LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A girl is accused of stabbing and killing a 4-month-old pet a day after taking custody of it, in accordance with paperwork the 8 Information Now Investigators obtained.
A Clark County grand jury voted final week to indict Shuntiera Tyler on a cost of cruelty to animals, information mentioned.
On Sept. 15, 2024, an individual found the 4-month-old Husky-German Shepherd combine “beaten and bleeding” in a dumpster at an residence advanced close to Rainbow Boulevard and Sundown Street, paperwork mentioned.
A Clark County Animal Safety Providers officer responded, discovering the pet in poor situation and never respiration, paperwork mentioned. The officer scanned the canine’s microchip, discovering the title of the pet’s earlier proprietor.
That earlier proprietor informed police he re-homed the pet to Tyler the day earlier than, paperwork mentioned. That particular person additionally informed police that Tyler informed him she gave the canine to a different particular person as a result of she couldn’t preserve the canine in her residence.
In an interview with police, Tyler described how she met a 3rd particular person to drop off the canine, paperwork mentioned. Police reviewed surveillance movies from close by shops and companies, and used license-plate-reader expertise, however couldn’t discover Tyler’s automobile on the route she described.
The invention of the canine within the dumpster occurred simply 9 minutes after Tyler informed an individual she re-homed the canine, police mentioned.
Tyler’s grand jury cost signifies she is accused of stabbing the pet within the chest.
Metro police initially arrested Tyler in February, information mentioned. Las Vegas Justice Courtroom Decide Rebecca Saxe set bail at $20,000 and ordered Tyler to not have any animals. Tyler’s justice courtroom case was dismissed following the grand jury indictment.
Throughout a grand jury return listening to final week, Clark County District Courtroom Chief Decide Jerry Wiese ordered Tyler to seem in courtroom on Could 20. Tyler remained out of custody as of Tuesday.
