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Four teens have now been charged in the death of a coyote earlier this month on South Sacramento Street in Mount Greenwood, officials said.
Chicago (WLS) – Four teens have been charged in the death of a coyote earlier this month on Chicago's Southwest Side.
Chicago police said the incident occurred on January 11 in the 10600 block of South Sacramento Avenue and Mount Greenwood.
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Illinois Conservation Police said the teens, ages 16 and 17, shot a coyote with a bow and stomped it.
Chicago police said they were called to the scene after witnesses claimed to see several male criminals abusing a coyote. The wolf was later found dead on private property and removed.
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The teens were cited for illegally searching without supervision, illegally searching on land without permission of the owner, illegally searching within 100 yards of a home, and illegally abandoning a wildlife carcass on private property without permission.
No other information was immediately available.
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