FAMILY'S DOG, KILLING HIM IN A
LOCAL FAMILY'S BACK YARD.
23ABC'S FEVEN KAY SPOKE WITH THE
OWNERS.. AS THEY SEARCH FOR
ANSWERS.
FEVEN?
THAT OWNER IS ADAMANT THAT HIS
NEIGHBOR SHOT HIS DOG
WITH A PELLET GUN. HE SAYS
THERE'S BEEN AN ONGOING BATTLE
OVER HIS DOG LAMAR'S BARKING AND
WHILE HE UNDERSTANDS HIS
NEIGHBORS FRUSTRATIONS DOES NOT
BELIEVE HE
DESERVED TO DIE.
X RAYS SHOW PELLETS LODGED INTO
2-YEAR-OLD LAMAR'S BODY THE DAY
HE DIED.
"HE HAD 16 LODGED IN HIM. AND
THAT'S JUST
WHERE THE DOCTOR STOPPED
COUNTING."
LAST FRIDAY, MIGUEL CARRANZA,
SAYS HE GOT HOME
FROM WORK AND FOUND HIS DOG
BARELY ABLE TO WALK.
"I HAD TO KIND OF HELP HIM GET
IT AND
AS SOON AS HE WALKED IN, HE
COLLAPSED. HE HAD SOME BLEEDING
ON HIS REAR AREA AND SOME
BLEEDING ON THE SIDE OF HIS
BELLY."
CARRANZA RUSHED HIM TO THE VET
HOSPITAL. "THE BULLET HAD
PENETRATED INTO HIS
LUNG, FILLED IT WITH AIR AND IT
PIERCED THE BELLY AND HE WAS
INTERNALLY BLEEDING. SO AT THIS
POINT IT WAS TOO LATE" A
LONGTIME FEUD BETWEEN HE AND HIS
NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS LEADS
HIM TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DOG'S DEATH.
"I FIGURED IT WAS MY NEIGHBOR.
DUE TO
THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD SOME
ISSUES. HE'S CALLED THE CITY ON
MY DOG'S BEFORE,
ESPECIALLY THAT DOG."
CARRANZA SAYS HE MADE SEVERAL
ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL HIS
DOG'S BARKING BY KEEPING HIM
INDOORS AND EVEN TRIED USING
A SHOCK COLLAR.
"THAT STILL WOULDN'T WORK. HE
WOULD
STILL BARK AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO FINALLY I TOLD THE GUY, 'YOU
KNOW WHAT, MY DOG
IS GETTING REALLY DEPRESSED
BECAUSE EVERY TIME HE BARKS I
HAVE TO SHOCK HIM,
SO I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANYMORE.'
SO HE GOT REALLY MAD AND SAID HE
WOULD
HANDLE IT HIS OWN WAY."
TEXT MESSAGES DATING BACK TO A
YEAR AGO FROM CARRANZA'S
NEIGHBOR DETAIL THAT
CONVERSATION.
"SO I GOT TEXT MESSAGES SAYING
THAT HE WAS GOING TO HANDLE IT
HIS WAY. I ASKED HIM IF THAT WAS
A THREAT AND HE
SAID HE WAS GOING TO HANDLE IT
HIS WAY."
23ABC SPOKE WITH THAT NEIGHBOR
OFF CAMERA. HE TOLD
US THAT HIS FAMILY HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH LAMAR'S
DEATH.
CARRANZA BELIEVES OTHERWISE AND
SAYS HE WANTS
JUSTICE FOR LAMAR.
"I'D LIKE TO SEE BPD OR SOMEBODY
GO
OVER THERE AND FIGURE SOMETHING
OUT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING
ON. IT'S
ONE THING TO KILL A DOG BUT WHO
KNOWS WHAT ELSE HE'S CAPABLE
OF."
WE REACHED OUT TO ANIMAL CONTROL
SERVICES WHO SAYS THEY ARE
INVESTIGATING - BUT COULD NOT
COMMENT
PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THAT
INVESTIGATION. THEY DIRECTED
US TO BAKERSFIELD POLICE WHO
TELL ME THAT WITHOUT
A CONFESSION, AN EYE WITNESS OR
FACTUAL EVIDENCE - IT IS
DIFFICULT TO FILE CRIMINAL
CHARGES. BUT WANT TO MAKE IT
CLEAR THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE
IS IT EVER OKAY TO
SHOOT OR HARM A DOG BECAUSE OF
EXCESSIVE BARKING. LIVE IN SW
BAKO
FK
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