Shooting a 10 year old horse
East Freetown, MA (US)

Incident Date: Saturday, Oct 4, 2003
County: Bristol

Disposition: Open

Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!

A $1000 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever fatally shot a 10 year old buckskin horse named Buck.

Franklin H. Bullock found the horse lying dead on a logging road near his corral.  The horse had been shot once in the right shoulder, apparently wtih a rifle, and the bullet had punctured his lung.

The police suspect someone may have been poaching deer and mistaken the horse for one because it was more or less the same color.

The investigators believe that sometime Friday evening, deer may have broken the wooden corral fence allowing Buck to escape.

Freetown has had several cases where residents regular "jack" deer, hunting them out of season and at night with lights and rifles, all of which are illegal.

If you have information on this case, please contact:
Freetown Police Dept.
police@town.freetown.ma.us
508-763-4017

References

• The Boston Herald

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