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2 shot over dog mauling
By SCOTT SMITH
Tribune staff writer
Thursday, August 18, 2005
TIPTON -- A Hobbs man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly shooting two men in the wake of a fight between two dogs.
David Lee Bible, 54, 3300 block of East Ind. 28, was arrested Saturday after Tipton sheriff deputies and Indiana State Police responded to a call of shots fired.
According to sheriff investigators, Trent L. Jacobs, 21, Noblesville, and Jacob E. Morisett, 22, Windfall, suffered buckshot wounds to the legs after Bible shot the pair with a .410-gauge shotgun. The wounds were not life-threatening, according to police.
Police reported Bible became enraged when he saw a pitbull/labrador mix mauling his pet poodle, which died after the attack. Jacobs and Morisett, who had been visiting Bible's neighbor, Dustin L. Keifer, came onto Bible's property to retrieve the mix-breed when Bible emerged from his home with the shotgun, police said.
"Mr. Bible came out of the house and [Morisett and Jacobs] were already leaving the property with the dog. Mr. Bible stated he yelled at the boys to bring the dog back. The boys kept walking away. Mr. Bible stated he walked after the boys and fired his .410-gauge shotgun toward the dog from the corner of his property," reported Deputy Matthew Tebbe.
Police were unsure who owned the pitbull mix, but said the dog ran out of Keifer's house when the door was ajar. While pursuing the dog, Bible fired between three and five shots, some while he was on his own property and some when he was not, police said.
At one point, Bible suspected the dog was inside a truck parked at Keifer's house and fired a round through the truck's window, police said. Several witnesses also told police Bible pointed his shotgun at them after being confronted, police said.
Bible was not able to kill the dog.
Wednesday, Bible was charged with three counts of pointing a loaded firearm, a Class D felony; two counts of misdemeanor criminal mischief for causing damage to two parked pickup trucks; and one count of criminal recklessness, a Class D felony.
Bible posted a $25,000 bond Tuesday and was released from the Tipton County jail.
(Kokomo Tribune)
By SCOTT SMITH
Tribune staff writer
Thursday, August 18, 2005
TIPTON -- A Hobbs man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly shooting two men in the wake of a fight between two dogs.
David Lee Bible, 54, 3300 block of East Ind. 28, was arrested Saturday after Tipton sheriff deputies and Indiana State Police responded to a call of shots fired.
According to sheriff investigators, Trent L. Jacobs, 21, Noblesville, and Jacob E. Morisett, 22, Windfall, suffered buckshot wounds to the legs after Bible shot the pair with a .410-gauge shotgun. The wounds were not life-threatening, according to police.
Police reported Bible became enraged when he saw a pitbull/labrador mix mauling his pet poodle, which died after the attack. Jacobs and Morisett, who had been visiting Bible's neighbor, Dustin L. Keifer, came onto Bible's property to retrieve the mix-breed when Bible emerged from his home with the shotgun, police said.
"Mr. Bible came out of the house and [Morisett and Jacobs] were already leaving the property with the dog. Mr. Bible stated he yelled at the boys to bring the dog back. The boys kept walking away. Mr. Bible stated he walked after the boys and fired his .410-gauge shotgun toward the dog from the corner of his property," reported Deputy Matthew Tebbe.
Police were unsure who owned the pitbull mix, but said the dog ran out of Keifer's house when the door was ajar. While pursuing the dog, Bible fired between three and five shots, some while he was on his own property and some when he was not, police said.
At one point, Bible suspected the dog was inside a truck parked at Keifer's house and fired a round through the truck's window, police said. Several witnesses also told police Bible pointed his shotgun at them after being confronted, police said.
Bible was not able to kill the dog.
Wednesday, Bible was charged with three counts of pointing a loaded firearm, a Class D felony; two counts of misdemeanor criminal mischief for causing damage to two parked pickup trucks; and one count of criminal recklessness, a Class D felony.
Bible posted a $25,000 bond Tuesday and was released from the Tipton County jail.
(Kokomo Tribune)