Dog shot to death, woman injured San Rafael, CA (US) Incident Date: Thursday, Jan 15, 2004 County: Marin Local Map: available Disposition: Alleged Alleged: Ali Reza Vaziri

Case ID: 5797 Classification: Shooting Animal: dog (pit-bull) View more cases in CA (US) Login to Watch this Case

A San Rafael man was arrested on Jan 15 morning after allegedly shooting his girlfriend and the couple�s dog, according to San Rafael police.

Police responding to a 911 call from a home in the 100 block of Captain�s Cove Drive arrived shortly before 10 a.m. to find an 18-year-old Corte Madera woman suffering from a gunshot wound to her hand.

After the woman told them that the shooter was her boyfriend, who had fled the home on foot, police began a search of the neighborhood and eventually located the suspect in a trailer park on nearby Yosemite Road.

Police said Ali Reza Vaziri, 19, was found with the couple�s dog, which had also been wounded by gunfire. Vaziri�s girlfriend was reportedly holding the dog when Vaziri opened fire.

Vaziri was taken to the Marin County Jail, where he was booked for willfully discharging a firearm in a grossly negligent manner resulting in injury, cruelty to an animal, and possession of a firearm after service of an active restraining order, according to police.

His girlfriend was taken to an area hospital for treatment of her wound, which is not life-threatening. The dog, a 5-week-old pit bull, died from its wounds at a local animal hospital.

The gun used in the shooting has not yet been recovered, police said.

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San Mateo Daily  - January 16, 2004

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