Case Report

A construction worker was shot fatally while trying to beat his dog to death with a shotgun, Winchester police said.

Police say the man called his wife, Debbie, at work Thursday and told her that their dog had bitten him and he intended to kill it.  Police say the wife of Raymond Poore Jr. found him covered with dog bites and suffering from a shotgun wound to his abdomen. He died later at Winchester Medical Center. 

Police say the shotgun must have gone off while Poore was using it to beat the 30-pound Shar-Pei. The stock of the weapon was broken and there appeared to be blood and dog hair on it. The weapon had a .22-caliber rifle barrel atop a .410-guage shotgun barrel and is used to hunt small game.

A Winchester animal control officer took custody of the dog. There's no word on how badly it was injured.

Editors Note: This case is marked as not charged - but I personally think justice was in fact served.

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