McMahon charged with cruelty to animals, reckless conduct with firearm
A Gore man is facing a felony charge of cruelty to animals and a criminal misdemeanor charge of reckless conduct with firearm after he reportedly shot a neighbor’s dog while the neighbor and her children were standing in the same direction.
Jerry W. McMahon, 38, was charged May 17 in Sequoyah County District Court and received a $10,000 bond. He is now set for an August 9 felony disposition docket before Associate District Judge Kyle Waters.
Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s deputy Dwaine Chase reported on the evening of April 27 he was dispatched to a residence in Gore in regards to a male subject who’d reportedly shot a dog in front of a woman and her two children.
Chase and Deputy Allen Ramey made contact with the woman who said one of her children had let their dog outside and when both of her children went out to get the dog, it had went into a neighboring yard. The woman claimed the neighbor, McMahon, came out yelling “I’m going to shoot your dog if you don’t get him,” according to the probable cause affidavit in the case.
The woman said she told McMahon they “were trying” and one of her children was calling for the dog. She said as the dog was running back toward their property, McMahon reportedly shot the dog. She also stated she and the children were standing in the same direction as the dog when McMahon reportedly shot it. At that time, she said she stopped worrying about the dog and was more concerned for herself and her children’s safety.
The woman said she couldn’t see the weapon Mc-Mahon used to shoot the dog because it was dark outside, but she did hear the blast from the gun and believed it to be a .22 caliber. The woman said the dog was shot in the muscle of its front leg with the round entering one side and exiting through the other, according to the affidavit. She said even though the dog was wounded, she expected it to survive. She said the dog was only a puppy and did wander off the property at times, but meant no harm.
The deputies spoke with McMahon at his residence and he admitted to shooting the neighbor’s dog with a .22 caliber gun. He then stated he wouldn’t give anymore information and wanted to speak to a lawyer.
Ramey detained Mc-Mahon to search him for possible weapons and dispatch confirmed Mc-Mahon did have an arrest warrant in Sequoyah County. He was then placed under arrest for the warrant and transported to the Sequoyah County Detention Center for booking.
Since McMahon aimed the firearm in the direction of the woman and her children when allegedly shooting their dog, Chase requested a warrant for McMahon’s arrest through the Sequoyah County District Attorney’s Office.
