Man tried to beat his dog with a shot gun

[tomkatzid]

on another site i belong to, people are saying the dog was put down. i am looking for that artical now. here is another story on the man and a photo of the dog being subdued by the authorities.

Fatal Backfire

Police Say Winchester Man Accidentally
Shot Himself Beating Dog With Gun

By DAN TELVOCK
Byrd Newspapers

WINCHESTER — A man accidentally shot himself in the abdomen during a fight with his dog Thursday, police said.

Raymond Richard Poore Jr., 43, was pronounced dead at the Winchester Medical Center. Police said he called his wife shortly before his death, telling her he was going to kill the pet because it bit him.

His wife called 911 at 6:39 p.m. when she returned to their trailer at 2880 Packer St. to check on the situation.

Winchester Police Capt. David P. Sobonya said when Poore’s wife came home she found her husband unconscious. He had sustained a single gunshot wound to his lower left abdomen and injuries from the couple’s pet shar-pei.

"To speculate what happened, the manner of death appears to be accidental," Sobonya said.

A Stevens over-and-under, single-shot, .22-caliber rifle/.410-gauge shotgun was recovered from the trailer, and police said Poore may have used the end of the gun to beat the dog. By doing that, the barrels of the gun were pointed at Poore.

Sobonya said the plastic stock of the gun was broken off, and the weapon had blood and dog hairs on it.

"The safety or mechanical firing point of the weapon was located at the point of the break," Winchester Police Lt. Greg Printz said.

An autopsy revealed that Poore died of a gunshot wound from the shotgun barrel.

Printz said Poore had only one injury that was consistent with a dog bite.

On Friday, the Winchester SPCA said the city’s Health Department now has the 30-pound dog and plans to test it for rabies.

Shar-peis originated in China over 2,000 years ago and were bred for hunting and dog fighting.

The wrinkly-faced dogs are considered to be independent and sometimes stubborn, protective of their territory and wary of human and animal strangers, according to PetsMart.com.

The Web site also warns that the Chinese shar-pei is not a suitable pet for inexperienced dog owners.