Two people were arrested in connection with a dog who was shot last month on the southwest side, authorities said.
On May 21, deputies responded to the 3700 block of South Reno Road to a report of shots fired,ย said Pima County Sheriff's Department spokesman, Deputy Ryan Inglett.
Upon arrival, deputies learned that the caller's dog had been shot by her neighbor, Marvin Christy, Inglett said.
Detectives found several guns in the house and discovered that Christy, 57, was a prohibited possessor. His wife, 50-year-old Rebecca Christy, who is also a prohibited possessor, was found at the house in possession of firearms, Inglett said.
Marvin Christy was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty and possession of a weapon by a prohibited possessor. Rebecca Christy was arrested in connection with her prohibited possessor status, Inglett said.
The couple was booked into the Pima County jail.
The dog sustained non life-threatening injuries, but will likely walk with a limp for the rest of it's life.
