A very unusual story came out of Ogden where a man shot and killed his neighbor’s husky after it attacked several chickens in his backyard.

Police told Jordan Guerrein that this is a very rare situation in Ogden. Both the homeowner who shot the husky and the dog owner are facing charges.

According to Ogden Police, this all happened just after four on Sunday afternoon at the home of Stephen Magin on Spencerport Road.

Police say Magin came home to find his neighbor’s husky has killed three of his chickens he kept in the backyard.

Ogden Police Chief Christopher Mears says that Magin shot the husky once and killed it with a licensed pistol that was registered to Magin.

He was not charged for killing the dog, though he was cited with a town code violation for owning livestock in a residential neighborhood without proper land requirements.

“I was a dog owner myself, I was a K9 officer,” said Chief Mears. “You hate to see any harm come to any dog, but by the same standpoint there is a section of the law which allows a person to protect his own animals and his own property, so that’s what we had here.”

The dog’s owner was also cited with a violation for having a loose dog.

Chief Mears says he only sees incidents like this once every five to ten years.