Police seek suspect who shot, killed 2 cows on Somerset County farm

Paul Peirce | Wednesday, February 12, 2020 11:10 a.m.

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Cows are seen in a field along Pine Drive in Crabtree, on Friday, on Dec. 7, 2018.

State police are asking the public’s help identifying the person who shot and killed two Hereford cows on a Somerset County farm between Friday and Saturday.

Trooper Eric Bowser of the Somerset station said Wednesday the cows were shot with a rifle sometime between 6 p.m. Friday and 6:30 a.m. Saturday in a pasture of a farm along Mastillo Road in Jenner Township.

One cow was found dead near the road and the other pregnant cow fell dead in front of the 85-year-old farm owner as it walked up to him “crying” in pain, Bowser said.

The farm has 22 head of Hereford cattle, Bowser said.

Both cows were worth $3,800.

Anyone with information is asked to telephone state police at 814-445-4104.