{"id":937986,"date":"2026-10-18T20:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T20:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937986\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T20:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T20:06:13","slug":"man-charged-after-allegedly-shooting-cat-with-pellet-gun-winnipeg-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937986\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged after allegedly shooting cat with pellet gun: Winnipeg police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeg police says a 48-year-old man has been charged after allegedly shooting a cat with a pellet gun.<\/p>\n<p>WPS says officers responded to a report of a gun around 9:30 a.m. near Ottawa Avenue and Roch Street.<\/p>\n<p>Through an investigation, police say that a cat had been injured after being shot by a pellet gun, and it received medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, a 48-year-old man has since been charged with killing or injuring animals, causing unnecessary suffering to an animal, discharging a firearm with intent, and possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792353973_657_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg police says a 48-year-old man has been charged after allegedly shooting a cat with a pellet gun.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-937986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}