On March 30, deputies with Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to South Bend Township, according to a post on Facebook.
“Lily Anne was the best dog in the world and there’s nothing you can do to change my mind,” Lily’s owner Alyssa DeBill said in a March 31 Facebook post. “She gave the best kisses & snuggles.”
While investigating, a neighbor told deputies they were outside when they heard two gunshots, officers said.
DeBill said her two stepsons were in the living room of her two-story house when Lily was fatally shot in the chest, according to her Facebook post.
Deputies learned someone had left a “threatening” note on DeBill’s door saying to “keep their dogs from barking,” officials said.
DeBill plans to have Lily cremated so the entire “family can have a piece of her with them always,” a GoFundMe page said.
“She truly was the best girl,” DeBill said.
The investigation remains ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call 507-304-4863, deputies said.
South Bend Township is about a 100-mile drive southwest of Saint Paul.
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