Eight-year-old girl’s Chihuahua is shot in the face and killed by a sniper on a balcony 

An eight-year-old girl’s Chihuahua was brutally murdered while out for a walk when a man on a balcony shot it in the face with a pellet rifle. 

Roshelle Pearson and her boyfriend were taking her daughter’s dog, named Princess, around the neighborhood in Davie, Florida on Saturday night when they heard a popping sound.

The poor eight-month-old pup, who only weighed 6 pounds, suddenly began to cry and Pearson saw blood pouring out of her mouth. 

Five minutes later, Princess was dead. 

An eight-year-old girl’s Chihuahua named Princess (pictured after she was shot) was brutally murdered while out for a walk when a man on a balcony shot it in the face with a pellet rifle

Roshelle Pearson and her boyfriend were taking her daughter's dog around the neighborhood on Saturday night when they heard a popping sound and she began bleeding from the mouth

Roshelle Pearson and her boyfriend were taking her daughter’s dog around the neighborhood on Saturday night when they heard a popping sound and she began bleeding from the mouth

Pearson had no idea what had happened to her daughter’s dog. But, thankfully, an off-duty Pembroke Pines police officer had seen the whole thing.

Miguel Osorio was driving toward the Centro at Davie apartment complex when he spotted a man on a second-floor balcony with a scoped black rifle.

Johansen Concepcion De La Ros, 19, shot Princess from a second-floor balcony 

Johansen Concepcion De La Ros, 19, shot Princess from a second-floor balcony 

He then witnessed in horror as the man took a knee, lined up the cross hairs, and fired a shot at the innocent dog, according to the Davie Police Department. 

The shooter was identified as 19-year-old Johansen Concepcion De La Ros.

Concepcion De La Ros told police that Princess had walked into his line of fire when he was shooting toward a lake from the apartment balcony, according to the Sun-Sentinel. 

The teen insisted it was an accident. But a friend who was on the balcony with Concepcion De La Ros said his intentions were far more sinister.

Daniel Alvarez told investigators that Concepcion De La Ros had showed up to his apartment with the pellet rifle. 

He said they were both on the balcony when Concepcion De La Ros spotted Princess and said ‘I’m going to shoot the dog’.  

An off-duty Pembroke Pines police officer saw Concepcion De La Ros fire a shot at the innocent dog with this pellet rifle 

An off-duty Pembroke Pines police officer saw Concepcion De La Ros fire a shot at the innocent dog with this pellet rifle 

The teen insisted it was an accident. But a friend who was on the balcony with Concepcion De La Ros said he planned to shoot the poor pup. Pictured is Princess' blood after the shooting

The teen insisted it was an accident. But a friend who was on the balcony with Concepcion De La Ros said he planned to shoot the poor pup. Pictured is Princess’ blood after the shooting

Alvarez could hear Princess’ cries from the balcony after she was shot, he told police. 

Concepcion De La Ros was arrested at Alvarez’s apartment, where officers also located the black scoped rifle. 

He has been charged with felony cruelty to animals and was taken to Broward County Main Jail. 

Concepcion De La Ros faces five years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted.  

Concepcion De La Ros was been charged with felony cruelty to animals and taken to Broward County Main Jail 

Concepcion De La Ros was been charged with felony cruelty to animals and taken to Broward County Main Jail 

Princess was taken to an animal hospital after the shooting, where veterinarians discovered that the pellet had traveled through her chest and killed the poor pup. 

Pearson and her daughter had only moved to Florida from Wisconsin the night before the shooting. 

‘She played with the dog the whole way here,’ Pearson said. 

Now Pearson has been left to explain to her daughter what happened to her beloved pup.

‘Yesterday I told her someone shot her dog and they were trying to save it,’ Pearson said. 

‘I wanted her to sleep last night. Today I will tell her that her dog didn’t make it.’ 

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