The Huntsville Item
December 2, 2011
By Cody Stark
HUNTSVILLE — Former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell still feels upset about the shooting death of his service dog DASY almost three years after the fact.
When the local war hero took the stand Thursday in the cruelty to non-livestock animals trial of Alfonso Hernandez, one of the two accused in the case, Luttrell said he was so angry the night his dog was killed that he drew a pistol on the car the suspects were riding in.
“I wanted to take a shot at the driver, but I figured if I missed and shot out the back window, I would not be able to catch them,” Luttrell said.
An hour after DASY was shot on April 1, 2009, law enforcement officers eventually caught up to the car with Luttrell’s help. And Thursday, Luttrell got some closure in the case.
Hernandez was found guilty of a state jail felony by a Walker County jury of four men and eight women in the 278th District Court.
