{"id":225580,"date":"2025-09-14T07:16:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T07:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/225580\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T07:16:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T07:16:39","slug":"man-accused-of-shooting-two-stray-dogs-in-southwest-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/225580\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of shooting two stray dogs in southwest Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two dogs were found with gunshot wounds and were taken by the Houston SPCA\u2019s Animal Rescue Ambulance for emergency treatment. (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A Houston man is facing multiple felony charges after two dogs were shot at an apartment complex in southwest Harris County this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officials with Harris County Constable Precinct 1 said Oscar Junior Johnson is charged with two counts of felony animal cruelty and unlawful possession of a firearm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Deputies said a witness reported seeing Johnson fire several shots at a group of seven dogs around 12:40 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment complex on Hillcroft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Two dogs were found with gunshot wounds and were taken by the Houston SPCA\u2019s Animal Rescue Ambulance for emergency treatment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cOne dog has multiple fractures; the other has a broken ulna. Both have gunshot wounds with entry and exit points,\u201d said Dr. Roberta Westbrook, Senior VP of Veterinary Medicine at the Houston SPCA. Westbrook adds that both dogs are stable and in good condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Authorities encourage anyone who suspects animal cruelty to contact the Houston SPCA hotline at 713-869-7722 or submit a report online at <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonspca.org\/animal-cruelty.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/houstonspca.org\/animal-cruelty.\">houstonspca.org\/animal-cruelty.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorHolly Galvan Posey headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/2J32PDWT6X5BWU2SVME0EEE7B9\/\" title=\"View Holly Galvan Posey&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Holly Galvan Posey<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Holly joined the KPRC 2 digital team in March 2024, leveraging her eight years of expertise in blogging and digital content to share her passion for Houston. Outside of work, she enjoys exploring the city&#8217;s vibrant scenes, all while balancing her roles as a wife and mother to two toddlers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two dogs were found with gunshot wounds and were taken by the Houston SPCA\u2019s Animal Rescue Ambulance for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":225581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[12424,4219,122033,20882,4345,57309,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-225580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-arrest","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-harris-county-constable-precinct-1","11":"tag-hcso","12":"tag-houston","13":"tag-houston-spca","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115201427597972696","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}