A Waynesboro man was charged with animal cruelty Friday by the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office concerning the fatal shooting of a service dog.
Louis Edward Davis Jr., 67, was charged with cruelty to animals and reckless handing of a firearm. He was being held Monday without bond at Middle River Regional Jail in Verona.
Louis Davis
The Sheriff’s Office was called to a residence in the 200 block of Rip Rap Road in Waynesboro on Friday morning. A 27-year-old Augusta County man called 911 from Waynesboro Animal Hospital, reporting that his service dog, a Husky named Bear, had been shot.
The caller said he heard a shot outside and noticed Bear was not in the fenced-in yard. The dog owner soon found Bear on a roadway near his residence on Mormon Gap Road. Bear had suffered a gunshot wound to the spine. Bear was pronounced dead after being taken to Waynesboro Animal Hospital.
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When Davis was arrested, Sheriff’s deputies recovered a large caliber weapon revolver used in the shooting.