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Nickolas B. Monroe, a 26-year-old resident of Walnut Avenue in Bunnell’s Mondex neighborhood, shot and killed a dog Thursday (Dec. 5), firing at the animal in front of its owners, a 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy. The teens had just asked permission from Monroe to look for their dog, a Great Pyrenees, who’d strayed onto Monroe’s property. The dog, according to Monroe, had previously gone onto his property many times and killed more than a dozen of his chickens, and his owners had been warned. The incident took place Thursday evening. James Smith, 59, a resident of Walnut Avenue...

">The DeKalb County medical examiner says a woman found dead in her home was killed by at least one of her five dogs. Twenty-three-year-old Rebecca Carey spent her life rescuing animals, taking several into her home to keep them from ending up at animal control. Carey’s best friend, Jackie Cira, went to Carey’s home when she did not show up for work on Sunday. “There was a lot of blood,” Cira said. “And when first got there, it looked like she had fallen and hit her head.” The DeKalb County medical examiner ruled Carey’s death was the result of dog...