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SUMMER: A HORSE WAS SHOT AND KILLED THIS MORNING AFTER GOING INTO A NEIGHBORING PASTURE. STEWART: SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SAY THE MAN WHO SHOT THE HORSE, DID IT IN SELF-DEFENSE. SUMMER: BUT AS WESH 2’S CLAIRE METZ REPORTS, THE OWNER IS OUTRAGED, AND ISN’T BUYING THAT EXCUSE. CLAIRE: INVESTIGATORS SAY THE 6-YEAR-OLD STALLION GOT AWAY FROM HIS PROPERTY DOWN THE ROAD AND WANDERED THROUGH AN OPEN FENCE AT THIS PROPERTY ACCORDING TO THE OWNER, THE STALLION WAS GOING AFTER HIS MARES. NATORE BORST SAYS SHE’S RAISED HER HORSE NAME BOLT, SINCE HE WAS A COLT THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE PAIR, SO THE SIGHT OF THE ANIMAL ON THE GROUND, SHOT TO DEATH IS ALMOST TOO MUCH TO BEAR. >> I WOULD HAVE WANTED THEM TO CALL ME OR MY FATHER SO WE COULD COME GET HIM THEN WE WOULDN’T HAVE TO BE BURYING HIM TODAY. >> HE HAS A RIGHT TO PROTECT HIMSELF. CLAIRE: ACCORDING TO LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICIALS, THE UNIDENTIFIED PROPERTY OWNER WHO SHOT THE HORSE FIRST TRIED TO REMOVE THE EQUINE INTRUDER. OFFICIALS SAY HE WAS USING FEED TO GET THE HORSE TO COME TO HIM AND TRY AND ROPE HIM, WHEN THE HORSE REARED UP. >> THE STALLION KICKED HIM IN THE SHOULDER, KNOCKED HIM ON THE GROUND, AND WAS GETTING READY TO IT SEEMS TO CONTINUE TO TRAMPLE HIM. CLAIRE: BUT THE HORSE OWNER, MS. BORST, INSISTS HER HORSE IS GENTLE HARMLESS, SHE SHARED PICTURES OF CHILDREN RIDING HIM TO MAKE THAT POINT. THE HORSE HAS A HISTORY OF GETTING OUT FROM HIS PASTURE, AT LEAST A HALF A DOZEN TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS ACCORDING TO ANIMAL CONTROL. THE OWNER HAS EVEN BEEN CITED BUT SHE DOESN’T THINK IT WARRANTED A DEATH SENTENCE. >> YOU DON’T JUST KILL SOMETHING LIKE THAT. A FAMILY PET. >> HERE’S A GUY THAT WAS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, TRYING TO ROPE THE HORSE, GET THE HORSE OFF THE PROPERTY AND HE WAS ATTACKED. CLAIRE: INVESTIGATORS SAY AS FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED, THE CASE IS CLOSED. THE MAN WHO WAS REPORTEDLY KI

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A horse was shot and killed in Lake County after it wandered into a neighboring pasture, officials said.The horse's owner is outraged, but deputies said the man who shot the horse did it in self defense.Investigators said the 6-year-old stallion got away from Natore Borst's property and wandered through an open fence to another property.According to that property's owner, the stallion was going after his mares."He was like a family member, I've had him for so long," Borst said.Borst said she'd raised her horse, named Bolt, since he was a colt."I would have wanted them to call me or my father so we could come get him. Then we wouldn't have to be burying him today," Borst said.Lake County officials said the property owner had the right to protect himself.According to sheriff's officials, the property owner who shot the horse first tried to remove the equine intruder.Officials said he was using feed to get the horse to come to him so he could try to rope him, when the horse reared up.Deputies said the stallion kicked the man in the shoulder, knocked him on the ground, and seemed to be getting ready to trample him.Borst, insists her horse is gentle. She shared pictures of children riding him to make that point. Officials said the horse had a history of getting out of his pasture, including at least a half dozen times in the last two years.Bolt's owner has even been cited but she doesn't think it warranted a death sentence.. Investigators said as far as they are concerned, the case is closed. The man who was reportedly kicked by the horse did not need medical attention.