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Campbell dog shooting case will go to second pretrial in May
By Sarah Lehr
CAMPBELL
An animal-cruelty case in which a man is alleged to have fatally shot his neighbor’s dog is set for a second pretrial hearing in the spring.
Brandon Stores, 29, of Campbell faces misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty and discharging a firearm within city limits.
He was in municipal court Tuesday for a pretrial hearing.
Police responded to an Oct. 28 call from a neighbor saying a man had shot a dog that had attacked a 12-year-old girl on Princess Street, according to a police report.
The report states the girl had mud on her jeans and a chipped tooth.
The dog, a Rottweiler mix named Frank, was bleeding heavily, police reported.
Stores initially told police he didn’t shoot the dog, but then said he shot the dog because the dog was trying to bite him, a police report states.
Officers found blood on the porch and near the front entrance of a Princess Street home, but did not find blood across the street where Stores said he shot the dog, police said.
Police recovered a handgun in connection with the incident.
Teah Crew, the dog’s owner, joined close to 10 animal-rights activists who protested outside the courthouse before Stores’ pretrial hearing. Crew said she believes the dog was shot while on her front porch.
“I heard the thump of his body against the door,” Crew said.
Crew told The Vindicator in October that, at the time of the incident, the Rott-weiler mix had escaped from her Princess Street home along with a Newfoundland dog.
Judge Patrick Cunning granted a request by Stores’ lawyer for more time to review information against her client presented by the prosecution. Stores will appear at 9 a.m. May 3 for another pretrial hearing.