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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Crime Alert 07.21.23

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Horse trainer kills horse while shooting at son. Horse thief still on the run in Florida.

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0:00.0

Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Gray, some breaking crime news now.

0:03.1

Renown North Carolina horse trainer, John Vick Russell, gets in an argument with a son

0:08.2

while working on the farm.

0:09.9

Russell gets in his truck, seemingly to drive off, but instead gets a gun and starts shooting

0:15.8

at his own son, striking the horse.

0:19.0

His son is riding.

0:20.0

The horse, a Grand Prix jumper named Franklin's tower, had to be euthanized due to his injuries.

0:25.4

Russell's son's fiance has said that he is extremely shaken by the incident, heartbroken

0:29.6

and concerned for his father, who has now been released on a $90,000 bail.

0:34.6

One of Russell's lawyers Jennifer Lobb has urged others against rushing to judgment, claiming

0:38.9

health issues could have made Russell's mind foggy, or that the gun could have accidentally

0:42.9

gone off.

0:43.9

Russell, now charged with assault with a deadly weapon and animal cruelty.

0:48.2

A man traveling with his horse stops at a Florida hotel for the night, leaving the horse

0:52.2

in his trailer.

0:53.2

Three a.m., a man riding a bike past the hotel, notices the trailer stops, breaks the

0:58.9

lock, coaxes the horse out, and rides off on his bike, with the horse in tow.

1:05.4

Cops still looking for the horse thief, and the missing black and white pass of Fino

1:10.3

horse.

1:11.3

How hard can it be to find a horse?

1:14.2

More crime and justice news after this.

1:18.8

Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, crime aligns John Limley.

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