Three teens charged after family horse shot and euthanized

SOUTH CAROLINA -- Three teen boys are accused of shooting a horse, according to the Chester County Sheriff's Office. The owners of the horse had to euthanize the quarter horse because of the injuries he sustained.

The boys are reportedly all 16-year-old's from Chester, and according to deputies, they used a rifle to shoot a family's horse on Saturday, July 18.

  

 

Last weekend, Janice Moore was inside her home along Pressley Road when she heard a gunshot outside, according to the Chester County Sheriff’s Office.

Moore found the 13-year-old gray horse, appropriately named Grey, lying in their pasture with a small bullet hole in its front, left shoulder, reports say.

Moore said she called her husband who came home and called a veterinarian to come help the horse. When deputies arrived, they said they could not find any shell casings.

Shortly after, the Moore's decided to euthanize Grey. “We are really hurting,” a family member said. “This horse was like family.”

  

  

According to the Moore's, another horse, who lived in the pasture with Grey, was moved for safety.

The three teens have been charged with malicious injury to property.

What about cruelty to animals???

(WBTV - July 24, 2015)