Lancaster police say USC-Lancaster college students Grant Payton Bodison, 19, from Simpsonville (SC) and Joshua Allen Kiser, 19, from Aiken (SC), took turns torturing and shooting a cat during a cookout at a home on John Everall Road on Sept. 10.
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| Do you see this? Josh Kiser is MAJORING IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE! |
According to the sheriff’s office incident report, the shootings happened between 4 and 6 p.m. Sept. 10 during a cookout at 1521 John Everall Road, a home shared by several members of the Lancers baseball team.
Police were told the cat had become a “nuisance” by rummaging through the garbage at the home.
So what? Keep a lid on your trash can. Call Animal control.
When the cat appeared during the cookout, Grant Bodison went and retrieved a BB gun owned by one of the home’s residents and shot twice at the cat, with at least one shot striking the cat in the forehead, the incident report said.
The report said students told investigators that after the cat was struck it began to “seize,” or “spaz,” rolling around on the ground in pain, after which Kiser took the BB gun and fired several more shots at it to “put it out of its misery.”
When that failed to kill the cat, the third student, who is also listed on the Lancers baseball roster as a player, jumped the porch railing and intervened.
“Some stated (he) attempted to strangle the cat at first, but the cat wouldn’t die, so he snapped its neck,” the incident report said.
The cat’s body was recovered and brought to a vet, where it was x-rayed. Images showed two BBs in the cat’s body.
The University of South Carolina-Lancaster conducted a parallel investigation, as residents of the home were students at the university, police say.
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| They need to be expelled |
DOES THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA-LANCASTER TAKE ANIMAL TORTURE AND CRUELTY SERIOUSLY?
USCL Dean Walt Collins confirmed in a brief statement that an incident did occur off campus and that, in addition to the law enforcement investigation, the university had looked into the matter on its own.
He said the students had been disciplined, but said federal student privacy laws prevented him from discussing any details of the incident or what measures had been taken.
“USC Lancaster expects all students to adhere to high standards in both academic and behavioral integrity,” Collins said.
Collins refused to discuss the students’ status with the baseball team. Both were listed on the team roster on the USCL website Sept. 15, the night The Lancaster News first inquired about the incident. The roster was no longer on the website Thursday.
Bodison was listed as No. 31, a freshman infielder and business major. Kiser was No. 26, a freshman pitcher and outfielder majoring in criminal justice.
IS THERE A VIDEO FLOATING AROUND OF THE TORTURE AND DEATH OF THIS CAT?
The report said the case came to light as a result of a CrimeStoppers tip to the Lancaster Police Department, which turned it over to the sheriff’s office.
The anonymous caller said they’d learned of the incident from a student who’d been upset by the incident.
In the message, the text of which was included in the incident report, the caller referred to the cat as a kitten and said it had been shot in the head
“approximately 15 times.”
The caller said a fourth player uploaded a video of the incident to Snapchat, in which several people could be heard laughing in the background and that he later showed it to members of the women’s soccer team.
The incident report said an animal control officer recovered the cat’s carcass, which had been buried in the woods near the house. He said an X-ray conducted as part of the investigation showed only two BBs in its body.
Barfield said investigators were unable to recover the video from the student’s phone.
“This was a senseless and unfortunate event,” said Sheriff Barry Faile. “I hope these young men learn something from the negative consequences that have and will result from this incident.”
Bodison and Kiser are charged Thursday morning with ill treatment of an animal.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office at 803-283-3388 or Crime Stoppers at 888-274-6372.
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| According to pet-abuse.com, animal abusers are five times more likely to commit violent crimes than non-abusers and violent childhood and adolescent offenders against animals are likely to repeat the criminal behavior as they become adults. Studies have shown that most serial killers tortured animals as children. |
(WNCN - Sept 23, 2016)
This guy lives at the Elysian, Saint Jones, FL. Look out for your pets and kids
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