A Bowling Green man was cited for cruelty to animals and discharging a firearm in city limits after he allegedly shot geese outside the Woodland Mall, 1234 N. Main St.
Police were called Saturday (May 3) around 6:20 p.m., for a report of several males in a black pickup shooting at geese with an airsoft gun. A witness told police they saw one of the men, Alexzander Lundquest, 19, walk up to a goose sitting on a nest, and shoot it.
The men had left the mall parking lot before police arrived. But one of the witnesses was able to give police the pickup’s license number, and police called the owner and told him to return to the mall. The driver and three other males returned.
When police questioned the driver, he reportedly initially said that no one in the pickup was shooting at anything. When police informed the driver that witnesses had seen one man shooting at geese, the driver changed his story and said the man was protecting himself.
Police were able to identify which man was shooting because a witness stated he had a mullet hairstyle.
When police asked Lundquest what he did with the gun, he reportedly said he was scared after police told them to return to the mall, so he threw the gun out of the truck near a graveyard. The gun was retrieved, and Lundquest may also face a possible charge of tampering with evidence.
