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While the RCSO maintained that they had made progress in their investigation of the horse’s shooting, they declined to release specifics, and every week Hitchen called to see if. anyone had been caught. The recovered bullet sat in an evidence locker in a Northern Virginia laboratory, waiting to be tested.
Six months passed.
On Monday, May 15, the RCSO called Hitchen to tell him that the bullet found inside Hasty Hobo had been matched to bullets fired from a rifle that had been seized by RCSO investigator Lt. Connie Smith during her initial investigation. The RCSO has declined to officially comment on the investigation while it is still in progress, but reportedly a warrant for the arrest of an individual who was allegedly hunting on the property of Hitchen’s neighbor has been issued. It is expected that this suspect would be charged with Reckless Use of a Firearm. The suspect’s motive for shooting Hasty Hobo is not known, but Hitchen is willing to believe that it was an accident. He praised the RCSO’s tenacity in pursuing this case,
“They’re the best sheriff’s department in the state. Lt. Smith is a bulldog, said Hitchen.
Email the reporter at mtayloe@timespapers.com
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