Andrea Rosebrock 
Authorities still have no clue, or at least aren’t saying, why Terry Lane Freck, 65, of Ashville, NC, shot his neighbor’s dog, Zeus, a pitbull. Not only did he shoot the dog with birdshot from a shotgun, the pellets hitting the dog from head to tail practically, he did it while the dog’s owner’s 4-year-old nephew was standing right next to the dog, and on its own property.
When Jennifer Iniguez heard the shots and saw her nephew, Jose, she started screaming because he was spattered with blood. Initially she thought that he’d been shot.
“I started screaming real bad,” said Iniguez. “I thought the little boy had got shot because the blood splattered on him. That’s how close it was.”
“My understanding is the dog was shot while it was on its own property. We do not know why the dog was shot,” said Lt. Helen Hall, director of county animal control services. “All I can tell you is some children were in the area where the dog was shot in close proximity.”
The 8-month-old pitbull puppy, Zeus, was treated by a vet and is recovering from his injuries. As for the little boy, Jose, He was traumatized by the incident and a week later is still having nightmares.
“He’s very traumatize. He can’t sleep. He says the man in his sleep is going to get him,” Iniguez said.
And Jose was not the only child playing outside at the time, there were 6 children who all witnessed Freck shoot the dog, blood spattering everywhere.
Iniguez has no idea why it happened, she says Freck has never even spoken to her and that Zeus stays on his own property and doesn’t bother anyone.
“My dog doesn’t bother anybody,” Jennifer Iniguez said. “The dog was on my property. I’m scared to be at home by myself now.”
Freck has been charged with felony animal abuse rather than misdemeanor because of the nature of the crime. He was also charged with assault by pointing a gun and injury to personal property, there’s some contention that he may have pointed the gun at the child as well as firing off two shots.
“The fact that it was shot while on its own property, that is what we consider as being malicious,” Hall said.
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What is wrong with people? It’s bad enough to shoot an innocent dog for no reason but to shot a dog when there’s a small child standing right next to it, just unbelievable! And on the owner’s property yet? I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t add some kind of child endangements charges as well.
I don’t have a problem with guns and people owning guns in general but it’s quite obvious that there are some people who shouldn’t have them. Perhaps it’s also obvious that some people, namely Freck, needs some serious help, among other things! I cannot even imagine what possible reason or excuse he could come up with for his actions.
This dirty bastard , who cares even if the dog WAS on his property .If that was my dog his family would be making funeral arrangements .Poor kids will be terrified for life .Look at this idiots dump , full of no trespassing and other signs , he has issues
Terry, the dog was on his own property. This good ol boys missing a bunch of cards from his POS deck : (
Looks like Mr. Freck’s right to keep and bear arms is about to be infringed…and I sincerely hope that it is. He’s dangerous.
For the record, I’m a staunch 2nd Amendment advocate, but a gun in the hands of an unstable idiot like this is a distinct liability for us all.
Lock him up, and while he’s in the slammer, I hope the family sues him for everything he’s got.
Way too many guns in the USA
STUPID SOB B****** $#%^&()&*%$%##$%^&*((). I’D LOVE TO PUT THIS POS RIGHT IN FRONT OF A FIREING SQUAD. WTF NO ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES. I HOPE TO GOD THIS FAMILY SUES THIS POS SOB FOR EVERYTHING HE GOT. HE NEEDS TO BE LOCKED UP FOR THE REST OF HIS SOB LIFE AS HE IS CLEARLY A DANGER TO SOCIETY.
Terry…No. Too many irresponsible people. The guns are mindless machines with no will of their own. They can’t do anything without human interaction, any more than your car or your washing machine can.
Time to make people responsible for their actions rather than the artifacts that they use to do violence.
Commit a crime with a gun. Go to jail. No exceptions.
Another danger to society at large! Can’t imagine what was in his mind except nothing!
Yeh, I was just thinking, ” Does he even own a mind?” From where I’m sitting I’ld say No! : (
Barbara…There’s one in every community. A learned friend who is knowledgeable in such matters once told me that if I had an inkling of the number of people who walk a fine line…who stand behind me in the grocery store…that I’d phone in my order and hire somebody to pick it up for me.
We live in a very sick disgusting cruel world full of very ugly cruel people. I’m so glad I don’t have any children. There is now way I’d want to have any kids the way people are and the way the world is. It’s a living nightmare.
What a Bastard! I would love to shoot him myself!
Thank God Zeus is getting better and Jose was not harm physically. It will take a long time for them both to recover psychologically.
Poor babies!
Well this ignorant POS is going to get a wake up call, I hope and not a slap on the wrist. And why hasn’t he also been charged with child endangerment, possibly attempted murder? They need those charges to and maybe, that might guarentee no slap on the wrist. Any information on that D?
Absolutely disgusting, that man should get the same treatment!!!
Good question, excalibur. At the very least, he should be charged with reckless endangerment, since he fired a gun in an unsafe manner in a residential area…which is a chargeable offense, even in the county. Firing in the general direction of another person would qualify for reckless endangerment, much the same as firing into an occupied dwelling…a felony under NC law. That would make the charge of injuring the dog the least of his worries.
Maybe a call to the NC Attorney General would get the ball rollin’.
Anyone got the #, although I can’t understand why a call should have to be made, I’m perty sure that the police and the DA would have realised this from the get go, although maybe they didn’t, since it hasn’t been charged with that. Whats up with that? This going to be another Vic pretend job or has this piece of worthless crap got connections?
Well if anyone has the # and or the email address, I know I’ll be happy to throw a rock into the mix : )
Later Gators : )
I shot a letter to the NC Attorney General and asked him…or his staff…to have a look at it. You can find it online. Bein’ that he’s a politician…I dunno if a non-resident’s statement will have much impact…but it won’t hurt to try.
Way to go, it can’t hurt either : )Thanks for the imfo.
I also sent an email, so I guess we will have to wait and see.
This fool should be charged with attempted murder on that CHILD!! If he gets anything less, it would be insane. If no one knows why he shot the dog, how do they know he wasn’t aiming at the child and missed???
Bottom line on guns. I totally believe in every household member by age 17 should be taught how to properly handle a gun and have them in the household. There would be far more less crime. Check out other country’s with this policy. You can take away every single gun from the honest American citizen, and the criminal would STILL find a way to get guns. Don’t be fooled by the idiots that mis-use them!
Jessie…Indeed. If guns were completely outlawed, the criminals wouldn’t obey the law…because that’s how they roll.