A man suspected of shooting his two dogs in Anacortes this past March, killing one and injuring the other, has been arrested in Pierce County.

Army Specialist Travis Carl McDermitt of the 5th Stryker Brigade was stopped during a random inspection while entering Fort Lewis about 10 a.m. Thursday.
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Talia Ganser August 24, 2008 - 06:15 AM
The owner of two dogs shot and left to die in Heart Lake Park last spring has confessed to shooting the two boxers.

McDermitt is in the U.S. Army and is stationed at the Fort Lewis Army Base in Pierce County.

The male dog was found dead the night he was shot, but his surviving sister wasn’t discovered until some people walking in the park the next morning found her in desperate need of care.

After the shooting, witnesses told police that McDermitt seemed aggravated with his two boxers after they destroyed drapes while left alone in an Anacortes motel room. Another witness said McDermitt offered him the dogs at Heart Lake Park. Court documents say, McDermitt told the witness he was going to shoot the boxers.

What is it about this current breed of soldiers and their seeming need to inflict pain and suffering on helpless domestic animals?  Disgusting.

Now there’s a sweeping generalization if ever I saw one.

Just Second Degree Animal Cruelty?  Leaving a dog to slowly die from 2 gunshot wounds only rates 2nd Degree charges?

Justice was not served.  But some prosecution is better than none.

Talk about a slap on the hand of the man that confesses he murdered the male boxer and left the female boxer to die. I wonder if that would be the stepping stone to murder of a human if angered enough. When I think that this was all over being upset that the dogs were chewing up the curtains in a motel room it breaks my heart. He needs to take responsibility for so much more than has been given to him by the courts, just my opinion.