A Snohomish man has been charged in connection to two high-profile cases in Pierce County – the shooting death of a horse in Tacoma, and a double homicide in Maple Valley.
KIRO 7 News requested an 18-page court document that identified a man who shot and killed a horse at a stable in Tacoma on Dec. 17.
Pierce County deputies said its animal cruelty control team is investigating a horse’s shooting death after it was found shot dead in front of its stable, which is located on the corner of 132nd Street East and Vickery Avenue East.
According to court documents, King County detectives identified the suspect as Brandon Gerner.
Gerner attended his friend’s memorial, Kody Olsen, who was killed during a Pierce County deputy-involved shooting in December.
According to court documents, Olsen shot and wounded two Pierce County deputies following a DUI traffic stop near 112th and Vickery Avenue that led to a car chase in a rural area of Pierce County.
Olsen later died from his injuries on Dec. 16.