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SARAH: ELIZABETH FLETCHER COLLECTS EGGS WITH HER SON, MCCOY. SHE’S RAISING HIM ON HER GRANDMOTHER’S FARM JUST OFF BLAIR HIGH AND DUTCH HALL ROAD, THE SAME PLACE SHE SPENT TIME AS A KI FARMLAND MEANS LOTS OF ANIMALS, INCLUDING THEIR TWO BELOVED POT BELLY PIGS PATTY AND BEAN, WE’VE HAD THEM FOR 10 YEARS. WE GOT THEM WHEN THEY WERE PIGLETS, THEY WERE INSIDE BARN PIGS, BUT THEY ALSO ROAMED AFTER HARVEST WHEN FARMERS GOT THEIR CROPS OUT OF THE FIELDS. SARAH: THE NORMALLY QUIET COUNTRYSIDE, SHATTERED SUNDAY MORNING. >> WE HEARD SHOTS FIRED JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE THE BACK SIDE OF THE BARN. WHICH IS NOT FAR. SARAH: FLETCHER SAYS SOMEONE IN AN OLDER, MAROON FOUR-DOOR WITH -- CAR WITH SILVER HANDLES DROVE BY AND OPENED FIRE. >> I DIDN’T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE PIGS UNTIL I SAW THEM IN THAT FIELD. SARAH: SOMEONE SHOT PATTY AND BEAN AND LEFT THEM FOR DEAD. >> FELT BAD, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ANIMALS SUFFERED QUITE A BIT. THEY WERE SHOT AND THEY WEREN’T DEAD YET WHEN THE DEPUTIES ARRIVED. SARAH: DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTY TODD CRUISE SAYS THEY FOUND FIVE SHELL CASINGS ON THE ROAD. THE CALIBER, LIKELY FIRED FROM A HIGH-POWERED RIFLE. >> I DON’T KNOW WHAT IN THE HECK THEY’RE DOING DRIVING AROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF A SUNDAY WITH AN AR-15 LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SHOOT, BUT THEY NEED TO BE CAUGHT. SARAH: FLETCHER KNOWS THE GUNFIRE COULD’VE HIT HER SON >> IT’S TERRIFING TO KNOW THAT YOUR CHILDREN, MY FRIEND’S CHIL WAS RIGHT OUT HERE PLAYING WITH THEIR TRUCKS IN THE SAND I MEAN, THEY WERE RIGHT THERE. SARAH: DEPUTIES ARE TESTING TH CASINGS TO SEE IF THERE ARE FINGERPRINTS. THE SHOOTER COULD FACE THREE YEARS IN PRISON ON ANIMAL ABUSE CHARGES IF CAUGHT. FLETCHER

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Douglas County Deputies are investigating after someone shot and killed two family pigs in a field.The owner of the pigs, Elizabeth Fletcher, said she’s saddened by the loss and realizes it could have been much worse.Fletcher lives on her grandmother's farm just off Blair High Road and Dutch Hall Road.It’s same place she spent time as a kid. Farmland means lots of animals including their two beloved pot belly pigs.“Patty and Bean. We're had them for 10 years. We got them when they were piglets, they were inside barn pigs, but they also roamed after harvest when farmers got their crops out of the fields,” she said.They were roaming one of those fields when the normally quiet countryside was shattered Sunday morning.“We heard shots fired just right outside the back side of the barn. Which is not far (from where they were)” she said.Fletcher said someone in an older, maroon four-door car with silver handles drove by and opened fire.“I didn’t even think about the pigs until I saw them in that field. I just didn’t think someone would do that,” she said.Someone shot Patty and Bean and left them for dead.“I felt bad, because it sounds like the animals suffered quite a bit. They were shot and they weren't dead yet when the deputies arrived so they suffered for quite some time,” Douglas County Deputy Todd Cruise said.Cruise said they found five shell casings on the road near where it happened.They said the caliber was likely fired from a high-powered rifle.“I don’t know what in the heck they're doing, driving around in the middle of a Sunday, with an AR-15, looking for something to shoot, but they need to be caught,” she said.Fletcher is devastated at the loss of her family pets."There’s been a lot of grieving going on around here. They had a great life so we're going to miss them a lot. That's 10 years of pig love that we're going to miss,” she said.Even more concerning, she knows the gunfire could've hit her son.“It’s terrifying to know that your children, my friend’s child, was right out here playing with their trucks in the sand. I mean they were right there,” she said.Deputies are testing the casings to see if there are fingerprints on the bullets. The shooter could face three years in prison on animal abuse charges. Fletcher just hopes someone saw something and comes forward. If you know anything that could help deputies, call 402-444-6000.