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CATLETTSBURG A teenager was sentenced to a decade in prison after he played with a 12-gauge, resulting in his friend being shot in the face at point-blank range.
The jury heard a defense expert testify that Terry Michel suffered from PTSD and depression and may have had a dissociative event when he shot the two Labradors, but ultimately
Terry Eugene Michel, the Ferrum man charged with killing his two dogs, was found guilty Thursday following a nearly two day jury trial in Rocky Mount. The jury heard a defense expert testify that Terry Michel suffered from PTSD and depression and may have had a dissociative event when he shot the two Labradors, but ultimately sided with the prosecution.
The case involving Buddy Bear, the service dog owned by Joeseph and Edith Sande, is keeping the court system busy with numerous hearings in coming days and months.
The most recent shooting is the seventh gunfire incident to injure but not kill at least one juvenile since Jan. 1.