Jackson was still behaving like normal. Even after a couple of days, the pooch seemed to be jumping around and enjoying life as he always had. Surely there was nothing to worry about? Hayden figured that her puppy must have been bitten by bugs. Jackson was often tied up in the yard so easily could have been subject to a swarm. On the other hand, the dog could have also laid on an ants nest and accidentally found himself as their latest meal. Hayden just hoped everything would be alright…
Hayden rushed Jackson to the veterinary clinic to try and find an answer to his mysterious holes. The vet was left stunned, and Hayden had no idea how these marks could have got onto her puppy’s skin. He was always in her backyard! Plus, Hayden knew that neither she nor her two children would have harmed their precious companion. Dr. Sunbury had no idea what could have caused the marks so was forced to perform a routine of tests to discover the answer.
Dr. Sunbury had some distressing news. The spots were actually BB pellets. Hayden didn’t know what to say. How could someone have shot at her dog? Plus, her children play in the yard. What if they had also been aiming for her little ones? This was now much more than a case of some veterinary treatment – it was animal cruelty.
Although Jackson was still up and active, BB guns can be incredibly dangerous. In fact, people have been known to suffer broken bones, severe wounds, and even lost their lives to people using the weapon. Unfortunately, even with all the dangers, these BB guns are still widely available across the country. Most people can pick up one of these weapons online or even in a store without having any questions asked. Just who would want to use it to cause Jackson harm?
Jackson didn’t just have spots on his body. Sadly, his attacker had covered his entire body with pellets during the shootout. 21 BB pellets and seven metal pellets is an incredible number of times for anyone to be shot. The dog hadn’t only been shot with these pellets, but also had marks of at least 20 more times he had been hit and the bullets had ricocheted off. Dr. Sunbury believes that in addition to the attack, Jackson also had around 20 pellets still lodged deep into his body. Sadly, the team were unable to remove all the evidence.
Hayden was quick to contact the Seymour Police Department to get this attacker a spot in jail, too. The police found BB pellets scattered all throughout the yard as they had been shot from a distance. However, there was one piece of evidence that may lead them to their perpetrator. A tree. The tree was filled with BB pellets that had been fired from one direction. All the police force had to do now was follow where they had come from to find out who was at the other end. At last, they were at the front door of suspect number one.
Although it looked as though Tim was the only person that could have committed this terrible crime, the police couldn’t link Hayden’s neighbor to the attack. As hard as they tried, the police couldn’t connect the forensic evidence to Tim for the crimes. There were, however, other pieces of evidence that meant Tim was heading being bars. The police found a number of narcotics-related items that saw him hauled off to jail. It might not have been the answer they were looking for, but at least Hayden knew Tim was no longer on the streets.