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SPRING CREEK — A man allegedly trying to get rid of a unwanted dog on his property Thursday night shot into an occupied house next door.

Steven P. Trainor, 56, of Spring Creek had a dog in his yard that wasn’t his and he didn’t want on his property, Undersheriff Clair Morris said. He reportedly tried to shoot the dog with his 9 mm pistol, but missed and hit his neighbor’s house.

The bullet went through the house, and was stopped when it hit the window in the bathroom, Morris said. Trainor’s neighbors were in the house at the time, and one resident had finished showering in the bathroom about five minutes before he fired the gun, Morris said.

Trainor was arrested for shooting a gun at or into an occupied structure. His bail was listed at $20,000.

Morris said Trainor’s bail was that amount because of the physical threat to others.

The dog was gone by the time deputies arrived, Morris said, adding that it is not okay to shoot at a loose dog in a place where people are present. It is illegal to shoot a dog even if it’s on your property, he said.

“I don’t want them to do that because they’re in a residential area and this is what happens,” Morris said.