreppucci007]

That's awful

I certainly hope SR doesn't read this!

 

[Producer]

that is horrible. I am down there frequenty and I am happy I was not the unfortunate one to find them.

 

[BillK]

too sad! I hope they catch the a&$(%$!

 

[LORD of WAR]

Sweeney said 29 rifle casings were found in one spot on the trail.

think the shooter was using an AR or AK type rifle??? i love dogs...i think itd be easier for me to shoot a person than a dog...this guy sounds like a twisted MF

 

[Eamonn]

I'm down there alot as well with my own dog. I hope they catch the focker.

 

[second]

Sounds like it was near the town range off of the service road,What a jackass!

its idiots like this that make us look bad, I hope they catch the moron.

 

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After a series of violent dog attacks, police said the owner may not have felt comfortable with the animals.

I wonder what the hell that means?

 

[hminsky]

After a series of violent dog attacks, police said the owner may not have felt comfortable with the animals.

I wonder what the hell that means?

I read some article recently about a pit bull attacking a child, it was in the papers because a bus driver saved the kid. Maybe some other jerk who had trained his dogs to be super aggressive suddenly had second thoughts.

 

[jwilson]

I do not like pit bulls; my friend had one that turned!! But they did not deserve to be mowed down!!! The a**h*** should rot in jail!!!

 

[Pilgrim]

To take the other side of the issue, if the owner shot them, he has the right...maybe he didn't do it the most humane way, but he has the right to disparch HIS animals. However letting them run and using them for target practice is a little over the top.

If a stranger shot them, for no apparent reason, that's another story.

 

[Producer]

But whats wrong with calling Charlie L the dog catcher? Way more humane.

 

[daceman63]

Most of the dog attacks you hear about are pitbull related. There is a right way and a wrong way....this is totally the wrong way....unless they were attacking...

But I believe that if the dogs were attacking, I know they said it didn't look like they were, but once he or they opened fire I imagine the dogs would have had second thoughts and turn tail so to speak.....

 

[JonJ]

To take the other side of the issue, if the owner shot them, he has the right...maybe he didn't do it the most humane way, but he has the right to disparch HIS animals. However letting them run and using them for target practice is a little over the top.

If a stranger shot them, for no apparent reason, that's another story.

I agree. One or two to the head and then bury them or put them in the landfill.
The way this was handled was to the extreme.
I don't know how anyone can tell that they were running away when shot. Someone could have come along later and pumped more rounds into the carcases.

 

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They caught the shitbags. There was a blurb saying one guy was an ex-marine and the other the son of a police officer, but a few minutes later that disappeared in the story. Anyway, looks like they weren't licensed gun owners:

Both men are charged with malicious killing of a domestic animal and Soderberg faces an additional charge of illegal possession of a firearm.

http://www.abc6.com/engine.pl?station=wlne&id=20284&template=breakout_story_local_news.shtml&dateformat=%25M+%25e,%25Y

Arrests made in Cape Cod pit bull shootings
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) June 2,2006
Two Cape Cod men have been accused in the shooting deaths of two pit bulls earlier this week.

Barnstable Police Sergeant Sean Sweeney says Keith Kynock of Cotuit and Todd Soderberg of Sandwich, both 26, were arrested in connection with the case.

Both men are charged with malicious killing of a domestic animal and Soderberg faces an additional charge of illegal possession of a firearm.

Sweeney says one of the men had apparently taken the two pit bulls from a friend who was moving, but found that the dogs were not getting along with another pit bull he already owned.

The two men allegedly put the dogs in the trunk of a car and drove them to a wooded area in West Barnstable, where they were shot a total of 37 times.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

 

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http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/update/

Here's a picture of them freaks.

 

[JonJ]

Peckaheads

 

[Cross-X]

Suuuure the pit bulls were attacking: ass first!

 

[dreppucci007]

Pieces of shit

 

[reinbeau]

nevermind

 

[NH40VE]

I don't know how anyone can tell that they were running away when shot. Someone could have come along later and pumped more rounds into the carcases.

how about bullet entry angle?


pieces of Sh&* like those two guys should have the same thing done to them.

i'd be the first in line for that...

 

[JonJ]

Originally Posted by JonJ
I don't know how anyone can tell that they were running away when shot. Someone could have come along later and pumped more rounds into the carcases.

how about bullet entry angle?

A firearm can be held and fired from only one angle?

 

[Lynne]

Stories like this really irritate the hell out of me. Throw the book at these guys, and make sure it's a big, fat heavy one.

FWIW...I don't remember where I saw it, but last year I came across stats that showed a breed of dog attacking people even more than pitbulls. Ya ready for this? Golden Retrievers.

 

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Fortunatly, they're not liscensed gun owners. Unfortunatly, because of that, it's unlikely and gun-relatyed charges will be brought against them. Gun prosecution in MAss is strictly for use against liscensed owners.

 

[Weerd Beard]

FWIW...I don't remember where I saw it, but last year I came across stats that showed a breed of dog attacking people even more than pitbulls. Ya ready for this? Golden Retrievers.

Makes sence. It's the same reason why Glocks are responcible for so many Negligent Discharges. It's not that the glock is unsafe, it's just there are so many of them out there, so if some numbskull gets his hand on a gun, it's more likely to be a glock just by the law of averages. (I've read that before Glocks came around, it was 1911s that were then biggest culprits for NDs)

There are DEFINETLY more Goldens around than pitbulls, and they have GOT to be right up there as one of the most common large breeds.

Factor in what counts as an "Attack" (ie a kid getting a small nip on the hand for pulling a tail, or poking a sore-spot, to rough-housing that can confuse a dog into thinking somebody is being attacked, to a legitimate attack where charges weren't pressed ect ect).

Science can make numbers say whatever we want them to say.

Arrrr

-Weer'd Beard

 

[Rob Boudrie]

I think it was a labrador who defaced that French woman who received the first face transplant.

 

[K-DUB]

The only dog that ever bit me (without a biting sleeve on) when I worked at a kennel was a beagle.

 

[BillK]

The only dog that ever bit me (without a biting sleeve on) when I worked at a kennel was a beagle.

 

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