Man admits shooting three dogs while being evicted from NE Harris County home he shared with ex-girlfriend

Houston – A Crosby man getting booted out of the apartment he shared with his ex-girlfriend, shot three of the couple’s dogs, according to the Harris County Precinct 3 Constable’s Office.

His ex called 9-1-1 overnight saying Jared Marshall showed up drunk and not in a good state of mind.

The woman said she was scared and left the house with one of the couple’s five dogs.

• RELATED: Having housing issues? Here’s how to make sure your pet stays safe

When deputies got to the house on N. Diamondhead Boulevard, they found one dog dead in the backyard, stuffed in a plastic bag.

Two more dogs inside the house were shot but alive and another dog was safe inside a cage by the front of the house.

• ‘We will not rest’: Houston Mayor promising all 264,000+ abandoned cases will get reviewed

Jared Marshall told the officers he did it because he thought the dogs would just be too much to handle once he’d left the house, Pct. 3 said.

Deputies said they found the gun Marshall used in the living room.

He’s in the Harris County jail charged with cruelty to non-livestock, which is a 3rd degree felony.