ELBA, Minn. – Somebody shot and killed a German shepherd that often wandered free about town. The dog was hit with 12-gauge birdshot. The dog’s owner blamed neighbors, but they denied it when a deputy queried them. This was about 5:25 p.m. in the 1300 block of North Main Street. Deputies checked for doorbell cams for video in the area but found none. There had been no complaints that anyone at the sheriff’s office can remember about the dog as a nuisance. Deputies were called back to Elba a couple hours later about a disturbance involving the dog owner and the same neighbors. Deputies mediated the situation.
