Illinois Conservation Police said four teens, ages 16 and 17, shot a coyote with a bow and stomped it to death earlier this month on Chicago’s Southwest Side.
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Four teens have now been charged in the death of a coyote earlier this month on South Sacramento Avenue in Mount Greenwood, officials said.
CHICAGO (WLS) — Four teens have been charged in the death of a coyote earlier this month on Chicago’s Southwest Side.
The incident happened January 11 in the 10600 block of South Sacramento Avenue Mount Greenwood, Chicago police said.
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Illinois Conservation police said the teens, ages 16 and 17, shot the coyote with a bow and stomped it.
Chicago police said they were called to the scene after witnesses claimed to see several male offenders abusing a coyote. The coyote was later found dead on private property and was removed.
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The teens were cited for unlawfully hunting without supervision, unlawfully hunting on lands without permission of the owner, unlawfully hunting within 100 yards of a home, and unlawful abandonment of wildlife carcass on private property without permission.
No further information was immediately available.
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Illinois Conservation Police said four teens, ages 16 and 17, shot a coyote with a bow and stomped it to death earlier this month on Chicago’s Southwest Side.