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ALHAMBRA -- Police in Alhambra say they believe someone intentionally killed a man's three dogs by giving them poisoned meat.
The dogs' owner, Benny Saldivar, told police he found them unresponsive at 5:30 a.m. Monday inside his fenced yard, with what appeared to be meat covered with white powder.
Police were called to the home in the 1400 block of West Ramona Road, and the initial investigation indicated the dogs -- a pug and two terriers -- may have been targeted.
Saldivar told KTLA he believes his dogs were intentionally poisoned.
Several other dogs in the neighborhood were not harmed, according to Alhambra Police Sgt. Brandon Black.
KTLA has learned police are questioning a neighbor who filed a police report over a year ago complaining that Saldivar's dogs were too loud.
The suspected poisoned meat was to be submitted for testing and analysis.
It's unclear what exactly the white powder is, but police are almost certain it's poison. They believe someone threw the poisoned meat into the backyard.
"I didn't think it would be so emotional because they're dogs," Saldivar, a former Marine, told KTLA. "But it was emotional, especially when my kids came."
"Cowards... Cowards would do this," Saldivar said.
The dogs' owner, Benny Saldivar, told police he found them unresponsive at 5:30 a.m. Monday inside his fenced yard, with what appeared to be meat covered with white powder.
Police were called to the home in the 1400 block of West Ramona Road, and the initial investigation indicated the dogs -- a pug and two terriers -- may have been targeted.
Saldivar told KTLA he believes his dogs were intentionally poisoned.
Several other dogs in the neighborhood were not harmed, according to Alhambra Police Sgt. Brandon Black.
KTLA has learned police are questioning a neighbor who filed a police report over a year ago complaining that Saldivar's dogs were too loud.
The suspected poisoned meat was to be submitted for testing and analysis.
It's unclear what exactly the white powder is, but police are almost certain it's poison. They believe someone threw the poisoned meat into the backyard.
"I didn't think it would be so emotional because they're dogs," Saldivar, a former Marine, told KTLA. "But it was emotional, especially when my kids came."
"Cowards... Cowards would do this," Saldivar said.
