albuquerque police are trying to find the person who shot and killed a cat using a gun with a sniper scope. there are other cats missing in the neighborhood -- and neighbors are outraged. now, several rewards are being offered to capture the cat killer. jeff maher is here with the story. prissy', was a friendly feral cat who frequently visited her loving neighbors near eubank and indian school. the cat was gunned down this week -- and city officials are worried that the person who pulled the trigger, is capable of doing worse. "come show me the actual spot where you found her. she was laying straight out right here, and she was dead, her eyes were open. in this spot right here? right here. carin harman was looking over her flower bed tuesday morning when she found prissy', shot dead. these x-ray images show a single bullet wound right through the ribs. harman called police and animal control. "they said somebody had put a scope and scoped her and shot her. a sniper? sniper. and they think the sniper came from over there." a neighbor reported hearing a gunshot the night before at 11-pm, in the middle of a rain-storm. "i mean why would this person in the middle of the night in the rain be able to pull this off? whey would they even be interested in gunning down a cat? some people hate animals" "for a night shot that's pretty good shootin" carl and margart schulte regularly fed prissy and her feral friends. other cats are missing. posters are up offering rewards for catching the killer. the neighbors are blaming another neighbor who hates feral cats and traps them. city officials are working on extracting the bullet to match it to the gun in hopes of tracking down the cat-hating sniper. "so there's someone in the neighborhood who does not like cats? there are several people that don't like cats" "this girl over here, she's got two kids and she was asking me bout it and she's afraid to have her kids play out front now, so it's affecting the whole neighborhood" the state vet lab is working on extracting the bullet from the cat -- then they will pass on the results to a-p-d. the cat-sniper could face felony charges that include extreme cruelty to animals.
