Man shoots neighbour's dog dead for urinating on his grill

Charges could be filed in a feud between two Bartholomew County, Ind. neighbours that prompted one man to shoot and kill another man's dog. On Friday afternoon, Josh Jackson of Waymansville was surprised to find his dog, Caesar, under his porch. "I heard a weird noise under the porch, some weird breathing," he said. Caesar was dying from a gunshot wound.



"And as I'm dragging him out, I hear from across the yard, 'You've had two warnings, that's what you get,’” Jackson said. Neighbour Rick May was the self-confessed shooter. The dog had been in his yard again. May had called animal control before. "I'm still working on Plan A," May told authorities. "But Plan B is to shoot it. And he said, ‘You have the right to do that.’” May said the dog growled at him and urinated on his grill and in his garage.

But Indiana Law says the situation could be handled the way May did. This is how Indiana Criminal Code 35-46-3-12 reads: A person who knowingly or intentionally kills a domestic animal without the consent of the owner of the domestic animal commits killing a domestic animal, a Class D felony. It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the accused person: reasonably believes the conduct was necessary to: prevent injury to the accused person or another person (or); protect the property of the accused person from destruction or substantial damage.



Now Jackson has put up a message of his own: A large sign, 8-feet-by-8-feet, in his front yard that reads, "The neighbour to my north shot and killed my dog for peeing on his property." There still may be some charges filed in this case. Deputies will take their findings to the prosecutor's office for a decision on that.

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