Landlord enters tenants home while they are on vacation, chases their cat outside and shoots him [View all]

A 37-year-old landlord in North Carolina has been arrested after he allegedly broke into the home of two of his tenants while they were on vacation, kicking and then shooting their pet cat.

According to a news release from the Burke County Sheriff’s Office, the agency’s Criminal Investigations and Narcotics Division on July 15 received a report involving “breaking and entering as well as animal cruelty.” The following day, a detective made contact with the victims, who provided surveillance footage of the incident purporting to show McCormack on July 10, 2024, entering their home without authorization and then kicking and shooting their cat.

According to a news release from the Burke County Sheriff’s Office, the agency’s Criminal Investigations and Narcotics Division on July 15 received a report involving “breaking and entering as well as animal cruelty.” The following day, a detective made contact with the victims, who provided surveillance footage of the incident purporting to show McCormack on July 10, 2024, entering their home without authorization and then kicking and shooting their cat.

McCormack, who owns multiple rental properties in the area of Burke County, spoke to Charlotte, North Carolina, ABC affiliate WSOC about the incident and claimed that the tenants had never been given permission to keep a cat on the premises. He further claimed that he did not actually intend to shoot the cat, only give it a scare so it would run away.

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In addition to the charges in connection to the cat incident, McCormack also has multiple cases pending in Burke and Iredell Counties, including two counts of violating a domestic violence protective order, cyberstalking, assault on a female, speeding, and resisting a public officer, reckless driving to endanger, and having an expired registration card or tag.

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