{"id":329582,"date":"2026-08-25T21:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T21:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329582\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T21:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T21:24:16","slug":"brooklyn-suspect-arrested-for-wounding-labradoodle-with-stray-bullet-after-week-long-manhunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329582\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn suspect arrested for wounding Labradoodle with stray bullet after week-long manhunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A suspect has been arrested after a week-long manhunt for wounding a labradoodle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/08\/21\/gunman-shoots-labradoodle-during-late-night-walk-on-brooklyn-street\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">named Honey<\/a> with a stray bullet in Brooklyn, police said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Benitez, 29, is accused of opening fire about 5:45 p.m. Aug. 19 as the 7-year-old dog and her owner, a 64-year-old woman, walked down 31st St. near Fifth Ave. in Greenwood Heights.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A NYPD wanted poster (inset) is seen on 31st St. near 5th Ave. in Brooklyn (main photo) where a man shot a Labradoodle dog on Thursday.\" width=\"4032\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787693056_151_0821dog2.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9197273\" \/>A NYPD wanted poster (inset) in Brooklyn (main photo) where a man shot a Labradoodle dog last week. (Kerry Burke \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>Police say Benitez fired a single shot at a man but missed and hit Honey.<\/p>\n<p>Her owner, who was not hurt, took Honey home right away and family members then rushed the dog to a nearby veterinary clinic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Adrian Benitez, 29, is pictured in police custody leaving the NYPD's 72nd Precinct stationhouse in Brooklyn on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (Gardiner Anderson \/ New York Daily News)\" width=\"3596\" height=\"674\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TNY-GA-260825-perpwalk02.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9200017\" \/>Adrian Benitez, 29, in police custody leaving the NYPD&#8217;s 72nd Precinct stationhouse in Brooklyn on Tuesday. (Gardiner Anderson \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>Honey, struck in the shoulder, is now home recovering.<\/p>\n<p>Cops charged Benitez with attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon, reckless endangerment and aggravated cruelty to animals. His arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court was pending Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Benitez lives in Sunset Park, according to cops. He has no prior criminal record, police said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspect has been arrested after a week-long manhunt for wounding a labradoodle named Honey with a stray&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,10,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-329582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}