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Published: Mar. 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM PDT|Updated: 13 hours ago
HAMILTON, Ind. (WPTA) – A Steuben County man is speaking out after his dog was shot and killed while they were out hunting.
Tyler Steury was out hunting coyotes with two of his hounds on February 2.
“My older one went in there and got struck, starting chasing the coyote. We had permission for the whole section we were in,” Steury said.
His Garmin tracker showed that his younger hound, 11-month-old Ralf, went in a different direction and eventually stopped moving.
“All my dogs are tone-broke. So if I honk my horn and tone, they come to me, so I toned in, honked my horn, nothing, and that’s when the guy yelled from his house, can’t really say what he told me on camera, but he said that he pretty much shot my dog.”
Steury called the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office, and after about an hour, a deputy led him to Ralf’s location inside the man’s property.
A police report 21Alive received on Wednesday includes details from the investigation.
56-year-old David Diehl of Steuben County was arrested on Tuesday in connection to the incident. He has since been released on bail.
According to the police report, Diehl admitted to shooting the dog, but as the investigation continues, they have found discrepancies in his story.
The report mentions a previous incident where Diehl was accused of shooting another dog that wandered onto his property.
“I don’t want to see this happen to someone else’s dog. It’s not the dog’s fault. If you want to give me a trespassing ticket, I’ll pay my ticket, but don’t point-blank shoot the dog,” Steury said.
Diehl is being charged with killing a domestic animal, a level 6 felony.
We will keep you updated as the case moves along the judiciary system.
Steury has created a Facebook group, ‘Justice for Hunting Dogs’, for people who go through similar situations. You can find it by clicking here.
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