Sumter Police: Dog dies after being found shot on Monday

(Courtesy: Sumter Police Dept.) Kash

SUMTER CO., S.C. (WOLO) – Sumter Police say a dog that was found shot on Monday has died.

According to investigators, animal control officers were called to the area of Calhoun and Engleside Streets after 4 p.m., when the dog named Kash, a tri-color mixed-breed male, was found injured and bleeding from an apparent gunshot wound.

Police say they were able to locate Kash’s owners and he was brought to a local veterinary clinic, where he later had to be euthanized.

If you have any information, you can call the Sumter Police Department’s Animal Control Unit at 803-436-2741.

You can also call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.