Overview
- Christopher Lucas, 59, was charged after investigators said he shot his wife's 14-year-old dog from a second-floor window in August 2025 while attempting to hunt coyotes.
- Prosecutors said home security video captured the shooting and alleged Lucas later drove the dog to Maine for burial.
- Authorities cited hunting outside the legal season, lack of a valid Massachusetts hunting license, and discharge within 500 feet of dwellings.
- Police suspended his license to carry and seized multiple firearms; the court set a deadline to turn over remaining guns by next week.
- In court, prosecutors said Lucas told his wife he mistook the dog for a coyote, while the defense pointed to an ongoing divorce and alleged attempts to leverage the case.