CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A family is devastated and searching for answers after their dog was shot and killed near their Chesterfield Township home.
“I just went numb because how could somebody do this to my family before Christmas?” said the dog’s owner, Chelsea Young.
Chesterfield Township Police are investigating and said the pitbull/husky mix was shot and killed on the morning of Dec. 23 near 24 Mile Road and Walnut Drive.
Young described their dog Stella as kind, gentle and loving.
“She had this little heart mark on the top of her forehead -- and she loved everybody.”
Young said her husband was home as Stella came limping up to their back porch after being shot in the lungs.
The single gunshot killed the dog.
Young believes it happened in or near their unfenced yard.
“It was here,” she said. “She would have not gotten far; she wouldn’t have made it home to be with us in those last final moments.”
Aside from losing a beloved pet, the unsolved shooting has robbed the family of their sense of safety in and around their home.
“I’m scared, I’m overwhelmed,” Young said. “The person who did this has taken away my home from not just me, but my children.”
Young is relying on the police to find the person responsible.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Chesterfield Township Police Detective Walsh at 586-949-3657.