A Red Wing man told deputies he used a bow to kill his German shepherd and another man on the property said he came at him with a knife, according to the complaint.
Nicholas Dean Turner, 39, is charged in Goodhue County District Court with felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon (a maximum of seven years in prison, a $14,000 fine or both), felony threats of violence (five years, a $10,000 fine or both), felony domestic assault (five years, a $10,000 fine or both) and felony animal torture (two years, a $5,000 fine or both). The alleged offenses date to Nov. 10 and the complaint was filed Nov. 12.
Deputies were sent to a home in Red Wing about 7:20 a.m. Nov. 10 after a report that a man tried to run Turner over with a truck, the complaint says. Turner was not struck. He told a deputy the driver went at him after he threw a water jug at the truck’s window, then said, “I killed the dog,” according to the complaint.
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Deputies found a dead German shepherd wrapped in a blanket in the driveway with a significant wound, the complaint says. Turner told the deputy he used a bow and could not say why. Deputies later found a bloody arrow on the property and the complaint says Turner confirmed it was the one he used.
The other man told deputies Turner came at him with a Buck knife, holding it up by his ear with the blade forward and walked toward him before he got in his truck and left, the complaint says. He said he believed Turner stabbed the dog. Turner told deputies he had a blade in his hand during the argument, then said he did not remember exactly what happened.
Deputies arrested Turner at 9:43 a.m. the same morning, according to the complaint.
