A South Florida man is now behind bars after police say he shot a dog in the face and fled the scene.
Benjamine Brown, 19, was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly shooting a mixed chocolate lab in the snout, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office official said.
Deputies responded to a shooting at Kennedy Estates Park in Jupiter on April 2nd, where they found a one-year-old dog named Boots suffering from a gunshot wound.
Witnesses told law enforcement deputies that a Honda Accord, occupied by two men and a woman, drove into the park before one man got out with a firearm, shot the dog, got back into the vehicle and fled.
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“Boots suffered a fractured lower right jawbone causing several of his teeth to be knocked out,” officials said in a release.
Boots was taken to an emergency vet after being shot and will be adopted after healing.
After a 10-day investigation and talking to several people close to the suspect, authorities said Brown surrendered without incident on Tuesday.
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Reports say Brown faces several charges including intentionally causing cruel and excessive unnecessary pain and suffering to an animal, carrying a concealed firearm, and discharging a firearm in public.
