EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah, Nov. 13, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — Officials are investigating after a dog was found shot to death in a fenced backyard in Eagle Mountain on Sunday.
Utah County Sheriff’s Office officials said in a news release that deputies with the Eagle Mountain division responded to a report from a woman who said she found her dog dead in her backyard near Autumn Drive and Elkridge Drive in the North Ranches area.
The dog owner told deputies the incident happened between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday.
“Deputies determined the dog had been shot in a fenced backyard with other dogs also in that yard,” the news release said. “The other dogs were not injured. There was at least one similar incident near this area earlier this year, but we do not know if the two incidents are related.”
If anyone has information or security video footage related to this incident, they are asked to call the UCSO Eagle Mountain office at 801-789-6701 or Utah Valley Dispatch at 801-794-3970 and reference case 18UC11887.
