Brookings County Sheriff’s Department investigating report of several cattle shot in pasture

August 5, 2020
Mike Tanner

BROOKINGS. S.D.—The Brookings County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a case of several cattle being shot south of Bruce.

Assistant Sheriff Scott Sebring says deputies were dispatched Tuesday morning to a pasture near 207th Street and 467th Avenue.

Three Charolais cows and a Charolais calf had been shot.

Two cows and the calf were killed, and the other cow was wounded.

The shootings happened Monday night.

The cows are valued at $3,000 each, and the calf is valued at $1,000.

The shootings remain under investigation. Anyone with information can contact the sheriff’s office at 605-696-8300.