Cat shot with .22 rifle Gurnee, IL (US) Date: Jul 2005 County: Lake Local Map: available Disposition: Alleged Alleged: Sean O. Hand

Case ID: 5666 Classification: Shooting Animal: cat View more cases in IL (US) Animal was offleash or loose « Back to Search Results Login to Watch this Case

A Gurnee, Ill., man pleaded not guilty to wounding a neighbor's cat by shooting it twice with a .22-caliber rifle. Sean Hand, 40, pleaded not guilty on Oct 4 to charges of animal abuse, animal torture and criminal damage to property and faces a Nov. 28 trial in Lake County, Ill., Circuit Court.

Police told local media they did not know what prompted the July shootings that left the black tabby with a bullet in the right leg and a broken bone and its owner with a $4,000 veterinary bill.

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