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Honolulu police and the Hawaiian Humane Society are investigating an animal cruelty case involving a 47-year-old man in connection with the shooting death of a dog in Waianae.
Police said the suspect discharged a firearm in a residential area on Mailiili Road, approximately a half-mile from the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, at about 6:55 p.m. Sunday. A 42-year-old woman reported the shooting to police.
It’s unclear what type of firearm was used.
A nearby resident, 62, who declined to give her name, said she heard more than one gunshot fired and a dog wailing. She also heard a woman yelling at the time of the shooting. “It’s disturbing to hear something like that.”
The resident alleged the property has a history of gunshots fired at dogs that get loose in the neighborhood to keep them away from a coop of chickens and roosters.
Crowing roosters could be heard in the area Monday morning.
“It’s pretty scary,” the resident said of the shooting, adding that many people walk and drive along Mailiili Road. “It’s not only endangering dogs, it’s endangering people.”
Police arrested the suspect at about 7:20 p.m. at
86-180 Mailiili Road on
suspicion of first-degree reckless endangering and first-degree cruelty to
animals.
First-degree cruelty to animals is a class C felony that carries penalties of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.