Dog owner upset with police over airsoft gun shooting


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LAYTON, Utah (AP) -- A dog owner says police are refusing to investigate three teenagers for shooting his golden retriever with toy guns that fire plastic pellets.

Bob Parrish says he found his 3-year-old dog bleeding from a wound in a hind leg, then raced outdoors to find three boys wielding airsoft guns. One of the boys reportedly said that if they had hit the dog, it was a mistake.

Parrish confiscated the toy guns but was ordered by Layton police to return them.

Police say they don't have enough evidence to link the boys to Wednesday's shooting.

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Information from: Standard-Examiner

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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