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A DOG was shot in the head in a Keysborough front yard on 5 April.
The seven-year-old boxer’s owner, a man in his 70s, heard his two dogs barking about 7.15pm, followed by a gunshot.
He rushed out of his Kirkham Road West home in time to see a car speed away, and found one dog with a bullet wound to the head in his driveway.
Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Nick Lamb said a vehicle was heard driving erratically in the area about the time of the shooting.
He said police had not identified a motive for the attack and there were no signs of an attempted break-in at the premises.
“Obviously it’s a concern – people going around with firearms and using them to shoot animals, or discharge them in a public place,” he said.
Det Sen Const Lamb urged any witnesses to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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