Dog shot with pellet gun South Valley, NM (US)Incident Date: Tuesday, Aug 12, 2008 County: Bernalillo
Disposition: Alleged
Alleged: Joey Ted Lopez
A South Valley man remained in jail Wednesday evening after allegedly shooting his neighbor's dog with a high-powered pellet rifle, nearly killing it, then brandishing the weapon at the neighbor.
Joey Ted Lopez, 45, of the 5000 block of Fifth SW, was being held without bail at the Metropolitan Detention Center on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, extreme cruelty to animals and torturing an animal, according to jail records.
Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies received a call Tuesday saying Lopez was standing in the street with a gun, according to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court.
Lopez's neighbor told deputies Lopez had shot his dog, a Shar-Pei mix, twice, the complaint says. The dog had "lost a lot of blood" and needed emergency surgery to stop the bleeding and remove a pellet lodged in its hip.
Lopez told deputies he only fired a cap gun to scare the dog, the complaint says. He later admitted shooting it with a pellet gun. References- Albuquerque Journal - Aug 14, 2008
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