METHUEN, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities are searching for the person responsible for fatally shooting a Methuen family’s beloved dog.
A Lowell Boulevard woman called police Thursday afternoon to report that she returned home to find her German shepherd, Moose, dead in the yard, according to the Methuen Police Department.
Law enforcement officers with the MSPCA Animal Care and Adoption Center and Massachusetts state police responded to the scene. They could be seen scouring the area.
MSP Crime Scene/Ballistics assisting @MethuenPolice in investigation of fatal shooting of a family’s German Shepherd on Lowell Boulevard. This is a tragic crime and is treated as seriously as any other violent crime. Law enforcement must have no tolerance for animal cruelty.
— Mass State Police (@MassStatePolice) April 4, 2019
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