PMC man shoots dogs with toddler nearby

  • [photo by Patric Hedlund, The Mountain Enterprise]

    [photo by Patric Hedlund, The Mountain Enterprise]

By Patric Hedlund, TME

Half the people standing in the middle of Voltaire Drive in Pine Mountain Club for almost three hours the evening of Sunday, Aug. 12 were wearing uniforms with utility belts heavy with stun guns, pistols, handcuffs and batons. The other half were grim-faced neighbors, one with tear-filled eyes and a toddler on her hip. If this was a block party, it was one most of us would want to avoid.

The gathering was in two parts, one clustered in front of the home of Brandon Moor and the other in front of the home of his next door neighbors, Melissa Wentling, Robert Garza and their children.

A neighbor from Tirol Drive (behind Moor’s house) said he heard four shots in the quiet neighborhood shortly after 5 p.m. Charles Heller said numerous alarmed neighbors called 911. He said a…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

Photo captions:

Above: Brandon Moor admits he killed his neighbors’ dogs when they got on his property.

Above: Melissa Wentling points to her neighbor’s house as her 3-year-old daughter talks about her puppy that was killed. A CHP officer stands by and Robert Garza tries to calm his wife. Left: Deputy Gafford carries the long gun Brandon Moor used to kill two of his neighbor’s dogs.

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