Neighbor dispute over dead chickens leads to felony animal cruelty charges in Fort Worth

The Brief

  • A Fort Worth man faces charges of terroristic threat and animal cruelty after allegedly threatening a neighbor with a gun during a dispute over dead chickens.
  • The suspect admitted to injuring his neighbor’s dog and throwing it back over the fence after finding it in his backyard with two dead chickens.
  • The suspect’s identity has not yet been released, and animal control detectives are actively investigating the dog’s exact cause of death.

FORT WORTH, Texas A Fort Worth man faces criminal charges after allegedly threatening a neighbor with a gun and fatally injuring the neighbor’s dog over dead chickens, police said.

Fort Worth man charged

What we know:

Fort Worth Police Department officers from the North Division responded around 10 a.m. Sunday to a “person with a weapon” call in the 4700 block of Baytree Drive.

Upon arrival, officers learned that an adult male suspect had pulled a gun on his neighbor following a dispute over a pet.

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