A police officer in Shawnee, Kansas, shot and killed an escaped horse in a field behind the city’s police and fire station on October 7 after a seven-hour attempt to capture the animal, officials said.
According to a police report, an officer used a Remington 700 .308-caliber rifle to fire a single shot to the horse’s head — a decision the horse’s owner called unnecessary while pointing out alleged errors in the police report.
The horse’s owner, Jenny Haynes, cried while reading the report, which she said claimed to contain several mistakes, including listing her gray mare, Lacy, as 6 feet tall when she was closer to 5 feet…