Police: Mass. man drunk when he shot his dog

The (Quincy, Mass.) Patriot Ledger /  January 27, 2013
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MIDDLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — Police say a Middleboro man was drunk when he shot his dog.

The Patriot Ledger reports (http://bit.ly/Wqbwnb ) that police arrested Gordon Lagstrom at his home on Saturday after receiving a call from a veterinarian who was treating a dog with gunshot wounds.

Police held the 55-year-old Lagstrom in protective custody. He is charged with animal cruelty, improper storage of a gun, being intoxicated while in possession of a gun and discharging a gun within 500-feet of a building.

It was not known Sunday if he is represented by a lawyer.

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