Dog Found Shot To Death In Tacoma Backyard

TACOMA, Wash. – A couple is in shock after their 2-year-old dog Farru was shot and killed in their own backyard Saturday night. 

Police showed up at about 9:45 p.m. after receiving a disturbance call. Aron Garcia-Pena and Paola Aguilar didn’t get home until about 30 minutes later.

“We saw that one of our dogs was just laying down in our driveway,” Garcia-Pena said. “We thought he was just sleeping or something.”

Sadly, that wasn’t the case.

Security camera footage shows a person walking down the alleyway behind Garcia-Pena and Aguilar’s property. Then, someone walking up to the fence, pulling out a weapon and shooting Farru.

The suspect then takes off running toward East Grandview Avenue.

As of right now, all police have of the suspect description is what’s in the security camera footage.

“I’m hoping people check their security cameras and see if they saw a man walk by or run by,” Aguilar said… And that they get arrested, that’s not okay.” 

They say this is the second dog they’ve lost in a year. Farru’s mom was killed by another dog that got into their backyard.

Gacria-Pena and Aguilar tell KOMO News they could have never imagined something like this would happen to their 2-year-old pup.

“Who would do this?” Aguilar said. “I mean, who has the heart to just show up to someone’s house and just shoot a dog?”

Garcia-Pena and Aguilar say they’re going to continue to canvas their neighborhood to see if anyone else might have some footage of the person that shot Farru.

“We just hope this doesn’t happen to anyone else,” Garcia-Pena said.

“We were shocked,” he added. “We didn’t even think that stuff happened here.”

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