9 dogs left in bed of hot pickup truck, 2 found dead
Updated July 14, 2023 - 5:31 pm
Two dogs were found dead Friday afternoon, along with seven others that were left in a pickup truck for several hours.
At around 3:05 p.m., police found nine dogs, most of them puppies, left in the bed of a truck for several hours without shade.
The truck was parked at Motel 6 near Dean Martin Drive and Tropicana Avenue, according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Mark Lourenco.
Lourenco said a woman had been taken into custody.
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