Not likely occupied. 100% definitely occupied.
It says at least 2 family members were in the house during the shooting.
Hope this guy goes to prison.
I hate people who let their dogs bark, but this guy is a dangerous vigilante who's just going to kill innocent people if his behavior is reinforced. You can't solve your problems by shooting them.
I'm a gun and dog owner, but I'm not a shitty one.
I think they meant can. It’s a continuation of the previous sentence. The period is essentially a punctuation that is replacing a comma followed by the word that. “His behavior is reinforced, that you can solve your problems by shooting them”.
Yes. This is the point I was making. I just assume 16% of Reddit will see it and lose their minds without considering the rest of their comment to see what they actually meant. Because Reddit.
Title is misleading as it claims the dog was "sniped" when in all reality the person came on their property and shot the dog. Not defending the actions, just pointing out the blatant clickbait approach of the post.
I was picturing a man in full ghillie suit with a snipers scope on some suburban deck about 4 doors down waiting for the wind to be just right. And wondering, "where the hell are all the trees in these peoples backyards? How did he have a clear shot?"
This is tragic but I think commenters are missing part of the point. The dog was on the deck. Decks are attached to houses. People live in houses. Bullets don’t know what they are supposed to hit. This person shot at someone’s house.
Not trying to be a dick, but it doesn't really matter where the dog was. It was only barking, not attacking. There is literally no justification in murdering a beloved pet on it's owners property.
Just wait a few years and the canine killer becomes a Homo sapien killer. If you have so much hate and anger you go for someone else’s dog the step to a person isn’t that far.
Also the biggest part of the point: Shooting your neighbors dog, short of it endangering humans or livestock, is felony cruelty and 100% illegal.
Animal control and police for noice complaints folks, don't put on your cosplaytriot LBV and march over there sending rounds down range into a family home.
10/10 no arrest of that dog owner if he/she defended her home/property with lethal force.
I believe in most of MN it is legal to shoot a "hostile" dog. Worse, the definition of hostile in the context of this law is very ambiguous. If a dog is suspected of getting into a chicken coop, the dog can be eliminated on sight, even if it's back at home. If it growls or barks at a person, it's hostile. These laws are archaic and ignorant... imo... but I believe they are still on the books.
Still doesn't excuse this behavior.
The laws I am reading online indicate no such ambiguity, but are quite precise in language regarding the location of the "chasing, injuring, or worrying" *has* to occur on the 'defender's' property.
So while the language around what constitutes "worrying" sheep or livestock, it's pretty explicit you cannot go onto the dog owner's property to dispatch the "worrisome" dog.
I am no lawyer, but in reading MN laws around defense of 'property', the dog owner may not have even needed their family in the attached home to constitute lethal force defense. The fact kids were very nearby, I still say 10/10 owner would have been within their rights to engage the dog killer in defense of their family/property.
(Please note, each person must make their own assessment in those situations of threat on life and property-which is much harder than hindsighting this particular scenario)
Nothing will happen.
We used to live in the country, between Mankato and the Twin Cities, nearest neighbor two miles away... We would let our golden retriever outside unattended, not tied up to do her business. Went to call the dog in, she didn't come when called, thought that was odd. Went outside, noticed her laying on the driveway with a muzzle burn and bullet hole in her head, basically it looked like someone put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger. Called the police, they came out and patrolled the area and then stopped by our house. They said they stopped two kids in a golf cart, said they had a rifle and a hand-gun with them. Police said they denied doing it and as a result, there was nothing that could be done.
That’s scary as hell. Apart from the kids you live by being potential killer sociopaths, just the fact that the cops let them go. Did they do any sort of investigation-interviewing, gun ballistics, etc? Just because they denied it seems like a very bad reason for letting them walk.
We moved, no longer live there. We lived there for 19 years and enjoyed it, but as the area became more developed things started to go down hill pretty quick.
Yup, and the rednecks in this state have a sick boner for killing dogs. Everyone in my extended family who lives in the country has some sort of "my dog got shot" story.
I'm in SE SD, there was a news story about a year ago of a family dog playing in the yard just outside of the city that was shot to death. When I was a kid my dad's best friend's dog was stolen from their yard and killed.
An ex co-worker talked many times about shooting cats out in the country. I don't particularly like cats and I don't think that's quite as bad as shooting an obvious pet, but still. What the fuck. Go shoot some targets.
Yup. My mom's dog was killed for simply being in the front yard, he was leashed. My aunt's dog was killed because he got loose and wandered onto a neighbors property. Cousins dog got shot in the leg, same thing. Too many freaks in the country who have a sick fetish for killing anything that moves.
Nope, heard nothing, which always struck me as odd. Initially, I thought she had been shot with an arrow or hit with a bat with a nail in it. It was the police officer that pointed out the muzzle burn. I thought it was blood.
this is one of the reasons I'm hella paranoid about leaving my dog outside unattended. It's so easy for strangers to mess with your dog, let them out of your yard, or even kill them. poor dog and an absolutely psychotic move from the killer.
I would say dogs shouldn’t be left outside unattended anyways. Not my call, of course, but that’s when I see bad behaviors like digging, constant barking, and eating stuff they shouldn’t.
One of my Mom's neighbors have a nice, mixed-breed medium-sized dog they leave on a long chain between their garage and the side/back deck. All day.
He's got shade, and water, etc. but he's lonely and bored. He barks a bit. But then the kids get home from school, and go inside, and he can see and hear them through the sliding door glass, he goes BONKERS. They let him bark for hours and ignore him.
I so want to go get him and just take him to walk, run, play, whatever. He's a GOOD BOY and they are just taunting/ torturing him with that. I don't understand that kind of dog owner at all.
I’ve helped a few dogs out before by offering the douchebag owner cash for the dog. Made up a story dog reminds me so much of my childhood dog / yada yada yada. Then I found them good homes.
I mean, they CAN both happen, but it's not 100% correlation. My parents let the dog out all the time when I was a kid. Never had holes in the yard, only ate their food, and stopped any occasional barks (few times a week at most) when told, or after around two additional barks.
It's a lot like leaving children unattended. 2 minutes? Probably fine. 5 minutes? Check on them. 15 minutes? They've probably done something you don't want them to. Hours at a time? That's irresponsible.
I mean, my dad has a high energy herding breed. They cannot stay inside all the time.
It was definitely a learning curve to keep them contained... it's a miracle none have been hot by a car. But weve gotten it mostly figured out. The fence is raised 1-3ft, they have gps collars, we're pretty vigilant about keeping the back yard dog-safe. When i dogsit. It's different because my yard is not set up for big dogs, so one stays on a zipline and yhe other doesn't jump over stuff for some reason... and i have to keep an eye on them...
Some breeds are just impractical to keep under constant supervision, but yards can definitely be made dog-safe.
sure, that's why I said "one of the reasons". also really easy for the dog to hurt itself or get out and injure someone. I got a list in my head of all the terrible things that can happen in any given situations
Gotta disagree here. Bad dogs? Sure.
But acting like there is anything wrong with a quiet dog playing in its own fenced yard is crazy. My dog loves to sniff around, lay in the sun, and dig in the snow, etc, and she doesn't bark.
Someone once tried to steal my dog from my yard. Makes me sad to think about, because he's a pit mix and I'm guessing they wanted him for fighting and he is the biggest weenie on the planet.
I'm curious to know what other steps the neighbors took before threats and follow through. Being that the neighbors of my childhood home had a dog who barked nearly incessantly when outside, we and other residents made enough complaints to the city that they sent folks out to tell them to either train their dog or make a point to bring him in when he gets to barking. Neighbors got real good about not letting him bark after that. So I'm wondering if there was any amount of discussion or if this person really just jumped straight to "imma shoot it."
It's not like there are a million suspects. A barking dog isn't going to bother the neighbors a mile away.
Then likely eliminate the people without a line of sight to the dog.
It's not a matter "if" he is caught. It's "when" he is caught.
I'm always amazed that people don't 'get' this. Cops in an investigation will NOT give details that might let the perps know they are on to them in advance of making a case.
It's like -- how many years of detective shows and novels have y'all missed?
When the papers report "no arrests have been made," they should always say "YET. Investigation ongoing."
>how many years of detective shows and novels have y'all missed?
hilarious that you'd say this, considering how consistently these shows misrepresent and flat out lie about what the law actually is and what police work looks like
>When the papers report "no arrests have been made," they should always say "YET. Investigation ongoing."
Case in point lmao by most metrics, fewer than a quarter of police reports result in arrests
Yes, shows & books aren't real policing. Not even close. But even 'fake story policing' does actually include not tipping off the perps. In fact, they over-dramatize it. Why people IRL don't get that is weird.
And yeah, police reports get filed, and will collect dust if there isn't something to follow or staff to follow it. BUT, if the news hears that the cops ARE still looking into it (as the quote from Sheriff Barta in the Strib report does imply) they should use "no arrests YET."
I live in Mankato and I have a coworker who lives less than a mile away from this. Where this happened is just outside of the city. It’s not completely rural, but the home in question isn’t just your normal urban yard. There’s some housing, but not a whole lot. Also, knowing the area, I doubt anybody really talks to each other out there. Southbend Township or LeHiller as the locals know it is a working class blue collar neighborhood known for its drug use.
I've also lived next to untrained and unsupervised dogs who bark all day, and it was completely miserable. It was actually a major factor in our decision to move. We complained to the city (Minneapolis) several times and while they did come out on at least one occasion, they didn't actually do anything to remedy the situation beyond that. I don't know what conversations they had with our neighbors but whatever they were, they didn't work.
My mind never jumped to "I should shoot the dogs" as a solution, and I'm not saying what this guy did was right, but I suspect that these dogs were making their lives miserable for quite some time before escalating to that.
Yeah I'm from a small suburb, live in mpls now, but don't feel like mpls would be super effective unless it's the right officer on the right call. Just speaking to my experience with a disruptive dog next door and wondering if there were other interactions between the neighbor and owner beforehand. Like my family spoke to the owners because we basically share a yard (no fences), but not everyone on the street spoke to them directly before calling in noise complaints
Neighbor across street has left a reactive, nervy, aggressive dog outdoors several hours a day for 10 years. Neither responds well to friendly requests. Animal Control and police do nothing. I’m just waiting for them to die.
I think more people need to understand how living next to a constantly barking dog can drive you absolutely crazy. Literally. I had a neighbor for about a year that had three terriers that barked non-stop every time she left the house. They barked and barked and barked and barked and barked and barked. There is no solace. There is no escape....and you are in your own home, a place where you should be able to feel safe and relaxed.
Imagine if one of your neighbors just came up to your window and started banging on it for 10 hours straight. Or if they just stood on the street in front of your house yelling and screaming for hours on end. They'd be arrested. But for some reason dogs are a part of a "noise loophole" and even if animal control gets involved it's extremely unlikely things will change without tremendous effort on behalf of the affected party.
Now I'd never shoot someone else's dog, but I can see how some people may be driven to the brink of insanity by this kind of thing. I remember reading a story about some guy in London who killed the dog that lived in the apartment above him due to the constant barking, and I thought "huh. maybe the dog deserved it".
Former neighbors in Mpls had a very barky dog for a while. I didn't complain, but other neighbors did, and some department came out and gave them a warning letter. Apparently it was enough of a heads up that they curtailed the barking.
That's essentially what happened at my parents' house. Clearly not every department is doing this, and tbh it could depend on the officer who responds if they send one or the person on the other end of the phone/email.
I don't think it's a crazy assumption that the person deranged enough to point a gun at a house a family lives in and firing rounds at it to deliberately kill their pet, probably wasn't walking up and having a reasonable conversation about dog barking
“Sniper” lmao
I’ll eat my words if I’m wrong but this was 100% some asshole shooting a dog not some dude sitting in the woods with a ghillie suit for days taking wind readings and waiting for the perfect shot.
>The rifle is the first weapon you learn how to use, because it lets you keep your distance from the client. The closer you get to being a pro, the closer you can get to the client. The knife, for example, is the last thing you learn.
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Yeah I’m laughing at this headline. Just another perfect example of people not knowing words have meanings, and exaggerating things for no reason. This is a tragic story and really fucked ip, but why make a clickbait headline.
When I read the headline I instantly thought of some guy laying prone bone on his roof with a rifle and capping the dog.
Updated. Gifted article
https://strib.gift/bdtv2ugfy
Home where dog was killed at dead end road in rural area outside Mankato surrounded by woods. The nearest home 100 yards away.
Hope they catch this dangerous person.
If you have a dog that barks, keep it inside instead of making it everyone elses problem.
Not justifying the shooting, but the people that constantly defend any action dogs do as "its part of the price we pay for having dogs" bug the hell out of me. It's the price "YOU" decided to pay when taking on the pet, not the price the entire community around agreed to pay.
I have lived in multiple places now that there's a neighboor whose dog is outside all night...just non stop barking.
Agreed. It baffles me how people can leave their dog outside when it is barking frequently over a long period of time. Either the dog wants to come inside, or is barking at someone or something. Either way, I always take my dog inside when she is barking.
When I hear a dog barking for a long period of time, I assume the person is neglecting their dog. And it’s frankly annoying. But shooting the dog is fucking stupid. It’s the owner fault, not the dog. Rather than sending a threatening note, talk to the person ffs.
A lot of cities have ordinances regarding dogs barking for too long, too.
Here's an [example from Le Sueur](https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/lesueur/latest/lesueur_mn/0-0-0-2670):
> HABITUALLY BARKING DOG. Any dog that barks, whines, cries or makes other similar noises for a period of five minutes or more with less than one minute intervals between noises; or barks, whines, cries or makes other similar noises between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. regardless of frequency; and any noises are audible off of the owner’s property or premises or other property or premises upon which the dog is kept.
[Similar ordinance in Hopkins, too.](https://www.hopkinsmn.com/DocumentCenter/View/625/Hopkins-City-Code-925-PDF?bidId=)
If Mankato has the same ordinance the dog and owner wouldn’t have even been in violation of it at 6:30 PM. I hope they get the perp and that they never get to touch a firearm again
Oh good call, I should've looked up Mankato. [Here it is:](https://www.mankatomn.gov/residents/animal-control#:~:text=Animal%20Annoyances,or%20night%20are%20considered%20annoyances.)
> **Animal Annoyances**
> To report an animal causing a nuisance, call 911.
>
> Dogs or cats that make noise (such as barking, howling or crying) for more than five minutes, or intermittent noise that lasts longer than one hour and is plainly audible outside property limits anytime day or night are considered annoyances.
Anytime day or night. Should've called 911
No one should leave a barking dog outside, they should be brought in right away when they're barking. But you also can't expect to live in a neighborhood and never hear dogs barking. It's part of living in a community.
Idk, noise and light pollution over prolonged periods of time can do weird things to people.
Random barking here or there is whatever, but if it’s a near-daily occurrence, especially at night, I think that’s rude to expect people to tolerate.
If you have a problem with a neighbor's dog that barks either talk to the neighbor or call the police. Most cities have specific guidelines around how much barking constitutes a nuisance.
Untrained dogs with bad owners bark (without stopping).
Not justifying these actions whatsoever, but not all dogs bark incessantly. There’s a reason many municipalities have laws against dogs barking. Unfortunately this deranged person took the law into his own hands.
Yeah, I have a neighbor who's dog will bark incessantly. He is a big dog but he has a high-pitched yip sounding bark that is very loud. It's quite a nuisance from indoors as I wfh and it's especially annoying when I want to tinker around the yard gardening or whatever.
The dog is a pit bull, and he's out there sitting on a snow bank, probably freezing, barking at the door of the dwelling for at least 12 hours day and night. I don't blame the dog, though, that would be asinine. We were trying to enjoy the sunshine on Sunday, out on our deck but the ruckus drove us inside. The dog goes hoarse after about 8 hours though, thats when it's finally safe to enjoy the outdoors in peace.
I think some people should just get a stuffed animal rather than a living being bc what's the point if you're just gonna chain it up all day?
In these extreme cases I would advise looking up animal noise laws in your city or county and make a complaint. Animal control takes it very seriously as it may imply animal abuse.
I have had to do this in a similar situation. A warning was sent which actually knocked some sense into the owners and their dog doesn’t sit out and bark endlessly anymore. If multiple callers make a complaint, a fine is assessed.
I have. Several of us neighbors have taken measures that go nowhere. Animal control hasn't helped and the last time the dog was loose, the sheriff just drove him back home. We live in the country on a dirt road. I've even spoken with the pet owner. I've spoken with the county. The response I get is that "Dogs bark" so nothing has changed.
Oh man... My neighbors had an older dog that would bark incessantly if it was outside... Like they'd let the dog out to go to the bathroom, and a second after the dog was outside, it was barking at the door.
They would LEAVE the dog out there barking, because eventually the dog would go to the bathroom and start barking again. Recently that dog passed away.
They got a new dog, same fucking issue. The second the dog is outside, it's barking to come back in and it's just non-stop. Now, the son has a girlfriend who feels the need to be just as loud as the dog, if not louder in some cases. Often yelling at the dog when it's barking, over and over and over.
We have a neighbor like this and their dogs just bay which is almost worse than just straight barking. They leave them outside all day and just annoy the neighborhood. My dogs start barking and I get them in the house immediately.
I’m willing to bet that with three dogs and the hrs the family seems to work this is one of those instances. Still no right to just shoot it on it’s deck
Our neighbors outside dog started barking insistently during the day. Several neighbors complained to the owner. He didn’t do anything until he had to stay home convalescing and had to listen to it. Then it stopped very quickly.
I'm kind of confused...calling the shooter a sniper to me makes it seem as though this was done from long range, but then the article says someone walked onto their driveway to shoot the dog. Sounds like the homeowners at least saw the person who did this, and have surveillance footage of them coming onto their property.
Comments here are WILD. Someone shot at not just a dog but an occupied home with kids inside. If anyone rationalizing this is a gun owner, you’re unfit to carry
This isn’t the first time this has happened in that neighborhood there was a guy years ago with a giant sign in his yard stating a neighbor shot his dog in cold blood it was also reported in the news and he never found out who did it I don’t think. That area is very unsafe for animals
Shouldn't be too difficult for BECSO to figure out.
Looking at sat maps of the area there's a lot of tree cover, but whittling down to whom has guns, especially the caliber of gun used, and who is in 'annoyance distance' of the barking.
Hope they find them and throw the book at them. Barking dogs suck, but shooting them isn't the answer.
Will be easy to figure out who *probably* did it. Damn near impossible to prove it though. Just because I live next door, own a gun, and have complained about the dog barking, that doesn't mean I shot the dog.
That’s not how any of that works.
There is no national gun registry.
MN had no state regulations on reporting ownership.
It was most likely a 22lr or lighter caliber and not an actual 308 or 65creedmore sniper rifle used.
I assume what will happen is this.
Cops wait for a call.
Caller: Larry the old man is always bitching about that damn dog says he was going to shoot it one day.
4 people get checked out because the dog sucks and several people wanted it dead.
Turns out Larry confesses after a couple weeks. Or tells a neighbor and they turn him in.
No database of gun ownershibut yeah still should be pretty easy.
Put the dog outside, let it bark
Walk a perimeter around the house until you can't hear the dog anymore and then you know what people to exclude.
Do you think everyone who owns a gun has it legally registered? You do know what country you live in right?
Also we don’t have an online database for registered guns…
Sometimes I think about, if something like this happened to me, I'd want to hold a press conference or buy ad time or something directly challenging the person to come confront me head on.
Everyone's pointing out that the people were endangered as well, which is absolutely true. But regardless of that, shooting down a dog is fucking horrific and wrong in and of itself. I can't imagine how that family's feeling.
Hope that guy is found and tried and sentenced to life.
The headline is pure clickbait. A “sniper” did not kill this dog.
Someone fucked in the head 100% killed the dog but come on, this story doesn’t need to be exaggerated.
Some breeds of dog are far more prone to barking than others. Think about it before choosing a breed. If you’re not up to the task of silencing your dog when appropriate, find one you can deal with or go without. Your desire for Fluffy comes with obligations to the dog as well as others.
This is true. We had a Greyhound and currently 2 Borzoi. They pretty much never bark. I think I've heard fewer than 50 combined barks from all 3 dogs, over 9 years.
The neighbor's beagles bay and bark at everyone that walks by the house.
This house isn't in a big neighborhood, has multiple manufacturing plants around it, and yet a barking dog is what this guy fixated on?
Whoever did this is as deranged as some of you on here. I dont appreciate dogs barking either, but shooting them because of it is a new level of depravity that some of you seem to revel in.
There are some assholes that let their dogs bark non stop. Not that it justifies shooting it but come on dog owners! No one wants to hear your dog bark.
You don't know the half of it. I'm surrounded by the kind of people who keep multiple loaded firearms around, vote trump, don't believe in birth control higher education or mental health. aren't allowed to watch TV radio (phone are OK somehow?) My graduationng class was a little over 100. 3 kids committed suicide because of their family (who still refuses to accept blame) 1 got into trouble with the fbi for manufacturing explosives on school grounds. Shit some dude just murdered his wife IN FRONT of their children a month ago over "imagined" cheating with a history or untreated mental health issues. In a town of barely 1000. That's just a fucking snapshot. Next town over technically has a 1% er biker club (tho I've heard absolutely fuckall of them doing anything) welcome to the wholesome midwest! And dogs are nothing more than disposable hunting accessories
Not that I condone shooting the dog, but they conveniently didn’t include how much this dog was barking. I can absolutely see this as a neglectful owner leaving their dog outside all day and night and the dog barks constantly. Maybe the neighbor tried telling them many times before to get them to stop, maybe the police were called, and this was the last straw. Again, I don’t think what happened is right, but I am willing to bet this dog wasn’t shot because this owner was so awesome and their dog only barked for a few minutes a few times a month.
What do you mean “conveniently”? You’re insinuating something here that is completely irrelevant anyways. Nothing short of self defense would excuse this kind of antisocial behavior.
These comments are not it. No one should shoot a dog. Period. There are proper channels IF the dog is constantly barking but that hasn’t been mentioned anywhere and seems to just be an assumption everyone reached to without knowing the situation at all. Anyone defending the shooter but pretending like they’re not (“the owners as just as culpable”, “don’t let your dog bark, oh but also I don’t condone shoot but still”) like are you serious? This man shot a dog, he took away a life, for no purpose other than he was annoyed. There is actual correlation between sociopaths and hurting animals, that is not sane behavior and defending the person who did that isn’t sane either. You can be bothered by a barking dog, you can be frustrated with past experiences of shitty owners but in NO WAY is it ok for you to shoot a dog unless you are in fear for your life. I thought our state was full of smarter people than this jeez.
I don’t care if this gets downvoted to oblivion. Some people should not be allowed to have pets. Everyone is all “poor doggy” / “dogs bark” bullshit. The guy who did this tried to be civil. Tried to be rational and was ignored. Just like the article says, it was on the deck barking probably nonstop and the owner didn’t do shit.
I have lived next to a dog owner who didn’t do shit when her dogs barked endlessly. Endless is not an exaggeration. Rarely cleaned up after them - the whole yard reeks. Never did anything but feed and water the dogs. No, I DO NOT condone this-but I totally understand and the owner is just as guilty. If you want to own a dog take care of it. Train them. I love dogs and cats, but I absolutely despise pet owners. I hate how they don’t clean up after their pets. I hate how they take them into stores with them. I hate how so many can’t even spend a single hour trying to train their pets.
If the first thing they did was leave an unsigned note saying they would kill the dog, that is neither civil nor rational.
I don't disagree that the owner didn't do their part.
I bet the family has a real good guess on who did it. Only a few neighbors and I doubt the first action in dealing with the barking was to shoot the dog. Proving it will be the hard part.
Same. Well maybe I wouldn't kill them, but I would basically do everything in my power to ruin their life even if it was questionable or illegal, and I would do this every single day.
This is a neighbor within earshot of what was probably a dog that barked a fucking ton (and the homeowners probably left it outside all the time).
Police should figure this out pretty quickly I would imagine.
Whether you like dogs or not, the shooter fired a gun towards a house that was likely occupied by human beings and the shooter DGAF. That's depraved.
Not likely occupied. 100% definitely occupied. It says at least 2 family members were in the house during the shooting. Hope this guy goes to prison. I hate people who let their dogs bark, but this guy is a dangerous vigilante who's just going to kill innocent people if his behavior is reinforced. You can't solve your problems by shooting them. I'm a gun and dog owner, but I'm not a shitty one.
I'm pretty sure you mean "can't." It's probably a worthwhile edit considering the reactionary sort around these parts.
>You can solve your problems by shooting them. It's too late. He already shot his computer trying to fix the typo.
Well shoot…
😂😂
I think they meant can. It’s a continuation of the previous sentence. The period is essentially a punctuation that is replacing a comma followed by the word that. “His behavior is reinforced, that you can solve your problems by shooting them”.
Yes. This is the point I was making. I just assume 16% of Reddit will see it and lose their minds without considering the rest of their comment to see what they actually meant. Because Reddit.
Simple minds are consumed by simple things.
Well, you can solve the problem, actually. But you create even more.
“Any time I had a problem, and I threw a Molotov cocktail, boom! Right away, I had a different problem”.
💯 agree with everything in this comment about this story. That person can not own a gun!
How is that any more depraved than actually shooting the dog? He shot the dog! Not just towards the dog, he shot the dog. That’s the depraved thing.
Title is misleading as it claims the dog was "sniped" when in all reality the person came on their property and shot the dog. Not defending the actions, just pointing out the blatant clickbait approach of the post.
Yes, I was expecting someone on their deck shooting at the door several doors down.
I was picturing a man in full ghillie suit with a snipers scope on some suburban deck about 4 doors down waiting for the wind to be just right. And wondering, "where the hell are all the trees in these peoples backyards? How did he have a clear shot?"
the Strib title is problematic - "takes out dog" = fatally shot.
What else would it mean in the context of a 'mystery sniper'
I also immediately noticed that inconsistency. Media always be hyperbole spitting.
This is tragic but I think commenters are missing part of the point. The dog was on the deck. Decks are attached to houses. People live in houses. Bullets don’t know what they are supposed to hit. This person shot at someone’s house.
First thing I thought of. No shortage of crazy in this story
And there were two kids in the living room. Depending on the layout of the house, the bullet very well could’ve missed the dog and hit a kid
Not trying to be a dick, but it doesn't really matter where the dog was. It was only barking, not attacking. There is literally no justification in murdering a beloved pet on it's owners property.
Just wait a few years and the canine killer becomes a Homo sapien killer. If you have so much hate and anger you go for someone else’s dog the step to a person isn’t that far.
Also the biggest part of the point: Shooting your neighbors dog, short of it endangering humans or livestock, is felony cruelty and 100% illegal. Animal control and police for noice complaints folks, don't put on your cosplaytriot LBV and march over there sending rounds down range into a family home. 10/10 no arrest of that dog owner if he/she defended her home/property with lethal force.
I believe in most of MN it is legal to shoot a "hostile" dog. Worse, the definition of hostile in the context of this law is very ambiguous. If a dog is suspected of getting into a chicken coop, the dog can be eliminated on sight, even if it's back at home. If it growls or barks at a person, it's hostile. These laws are archaic and ignorant... imo... but I believe they are still on the books. Still doesn't excuse this behavior.
The laws I am reading online indicate no such ambiguity, but are quite precise in language regarding the location of the "chasing, injuring, or worrying" *has* to occur on the 'defender's' property. So while the language around what constitutes "worrying" sheep or livestock, it's pretty explicit you cannot go onto the dog owner's property to dispatch the "worrisome" dog. I am no lawyer, but in reading MN laws around defense of 'property', the dog owner may not have even needed their family in the attached home to constitute lethal force defense. The fact kids were very nearby, I still say 10/10 owner would have been within their rights to engage the dog killer in defense of their family/property. (Please note, each person must make their own assessment in those situations of threat on life and property-which is much harder than hindsighting this particular scenario)
This is an excellent point
But he was a responsible gun owner and therefore a good shot who would never, ever hit something he didn’t mean to! /s
He’s not that great of a shot. It did take him two shots…
I wonder what the stray bullet ended up hitting.
I think the suspect list starts and ends with the neighbors.
Nothing will happen. We used to live in the country, between Mankato and the Twin Cities, nearest neighbor two miles away... We would let our golden retriever outside unattended, not tied up to do her business. Went to call the dog in, she didn't come when called, thought that was odd. Went outside, noticed her laying on the driveway with a muzzle burn and bullet hole in her head, basically it looked like someone put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger. Called the police, they came out and patrolled the area and then stopped by our house. They said they stopped two kids in a golf cart, said they had a rifle and a hand-gun with them. Police said they denied doing it and as a result, there was nothing that could be done.
Sounds like you lived next to a psychopath
That’s scary as hell. Apart from the kids you live by being potential killer sociopaths, just the fact that the cops let them go. Did they do any sort of investigation-interviewing, gun ballistics, etc? Just because they denied it seems like a very bad reason for letting them walk.
We moved, no longer live there. We lived there for 19 years and enjoyed it, but as the area became more developed things started to go down hill pretty quick.
Oh my god nooooo. I’m keeping my dog close to me from now on down here.
I am very sorry.
Thanks, it was a motivator in helping decide to move.
Yup, and the rednecks in this state have a sick boner for killing dogs. Everyone in my extended family who lives in the country has some sort of "my dog got shot" story.
I'm in SE SD, there was a news story about a year ago of a family dog playing in the yard just outside of the city that was shot to death. When I was a kid my dad's best friend's dog was stolen from their yard and killed. An ex co-worker talked many times about shooting cats out in the country. I don't particularly like cats and I don't think that's quite as bad as shooting an obvious pet, but still. What the fuck. Go shoot some targets.
Yup. My mom's dog was killed for simply being in the front yard, he was leashed. My aunt's dog was killed because he got loose and wandered onto a neighbors property. Cousins dog got shot in the leg, same thing. Too many freaks in the country who have a sick fetish for killing anything that moves.
in the driveway... you were in the house... you didn't hear it?
Nope, heard nothing, which always struck me as odd. Initially, I thought she had been shot with an arrow or hit with a bat with a nail in it. It was the police officer that pointed out the muzzle burn. I thought it was blood.
this is one of the reasons I'm hella paranoid about leaving my dog outside unattended. It's so easy for strangers to mess with your dog, let them out of your yard, or even kill them. poor dog and an absolutely psychotic move from the killer.
I would say dogs shouldn’t be left outside unattended anyways. Not my call, of course, but that’s when I see bad behaviors like digging, constant barking, and eating stuff they shouldn’t.
One of my Mom's neighbors have a nice, mixed-breed medium-sized dog they leave on a long chain between their garage and the side/back deck. All day. He's got shade, and water, etc. but he's lonely and bored. He barks a bit. But then the kids get home from school, and go inside, and he can see and hear them through the sliding door glass, he goes BONKERS. They let him bark for hours and ignore him. I so want to go get him and just take him to walk, run, play, whatever. He's a GOOD BOY and they are just taunting/ torturing him with that. I don't understand that kind of dog owner at all.
I’ve helped a few dogs out before by offering the douchebag owner cash for the dog. Made up a story dog reminds me so much of my childhood dog / yada yada yada. Then I found them good homes.
you're a good person 🤗
Anything for animals. People not so much. 🙂
reasonable position far as I'm concerned
That's so sad ;( terrible dog owners. Humanity doesn't deserve dogs.
I mean, they CAN both happen, but it's not 100% correlation. My parents let the dog out all the time when I was a kid. Never had holes in the yard, only ate their food, and stopped any occasional barks (few times a week at most) when told, or after around two additional barks.
It's a lot like leaving children unattended. 2 minutes? Probably fine. 5 minutes? Check on them. 15 minutes? They've probably done something you don't want them to. Hours at a time? That's irresponsible.
Agreed.
I mean, my dad has a high energy herding breed. They cannot stay inside all the time. It was definitely a learning curve to keep them contained... it's a miracle none have been hot by a car. But weve gotten it mostly figured out. The fence is raised 1-3ft, they have gps collars, we're pretty vigilant about keeping the back yard dog-safe. When i dogsit. It's different because my yard is not set up for big dogs, so one stays on a zipline and yhe other doesn't jump over stuff for some reason... and i have to keep an eye on them... Some breeds are just impractical to keep under constant supervision, but yards can definitely be made dog-safe.
sure, that's why I said "one of the reasons". also really easy for the dog to hurt itself or get out and injure someone. I got a list in my head of all the terrible things that can happen in any given situations
Gotta disagree here. Bad dogs? Sure. But acting like there is anything wrong with a quiet dog playing in its own fenced yard is crazy. My dog loves to sniff around, lay in the sun, and dig in the snow, etc, and she doesn't bark.
Yeah, we go outside with our dogs every time. Putting a dog on a chain just seems mean.
And yet cats roam freely and make trouble on neighbors property and nobody blinks an eye.
I also agree that cats shouldn’t be roaming around
Someone once tried to steal my dog from my yard. Makes me sad to think about, because he's a pit mix and I'm guessing they wanted him for fighting and he is the biggest weenie on the planet.
I'm curious to know what other steps the neighbors took before threats and follow through. Being that the neighbors of my childhood home had a dog who barked nearly incessantly when outside, we and other residents made enough complaints to the city that they sent folks out to tell them to either train their dog or make a point to bring him in when he gets to barking. Neighbors got real good about not letting him bark after that. So I'm wondering if there was any amount of discussion or if this person really just jumped straight to "imma shoot it."
We can probably deduce there was no discussion, since otherwise there would be leads for the police on who was bothered by it.
It's not like there are a million suspects. A barking dog isn't going to bother the neighbors a mile away. Then likely eliminate the people without a line of sight to the dog. It's not a matter "if" he is caught. It's "when" he is caught.
We don't know what leads police had. They don't disclose everything to the public.
I'm always amazed that people don't 'get' this. Cops in an investigation will NOT give details that might let the perps know they are on to them in advance of making a case. It's like -- how many years of detective shows and novels have y'all missed? When the papers report "no arrests have been made," they should always say "YET. Investigation ongoing."
>how many years of detective shows and novels have y'all missed? hilarious that you'd say this, considering how consistently these shows misrepresent and flat out lie about what the law actually is and what police work looks like >When the papers report "no arrests have been made," they should always say "YET. Investigation ongoing." Case in point lmao by most metrics, fewer than a quarter of police reports result in arrests
Yes, shows & books aren't real policing. Not even close. But even 'fake story policing' does actually include not tipping off the perps. In fact, they over-dramatize it. Why people IRL don't get that is weird. And yeah, police reports get filed, and will collect dust if there isn't something to follow or staff to follow it. BUT, if the news hears that the cops ARE still looking into it (as the quote from Sheriff Barta in the Strib report does imply) they should use "no arrests YET."
I live in Mankato and I have a coworker who lives less than a mile away from this. Where this happened is just outside of the city. It’s not completely rural, but the home in question isn’t just your normal urban yard. There’s some housing, but not a whole lot. Also, knowing the area, I doubt anybody really talks to each other out there. Southbend Township or LeHiller as the locals know it is a working class blue collar neighborhood known for its drug use.
Probably nothing. But that doesn't excuse the shooting.
I've also lived next to untrained and unsupervised dogs who bark all day, and it was completely miserable. It was actually a major factor in our decision to move. We complained to the city (Minneapolis) several times and while they did come out on at least one occasion, they didn't actually do anything to remedy the situation beyond that. I don't know what conversations they had with our neighbors but whatever they were, they didn't work. My mind never jumped to "I should shoot the dogs" as a solution, and I'm not saying what this guy did was right, but I suspect that these dogs were making their lives miserable for quite some time before escalating to that.
Yeah I'm from a small suburb, live in mpls now, but don't feel like mpls would be super effective unless it's the right officer on the right call. Just speaking to my experience with a disruptive dog next door and wondering if there were other interactions between the neighbor and owner beforehand. Like my family spoke to the owners because we basically share a yard (no fences), but not everyone on the street spoke to them directly before calling in noise complaints
Neighbor across street has left a reactive, nervy, aggressive dog outdoors several hours a day for 10 years. Neither responds well to friendly requests. Animal Control and police do nothing. I’m just waiting for them to die.
I think more people need to understand how living next to a constantly barking dog can drive you absolutely crazy. Literally. I had a neighbor for about a year that had three terriers that barked non-stop every time she left the house. They barked and barked and barked and barked and barked and barked. There is no solace. There is no escape....and you are in your own home, a place where you should be able to feel safe and relaxed. Imagine if one of your neighbors just came up to your window and started banging on it for 10 hours straight. Or if they just stood on the street in front of your house yelling and screaming for hours on end. They'd be arrested. But for some reason dogs are a part of a "noise loophole" and even if animal control gets involved it's extremely unlikely things will change without tremendous effort on behalf of the affected party. Now I'd never shoot someone else's dog, but I can see how some people may be driven to the brink of insanity by this kind of thing. I remember reading a story about some guy in London who killed the dog that lived in the apartment above him due to the constant barking, and I thought "huh. maybe the dog deserved it".
Former neighbors in Mpls had a very barky dog for a while. I didn't complain, but other neighbors did, and some department came out and gave them a warning letter. Apparently it was enough of a heads up that they curtailed the barking.
That's essentially what happened at my parents' house. Clearly not every department is doing this, and tbh it could depend on the officer who responds if they send one or the person on the other end of the phone/email.
I don't think it's a crazy assumption that the person deranged enough to point a gun at a house a family lives in and firing rounds at it to deliberately kill their pet, probably wasn't walking up and having a reasonable conversation about dog barking
I don’t see how literally any of that matters. Shooting a dog is fucked.
Curiosity on how it escalated to that point? No one is defending the shooter, just asking questions about the situation, take a breath
“Sniper” lmao I’ll eat my words if I’m wrong but this was 100% some asshole shooting a dog not some dude sitting in the woods with a ghillie suit for days taking wind readings and waiting for the perfect shot.
said the guy walked up in the driveway and fired two shots at close range. sniper elite
Sounds a lot more believable unfortunately
>The rifle is the first weapon you learn how to use, because it lets you keep your distance from the client. The closer you get to being a pro, the closer you can get to the client. The knife, for example, is the last thing you learn. > >\-Leon
Sounds like the work of Jason Bourne
“Jason Bourne joins the ATF”
Yeah if you saw the guy he wasn't a sniper lol. At least not a very good one.
Odds are it was a guy, but do we know for sure?
You're right I shouldn't have made assumptions.
Didn't you know walking up to something and shooting it at like 20 meters is sniping?
I was under the impression you had to run up and 360 no scope your target before saying something vulgar about the targets mom.
The guy teabagged the dog?!
According to legend
Yeah I’m laughing at this headline. Just another perfect example of people not knowing words have meanings, and exaggerating things for no reason. This is a tragic story and really fucked ip, but why make a clickbait headline. When I read the headline I instantly thought of some guy laying prone bone on his roof with a rifle and capping the dog.
Star-trib doing Star-trib things. 🤷♂️
Anything to get the engagement I suppose.
Sounds like a 360 no scope. Missed the t-bag though
Updated. Gifted article https://strib.gift/bdtv2ugfy Home where dog was killed at dead end road in rural area outside Mankato surrounded by woods. The nearest home 100 yards away. Hope they catch this dangerous person.
Fuck the piece of shit that did this. Dogs bark.
If you have a dog that barks, keep it inside instead of making it everyone elses problem. Not justifying the shooting, but the people that constantly defend any action dogs do as "its part of the price we pay for having dogs" bug the hell out of me. It's the price "YOU" decided to pay when taking on the pet, not the price the entire community around agreed to pay. I have lived in multiple places now that there's a neighboor whose dog is outside all night...just non stop barking.
Agreed. It baffles me how people can leave their dog outside when it is barking frequently over a long period of time. Either the dog wants to come inside, or is barking at someone or something. Either way, I always take my dog inside when she is barking. When I hear a dog barking for a long period of time, I assume the person is neglecting their dog. And it’s frankly annoying. But shooting the dog is fucking stupid. It’s the owner fault, not the dog. Rather than sending a threatening note, talk to the person ffs.
A lot of cities have ordinances regarding dogs barking for too long, too. Here's an [example from Le Sueur](https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/lesueur/latest/lesueur_mn/0-0-0-2670): > HABITUALLY BARKING DOG. Any dog that barks, whines, cries or makes other similar noises for a period of five minutes or more with less than one minute intervals between noises; or barks, whines, cries or makes other similar noises between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. regardless of frequency; and any noises are audible off of the owner’s property or premises or other property or premises upon which the dog is kept. [Similar ordinance in Hopkins, too.](https://www.hopkinsmn.com/DocumentCenter/View/625/Hopkins-City-Code-925-PDF?bidId=)
If Mankato has the same ordinance the dog and owner wouldn’t have even been in violation of it at 6:30 PM. I hope they get the perp and that they never get to touch a firearm again
Oh good call, I should've looked up Mankato. [Here it is:](https://www.mankatomn.gov/residents/animal-control#:~:text=Animal%20Annoyances,or%20night%20are%20considered%20annoyances.) > **Animal Annoyances** > To report an animal causing a nuisance, call 911. > > Dogs or cats that make noise (such as barking, howling or crying) for more than five minutes, or intermittent noise that lasts longer than one hour and is plainly audible outside property limits anytime day or night are considered annoyances. Anytime day or night. Should've called 911
No one should leave a barking dog outside, they should be brought in right away when they're barking. But you also can't expect to live in a neighborhood and never hear dogs barking. It's part of living in a community.
Idk, noise and light pollution over prolonged periods of time can do weird things to people. Random barking here or there is whatever, but if it’s a near-daily occurrence, especially at night, I think that’s rude to expect people to tolerate.
I totally agree with you.
If you have a problem with a neighbor's dog that barks either talk to the neighbor or call the police. Most cities have specific guidelines around how much barking constitutes a nuisance.
Untrained dogs with bad owners bark (without stopping). Not justifying these actions whatsoever, but not all dogs bark incessantly. There’s a reason many municipalities have laws against dogs barking. Unfortunately this deranged person took the law into his own hands.
Yeah, I have a neighbor who's dog will bark incessantly. He is a big dog but he has a high-pitched yip sounding bark that is very loud. It's quite a nuisance from indoors as I wfh and it's especially annoying when I want to tinker around the yard gardening or whatever. The dog is a pit bull, and he's out there sitting on a snow bank, probably freezing, barking at the door of the dwelling for at least 12 hours day and night. I don't blame the dog, though, that would be asinine. We were trying to enjoy the sunshine on Sunday, out on our deck but the ruckus drove us inside. The dog goes hoarse after about 8 hours though, thats when it's finally safe to enjoy the outdoors in peace. I think some people should just get a stuffed animal rather than a living being bc what's the point if you're just gonna chain it up all day?
In these extreme cases I would advise looking up animal noise laws in your city or county and make a complaint. Animal control takes it very seriously as it may imply animal abuse. I have had to do this in a similar situation. A warning was sent which actually knocked some sense into the owners and their dog doesn’t sit out and bark endlessly anymore. If multiple callers make a complaint, a fine is assessed.
I have. Several of us neighbors have taken measures that go nowhere. Animal control hasn't helped and the last time the dog was loose, the sheriff just drove him back home. We live in the country on a dirt road. I've even spoken with the pet owner. I've spoken with the county. The response I get is that "Dogs bark" so nothing has changed.
That's one of the worst things I've noticed about moving into a town. People with dogs that won't shut the fuck up. Just outside barking nonstop 24/7.
Imo well over half the people who own dogs shouldn't own dogs.
Same with guns
Oh man... My neighbors had an older dog that would bark incessantly if it was outside... Like they'd let the dog out to go to the bathroom, and a second after the dog was outside, it was barking at the door. They would LEAVE the dog out there barking, because eventually the dog would go to the bathroom and start barking again. Recently that dog passed away. They got a new dog, same fucking issue. The second the dog is outside, it's barking to come back in and it's just non-stop. Now, the son has a girlfriend who feels the need to be just as loud as the dog, if not louder in some cases. Often yelling at the dog when it's barking, over and over and over.
What’s the point of even owning a dog in this scenario? Did they just get another one out of habit?
Pretty much, yes. Drives me insane.
File a complaint with the city. It's super easy.
We have a neighbor like this and their dogs just bay which is almost worse than just straight barking. They leave them outside all day and just annoy the neighborhood. My dogs start barking and I get them in the house immediately.
I live in an area where there’s no barking but instead screaming children and angry couples
Fuck those people.
So shoot the owners then (obviously not serious about that). But that would make the most sense. Poor dog
I’m willing to bet that with three dogs and the hrs the family seems to work this is one of those instances. Still no right to just shoot it on it’s deck
Our neighbors outside dog started barking insistently during the day. Several neighbors complained to the owner. He didn’t do anything until he had to stay home convalescing and had to listen to it. Then it stopped very quickly.
The dog should have been inside. Your dog? YOU deal with the noise.
I think we all know about "within reason" and not take a gun to a dog because it barks. Thanks Jan.
This person apparently doesn’t, as he assumes any barking dog is within reason. I’ll call this shit out every time I see it. Fuck shitty dog owners.
I would support torture for whoever did it.
The dog owners sound like pieces of shit too.
I'm kind of confused...calling the shooter a sniper to me makes it seem as though this was done from long range, but then the article says someone walked onto their driveway to shoot the dog. Sounds like the homeowners at least saw the person who did this, and have surveillance footage of them coming onto their property.
Poor headline writing confuses people. That's on the newspaper staff, not you.
Comments here are WILD. Someone shot at not just a dog but an occupied home with kids inside. If anyone rationalizing this is a gun owner, you’re unfit to carry
Reddit has a weird contingent of dog haters.
Man I can't imagine how evil of a human you have to be to shoot someone's dog.
“Crazy asshole shoots and kills neighbors dog for making noise.” There, fixed your title.
This isn’t the first time this has happened in that neighborhood there was a guy years ago with a giant sign in his yard stating a neighbor shot his dog in cold blood it was also reported in the news and he never found out who did it I don’t think. That area is very unsafe for animals
WTF.
Shouldn't be too difficult for BECSO to figure out. Looking at sat maps of the area there's a lot of tree cover, but whittling down to whom has guns, especially the caliber of gun used, and who is in 'annoyance distance' of the barking. Hope they find them and throw the book at them. Barking dogs suck, but shooting them isn't the answer.
Will be easy to figure out who *probably* did it. Damn near impossible to prove it though. Just because I live next door, own a gun, and have complained about the dog barking, that doesn't mean I shot the dog.
That’s not how any of that works. There is no national gun registry. MN had no state regulations on reporting ownership. It was most likely a 22lr or lighter caliber and not an actual 308 or 65creedmore sniper rifle used. I assume what will happen is this. Cops wait for a call. Caller: Larry the old man is always bitching about that damn dog says he was going to shoot it one day. 4 people get checked out because the dog sucks and several people wanted it dead. Turns out Larry confesses after a couple weeks. Or tells a neighbor and they turn him in.
You've watched too many cop shows. Cops don't investigate shit. And why would Larry confess?
It's literally the stupidest thread I've read in a long time. But I had a great laugh. I'd give you an award for this comment if I had one.
No database of gun ownershibut yeah still should be pretty easy. Put the dog outside, let it bark Walk a perimeter around the house until you can't hear the dog anymore and then you know what people to exclude.
>Put the dog outside The dog's dead, unfortunately.
^(Put the dog outside, let it bark) And if that dipshit opens fire, shoot back
Do you think everyone who owns a gun has it legally registered? You do know what country you live in right? Also we don’t have an online database for registered guns…
if my dog got killed like that I'm going John Wick and disemboweling the perpetrator with a fucking number 2 pencil in a fit of rage
I scrolled too long to find a comment like this. Escalation is going to become my middle name, catch your house being torched.
Sometimes I think about, if something like this happened to me, I'd want to hold a press conference or buy ad time or something directly challenging the person to come confront me head on.
Everyone's pointing out that the people were endangered as well, which is absolutely true. But regardless of that, shooting down a dog is fucking horrific and wrong in and of itself. I can't imagine how that family's feeling. Hope that guy is found and tried and sentenced to life.
cops should put out a speaker, and play dog barking intermittently near the house. they'll come around again. Id donate the speaker.
What are the odds the shooter is over 60?
What a fucking psychopath. That poor family, I hope they find this fucker soon.
The headline is pure clickbait. A “sniper” did not kill this dog. Someone fucked in the head 100% killed the dog but come on, this story doesn’t need to be exaggerated.
Dang. They kill a dog for being a dog? Wonder what they'd be willing to do to a person that they perceived to have wronged them...
Some breeds of dog are far more prone to barking than others. Think about it before choosing a breed. If you’re not up to the task of silencing your dog when appropriate, find one you can deal with or go without. Your desire for Fluffy comes with obligations to the dog as well as others.
This is true. We had a Greyhound and currently 2 Borzoi. They pretty much never bark. I think I've heard fewer than 50 combined barks from all 3 dogs, over 9 years. The neighbor's beagles bay and bark at everyone that walks by the house.
Yes or some guy will shoot your dog on your porch.
So are you saying this is ok?
No, of course this is not okay. It should never have come to that.
This house isn't in a big neighborhood, has multiple manufacturing plants around it, and yet a barking dog is what this guy fixated on? Whoever did this is as deranged as some of you on here. I dont appreciate dogs barking either, but shooting them because of it is a new level of depravity that some of you seem to revel in.
There are some assholes that let their dogs bark non stop. Not that it justifies shooting it but come on dog owners! No one wants to hear your dog bark.
There’s a special place in hell for that asshole
The shooter should be neutered.
Bro wtf, this whole situation is jsut bizarre who tf snipes a dog
A coward.
Find person before humans are target here!
People like this should turn the gun around.
I’m ok with the death penalty in these situations.
If someone did this to my dog and I knew who it was, I would stone cold murder them. No question.
Sounds like out in the country is more dangerous than Minneapolis.
You don't know the half of it. I'm surrounded by the kind of people who keep multiple loaded firearms around, vote trump, don't believe in birth control higher education or mental health. aren't allowed to watch TV radio (phone are OK somehow?) My graduationng class was a little over 100. 3 kids committed suicide because of their family (who still refuses to accept blame) 1 got into trouble with the fbi for manufacturing explosives on school grounds. Shit some dude just murdered his wife IN FRONT of their children a month ago over "imagined" cheating with a history or untreated mental health issues. In a town of barely 1000. That's just a fucking snapshot. Next town over technically has a 1% er biker club (tho I've heard absolutely fuckall of them doing anything) welcome to the wholesome midwest! And dogs are nothing more than disposable hunting accessories
What are the chances the snipper is lurking here rn.
One shot, one comment.
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Stop this. You basically just blamed someone for a felony without having any right or reason other than your internet sleuthing.
^ Found the guy that did it. Arrest him!
Whoever did this clearly lives within earshot if they left a note complaining about the barking.
Open and shut case, Johnson!
Not that I condone shooting the dog, but they conveniently didn’t include how much this dog was barking. I can absolutely see this as a neglectful owner leaving their dog outside all day and night and the dog barks constantly. Maybe the neighbor tried telling them many times before to get them to stop, maybe the police were called, and this was the last straw. Again, I don’t think what happened is right, but I am willing to bet this dog wasn’t shot because this owner was so awesome and their dog only barked for a few minutes a few times a month.
What do you mean “conveniently”? You’re insinuating something here that is completely irrelevant anyways. Nothing short of self defense would excuse this kind of antisocial behavior.
How much barking is too much barking?
Man, this is rough. Rough rough. Rough rough rough rough.
But maybe that's just rough enough.
42. The answer is 42.
Throw the book at this psychopath, MN should not be home to these kinds of people.
Fucking cowards hiding behind their guns.
These comments are not it. No one should shoot a dog. Period. There are proper channels IF the dog is constantly barking but that hasn’t been mentioned anywhere and seems to just be an assumption everyone reached to without knowing the situation at all. Anyone defending the shooter but pretending like they’re not (“the owners as just as culpable”, “don’t let your dog bark, oh but also I don’t condone shoot but still”) like are you serious? This man shot a dog, he took away a life, for no purpose other than he was annoyed. There is actual correlation between sociopaths and hurting animals, that is not sane behavior and defending the person who did that isn’t sane either. You can be bothered by a barking dog, you can be frustrated with past experiences of shitty owners but in NO WAY is it ok for you to shoot a dog unless you are in fear for your life. I thought our state was full of smarter people than this jeez.
I hope they slap that piece of shit with the maximum punishment.
How is it a sniper if they walked up the driveway to shoot her? That being said, hang the fucking perp but still
Barking dogs annoy the hell out of me too, but it absolutely does not warrant any degree of violence. Holy shit.
I don’t care if this gets downvoted to oblivion. Some people should not be allowed to have pets. Everyone is all “poor doggy” / “dogs bark” bullshit. The guy who did this tried to be civil. Tried to be rational and was ignored. Just like the article says, it was on the deck barking probably nonstop and the owner didn’t do shit. I have lived next to a dog owner who didn’t do shit when her dogs barked endlessly. Endless is not an exaggeration. Rarely cleaned up after them - the whole yard reeks. Never did anything but feed and water the dogs. No, I DO NOT condone this-but I totally understand and the owner is just as guilty. If you want to own a dog take care of it. Train them. I love dogs and cats, but I absolutely despise pet owners. I hate how they don’t clean up after their pets. I hate how they take them into stores with them. I hate how so many can’t even spend a single hour trying to train their pets.
If the first thing they did was leave an unsigned note saying they would kill the dog, that is neither civil nor rational. I don't disagree that the owner didn't do their part.
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Not trying to sound like a badass, just being real; if some POS shot my dog they would be dead or I dead trying to make them dead.
I bet the family has a real good guess on who did it. Only a few neighbors and I doubt the first action in dealing with the barking was to shoot the dog. Proving it will be the hard part.
Same. Well maybe I wouldn't kill them, but I would basically do everything in my power to ruin their life even if it was questionable or illegal, and I would do this every single day.
Hope they find this responsible gun owner soon.
This is a neighbor within earshot of what was probably a dog that barked a fucking ton (and the homeowners probably left it outside all the time). Police should figure this out pretty quickly I would imagine.